{"id":509934,"date":"2026-08-14T10:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=509934"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:20:40","slug":"klay-thompson-i-just-want-to-play-for-a-team-that-can-compete-for-a-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/klay-thompson-i-just-want-to-play-for-a-team-that-can-compete-for-a-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Klay Thompson: &#8220;I just want to play for a team that can compete for a championship&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2183\"><strong data-start=\"2045\" data-end=\"2062\">Klay Thompson<\/strong> says his priority for the remainder of his NBA career is simple: play meaningful basketball on a championship contender.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mavericks G\/F Klay Thompson says that he wants to compete for a championship, not necessarily win one, but have the chance to compete and try and win a title and play a role on a team that can make a deep playoff run <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MFFL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlaqueBoyMax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PlaqueBoyMax<\/a> Twitch) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gEpG18RDhi\">pic.twitter.com\/gEpG18RDhi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Gray Jr. (@KevinGraySports) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KevinGraySports\/status\/2088071146214224173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2362\">Speaking during a Twitch stream with Plaqueboymax, the four-time NBA champion said he is not focused on adding another ring as much as having the opportunity to compete for one.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2364\" data-end=\"2625\">\n<p data-start=\"2366\" data-end=\"2625\">&#8220;I want to compete for a championship, not necessarily win one, but just have the chance to go and try and get another one. I want to play a role on a team that can make a deep playoff run, whether it&#8217;s this season or next season. That&#8217;s really my only goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2627\" data-end=\"2903\">His comments come as uncertainty continues to surround his future with the <strong data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2722\">Dallas Mavericks<\/strong>. Thompson has been linked to the <strong data-start=\"2756\" data-end=\"2770\">Miami Heat<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2775\" data-end=\"2797\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong>, although any move would likely require a contract buyout\u2014something Dallas is reportedly not considering.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2905\" data-end=\"3113\">Thompson is entering the final year of his three-year, $50 million contract and averaged <strong data-start=\"2994\" data-end=\"3039\">11.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists<\/strong>, while shooting <strong data-start=\"3056\" data-end=\"3088\">38.3% from three-point range<\/strong> in 69 games last season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3115\" data-end=\"3364\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The veteran joined Dallas hoping to contend alongside <strong data-start=\"3169\" data-end=\"3184\">Luka Doncic<\/strong>, but the blockbuster trade that sent the Slovenian superstar to the Lakers dramatically changed the franchise&#8217;s direction, with the Mavericks now building around <strong data-start=\"3347\" data-end=\"3363\">Cooper Flagg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Warriors star says his only goal is to make another deep playoff run as questions remain about his future with the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":509933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-509934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-alle-10.18.45.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509934"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=509934"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=509934"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=509934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}