Klay Thompson Dismisses Idea He Might Regret Mavs Contract After Luka Doncic Trade

Klay Thompson doesn't want to hear any talk about potentially regretting his contract with the Dallas Mavericks after the team's season came to an end on Friday with a 120-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA play-in tournament.

Speaking to reporters after the game, Thompson dismissed a question asking if he would have made the decision to sign with the Mavs last summer if he had known then what he knows now about the organization's approach to building their roster.

It's not an unfair question to ask because the version of the Mavericks that Thompson signed with looked very different than the one that finished this season.

Dallas was less than one month removed from playing in the NBA Finals and had one of the great pillars to build around in the entire league with Luka Dončić leading the way.

Thompson left the Golden State Warriors in free agency to sign a three-year, $50 million contract with the Mavs. He signed with Dallas despite reportedly having a more lucrative offer on the table from the Los Angeles Lakers and against the hopes of his father, Lakers legend Mychal Thompson.

The idea was that Thompson would be able to elevate the Mavs offense, particularly in the playoffs, after they were held to a 32 percent success rate on three-pointers in the Finals loss to the Boston Celtics.

Of course, no one in the world was predicting seven months after Thompson's signing that the Mavericks would decide to completely upend their franchise by trading Dončić to the Lakers.

Given the two teams Thompson seemed to be deciding between in free agency, he probably would have wound up in Dallas by the end of this season no matter what happened last summer.

The Lakers almost certainly would have used Thompson's contract in the Dončić trade.

Depending on what the Mavericks want to do this offseason, Thompson could find himself on the trade block. He's owed $16.7 million in 2025-26 and averaged 14.0 points per game on 39.1 percent three-point shooting in 72 starts this season.