Just a few months back. Play-in. Sac. Just an hour or so from his home in the bay. Klay is one of the best, but his mind gets in his way. On that drive down 80 he’s wondering if this will be his last game, nah, gotta block that out. Game starts. Shoots. Misses. More shots. More misses. With each miss the reality sinks in that the season is coming to an end and with it the growing prospect of this being the end for him. 0/10. Game over. Season over. The team heads to the locker room, but Klay stops short. Towel over his shoulder he pauses to look around the golden 1 center. In the post game he will say he was looking for the fans. Maybe he was. Maybe he was looking for something else. Looking back on a HOF career with a basketball dynasty. Back on the build up, the rise, the 5 finals, oracle, injury, rehab, return, rebuild, and a 4th championship to solidify it all. But maybe it was just the fans.
Well we’ll still be here to cheer for you when you get back. Good luck Klay.
by moulinpoivre
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Damn this image is gonna stay with us now huh?
I really regret not going to a game since 2018. I thought I had more time to see the Big 3 in person
It would certainly be a crappy way to go out. Road game, horrible performance, elimination from the Playoffs.
If we part on any reasonable terms, I’d assume that we’d find some way to bring him back for a farewell appearance at Chase, but it wouldn’t be the same.
Wasn’t he 0/10 In this one? Glad he’s gone
Let it be a life lesson. Goodbyes, the end of relationships…not always clean and easy. It’s deeply disappointing to think Klay is leaving like this, is ok with the reports his camp is putting out…but I’ll always be grateful for the good times. 2022 was a great final chapter, this is the epilogue.
He knew
Hoping for a Deandre Jordan like scenario here 🥹😥🥹😥
Jesus, apparently I completely wiped the memory of this game from my mind. Seeing 0/10 still shook me
It sucks that Klay is always up in his feelings. If he thought clearer he’d see this is the best team for him. I think he’ll regret leaving more than the team will regret losing him.
0 points
I love Klay and I will always be appreciative of what he means to both The Bay and the franchise, but if my last memories of him in a Dubs uniform is a scoreless chucking masterclass and then proceeding to get his feelings hurt despite the team maxing him during his injury? I’ll see you at your HOF induction Klay, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
0-10 in a deciding game, one can stomach. The bullshat his agency is putting out as he hits the door is not cool.
The Dubs have been very generous. Klay turned down 2-years 48M (at the beginning of the season) for either a S/T or worse a 12M MLE (at the end of the season). And if we all knew the Dubs prioritized acquiring a #2, then dealing with Klay, then he knew it too. Stay classy Klay.
6 finals brah
Besr box score for a Carter ending game ever 😂 0 0 0
lmao 0-10 and became petty as fuck during the off season
Worst game of his career