TNT crew discuss Klay Thompson Struggles

TNT crew discuss Klay Thompson Struggles

>> LIKE IT’S IN TURNOVERS. IT’S THE BALL CAREER WE’RE VERY PROTECTIVE OF. I’M JUST SAYING THAT’S MESSED UP. >> UH SO THAT FRANZ WAGNER, A YOUNG STAR IN THIS LEAGUE WITH THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, WE’RE SEEING AN IMPENDING YOUTH MOVEMENT. AND WITH THAT COMES A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION. NOT

SURE IF YOU GUYS SAW IT LAST NIGHT. KLAY THOMPSON PULLED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS. EXPRESS HIS FRUSTRATION AND HOW HARD IT WAS TO DEAL WITH. HERE IS SOME OF HIS SOUND AFTER THE GAME. >> IT’S ALL GOOD. >> THESE GUYS PLAYED GREAT. HE PLAYED GREAT.

>> FP JONATHAN THE OTHER DAY WINNING TRUMP’S OFF IS THIS IS THIS AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT I MEAN HE’S DONE IN A FEW GAMES OBVIOUSLY. >> YEAH. GIVE ME NO PROBLEM. YEAH. ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS. IT’S HARD FOR ANYBODY. >> YOU KNOW I’LL BE HONEST

WITH YOU I’VE ACCEPTED. >> CAN BE MAD BUT NOT MAD. I’M HAPPY FOR THESE YOUNG GUYS. AND, UH. YEAH, WE WON. AND IT’S HARD TO GET WINS IN THIS LEAGUE. >> NOT HARD TO READ THE EMOTIONS ON HIS FACE. IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WATCHING KLAY AND CANDICE. YOU HAD SOME FEELINGS ABOUT

THIS? >> NO, I THINK, UM, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR TIME. RIGHT. LIKE I’M CROSSING THAT BRIDGE RIGHT NOW WHERE IS YOUR MIND? STILL THINKS THAT YOU CAN DO THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT PHYSICALLY DO. UM, AND YOU KNOW THAT IN YOUR PRIME YOU WOULD BE COOKING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, BUT YOU LITERALLY CANNOT.

AND I THINK JUST KLAY SO HUMBLY HAS ALLOWED US TO BE ALONG THAT JOURNEY. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THROUGH IT WITHOUT 4′ CHAMPION CHIPS OR WITHOUT REACHING THE SUCCESS THAT HE HAS REACHED. BUT EVERY TIME IT’S AN ENDING, RIGHT? LIKE EVERYBODY WORRIES ABOUT WHO STARTS THE

GAME, BUT THE REAL ONES KNOW IT’S WHO FINISHES IT. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT’S THAT’S THE DIFFICULT PILL TO SWALLOW. I THINK IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT’S, YOU DON’T WANT TO LEAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN A DYNASTY BREAK IN. TONY PARKER WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IT JUST WASN’T THE SAME.

RIGHT BUT ALSO, HE CAN’T BE WHAT HE WAS ON GOLDEN STATE AND HE KNOWS THAT. AND I THINK IT’S JUST WE’RE YOU KNOW, WE’RE WATCHING THAT. AND AS A PLAYER IT IT IS REALLY TOUGH I MEAN SHAQ I KNOW LIKE WHEN YOU’RE AT A 10′ MOST OF YOUR CAREER AND

YOU START GOING TO EIGHT, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE. >> BUT THE MENTALITY THAT YOU HAVE, YOU ALWAYS SAY, I’M GONNA GET IT BACK, I’M GONNA GET IT BACK. BUT WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO WIN AND REBUILD, WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO WAIT. THEY WANT YOU TO BE OUT OF TEN. AND YOU KNOW, I

STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEM. I STILL HAVE FAITH IN THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GET OLDER, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SAYING THAT FATHER TIME IS UNDEFEATED. AND HE HE CAN GLADLY SAY HE’S ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT FATHER TIME DEFEATED. I’M ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS. YOU CAN’T SAY ANOTHER GUY OUTPLAYED ME OR,

YOU KNOW, OVERWORKED ME. FATHER TIME SHAQ GOT OLDER, HE FADED AWAY. SO YOU KNOW, HE’S HE’S STARTING TO FADE AWAY. BUT OUR MENTALITY IS WE CAN GET IT BACK. WE CAN GET IT BACK. WE CAN GET BETTER. SO WHEN YOU PUT A YOUNGER GUY IN AND HE’S DOING WHAT YOU USED TO DO

AND THEN YOU GET A CRAZY REPORTER, ASK YOU A QUESTION AND KIND OF, YEAH, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, SINK IN A LITTLE MORE. BUT YEAH, THERE’S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY EXCEPT ONE GUY. YOU KNOW, HE’S STILL DUNKING TOMAHAWK AND 3040, BUT, UH,

HE’S, UH, LISTEN, HE’S HE’S DONE IT. HIS WAY. HE WON HIS CHAMPIONSHIP. RESPECTFULLY GO DOWN AS A HALL OF FAMER, AS ONE OF THE GREATS AND GOLDEN STATE AND IT’S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. BUT I KNOW WHAT HE’S THINKING. I’M GONNA GET IT BACK. I’M GONNA GET IT BACK.

I’M GONNA GET IT BACK. AND HOPEFULLY HE DOES GET IT BACK. >> JAMAL, YOU PLAYED TWO DECADES IN THE NBA AND I LEFT. >> HOW I CAME IN TO YOU PLAYED 20 YEARS. >> >> WHEN I WAS 51. YEAH, I KNOW THAT LIKE A G NOT A B

OR C 10′ NOT A, B OR C. I LEFT LIKE A G. >> NO. AND SO 31 FOR THE I MEAN, OUR FIRST YEAR HERE, YOU WERE LIKE, I CAN GO SCORE 20 RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH. >> IT’S SO INTERESTING THOUGH BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE YOU’RE I’M NOT GOING TO SAY

YOU’RE YOUR 30S RIGHT. >> YOU SAY 37. OKAY, FINE. >> I NEVER KNOW HOW OLD ARE YOU. >> YOU’RE NOT GONNA SAY IT TIMELESS. >> WOW. ANYWAY. >> BUT WHAT I MEAN IS, IS THAT’S YOUNG IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. >> BUT ACTUALLY, HE CAME. WE WERE SOMEWHERE, AND I WAS IN

THE GYM. >> WERE WE AT SHAQ? WE WERE IN BOSTON LAST YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS. >> I’M GOING TO WORK. AND JAMAL WAS KILLING EVERYBODY. >> SHAQ STOPPED BY SPOELSTRA STOPPED BY. >> YES. >> JUST WATCHING YOU COOK. >> PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IF I GIVE HIM A TEN DAY. BUT WHAT

I, WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS YOU GUYS ARE YOUNG IN LIFE, BUT IN BASKETBALL, THIS HAS BEEN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. >> AND AS THAT COMES TO A CLOSE, IT FEELS LIKE THE ENDING OF A CHAPTER. AND WE’RE WATCHING HIM EXPERIENCE THIS IN REAL TIME, WHERE IT’S NOT LIKE SUDDEN. IT’S LIKE GRADUALLY

THROUGHOUT THE SEASON FOR YOU. I GUESS YOU GO OUT WITH 51, YOU DIDN’T HAVE IT LIKE THAT. BUT IT’S AS SOMEONE THAT’S COMPETED WITH HIM AND UNDERSTOOD HIM AS A FRIEND. IT’S INTERESTING TO WATCH. YEAH IT IS. >> AND EVERYBODY WILL TELL YOU IF YOU PLAY THE GAME LONG ENOUGH FROM CHILDHOOD

TO THIS POINT, YOU’RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE EVERY ROLE STAR PLAYER, BENCH PLAYER, ROTATION PLAYER. THAT’S JUST PART OF THE GAME. IF YOU’RE BLESSED ENOUGH TO PLAY THAT LONG. KLAY STILL HAVING A GOOD SEASON. HE’S JUST NOT HAVING A KLAY SEASON, SO HE’S COMPARING HIMSELF TO HIMSELF. BUT I THINK WHAT

BOTHERS HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING IS RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVEN’T TALKED TO HIM, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE, LISTEN TO HIS INTERVIEW. HE FEELS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE LOST FAITH IN HIM FINISHING GAMES. LIKE CANDACE SAID, THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. HE HASN’T FINISHED GAMES A FEW IN A ROW NOW,

RIGHT? IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, AT LEAST THREE OF THE LAST FOUR OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND SO FOR HIM TO HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR ATHLETIC MORTALITY IS A PROBLEM WE ALL FACE IT, RIGHT? EVEN WITH ME, I COULD SHAKE PEOPLE, BUT I WOULDN’T GET IN THE SAME SEPARATION.

I’M LIKE, HE’S STILL RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YOU FEEL IT AND YOU SEE IT AND IT’S THE TRUTH. THERE’S NO WAY AROUND IT. BUT EVERYBODY’S HAD TO GO THROUGH IT. KLAY WILL BOUNCE BACK. HE HAS GOOD PEOPLE AROUND HIM. HE’LL SEE THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAN COME

OUT OF THIS. LISTEN ISAIAH IS ISAIAH THOMAS I REMEMBER I ASKED HIM ONE NIGHT AT NBA TV, I’M LIKE YOU, YOU STOPPED PLAYING PRETTY EARLY. >> LIKE YOU HAD SOME MORE SEASONS LEFT. AND HE WAS LIKE, IT JUST WASN’T FUN ANYMORE. LIKE WHEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE

OF AND YOU CAN’T DO IT ANYMORE. ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. LIKE THE GAME ISN’T FUN. KLAY IS USED TO COMING IN AND BE IN GAME SIX. KLAY IN OKC, AND HE’S USED TO EVERYBODY SEEING THAT KLAY AND THAT’S HIS LEVEL IN STANDARD AND THAT’S WHY HE’S BEEN THE BEST ONE OF THE

BEST SHOOTERS EVER. BUT HE’S STILL HE’S WORKING OPERATING UNDER AND STEPH IS TWO. >> BUT STEPH’S A ALL TIME GREAT. HE’S OPERATING WITH LESS SPACE THAN HE’S HAD SINCE HE’S ARRIVED. SO IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND TO MESS WITH YOUR SHOT THAT CLOSE OUT NOW FROM THERE IS NOW

RIGHT HERE. IT CAN MESS WITH YOUR PERCENTAGE. >> I WOULD JUST IMPLORE THE FANS AT THE CHASE CENTER BECAUSE WE’VE HEARD HOW CRAZY THEY GET. YES, IT’S THE TIME TO RALLY AROUND KLAY BRIAN. IT’S THE TIME TO GET JUICED. IT’S THE TIME TO POUR INTO HIM. NOT JUST AS A

THANK YOU, BUT LIKE, LET’S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE. >> THEY NEED TO PLAY A SPRINKLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES. >> COME ON BRO, WE ALL LOVE CROSSED. >> DON’T RIP OUT ON ME BRIAN. >> SHAQ WANTS TO GET HIT IN THE FACE OF THE CAMERA. LET’S NOT HAPPENING TONIGHT.

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