Klay Thompson Rumors: Warriors Couldn't Commit to Star's 2-Year, $40M Contract Offer

Klay Thompson's camp made one final offer to the Golden State Warriors at two years and roughly $20 million per season before he pursued options in free agency, but the team did not accept.

ESPN's Ramona Shelburne and Kendra Andrews provided the latest on Thompson, who has since agreed to a three-year, $50 million contract with the Dallas Mavericks.

"...With his future at Golden State increasingly uncertain, Thompson had a revelation. After almost a year of despair, he needed an entirely new experience, sources said. Out of the fishbowl, away from all the history and people he had always known. Two weeks prior, Thompson's camp had made one final offer to the Warriors, a two-year deal for roughly $20 million per season, sources said. The response was the same as it had been for nearly a year: We just can't do it yet."

In 2022, after the Warriors won their fourth championship in eight years, Thompson did not receive a contract extension while Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins both got paid more. That led to him feeling "disrespected," per Shelburne and Andrews, a feeling only seemingly exacerbated when the Warriors reportedly gave him low-ball offers in comparison to his other teammates:

"Thompson had felt disrespected, sources said, that the team didn't offer him an extension the summer after it won that title. That feeling only deepened the following summer when Golden State was only willing to discuss two-year contracts in the range of $23 million to $24 million, instead of matching the four-year, $100 million deal Green had received."

The Thompson camp reportedly proposed four different offers to the Warriors before this offseason began. Golden State apparently wanted Thompson back but wanted him to wait in line so the team could make other moves. The Warriors reportedly looked into trading for LeBron James, Mikal Bridges, Paul George and Lauri Markkanen, none of which materialized.

And now the five-time All-Star is out of town after a phenomenal 13-year stint in Golden State that saw him win four NBA championships and six Western Conference titles while averaging 19.6 points per game.