Warriors followers must wait just a bit bit longer earlier than the extremely anticipated reunion of Golden State’s “Huge Three.”

5-time All-Star Klay Thompson is anticipated to play this season after lacking the 2019-20 and 2020-21 campaigns, however he will not be accessible to start out the yr. That is not an enormous shock contemplating he hasn’t participated in an NBA recreation since June of 2019 when the Warriors misplaced to the Raptors within the NBA Finals.

What’s subsequent for Thompson? Here is all the things we find out about his damage and the newest information on when he could return to the courtroom.

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What’s Klay Thompson’s damage?

Thompson was on the highway to restoration after lacking the whole lot of the 2019-20 NBA season with a torn ACL in his left knee. Then, in November of 2020, he went down with a leg damage throughout an offseason exercise in Southern California. The Warriors’ worst fears have been realized when it was confirmed that Thompson had suffered a torn proper Achilles.

The Warriors introduced on Nov. 25 that Thompson underwent profitable surgical procedure to restore the torn Achilles. As a part of a workforce assertion, Golden State mentioned that Thompson was “anticipated to make a full restoration.”

How lengthy will Klay Thompson be out?

Throughout an August episode of “The Soar,” ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported that the Warriors are focusing on the workforce’s Christmas Day recreation towards the Suns for Thompson’s return. That will mark 13 months since his Achilles surgical procedure.

“Numerous that is conditioning,” Shelburne mentioned. “He is doing effectively in his rehab, however he is missed two seasons in a row now. So you do not deliver him again [too early]. This can be a conservative goal. If he does effectively and his conditioning is up and he looks like he needs to return again earlier, he’ll. However this can be a conservative goal of Christmas Day since you want time to construct your conditioning again up while you miss two NBA seasons.”

Now, with coaching camps underway and the preseason about to start out, not a lot has modified on when precisely Thompson will return.

Nonetheless, Warriors GM Bob Myers did lay out a minimum of a fledgling timeline and what Thompson’s development would want to appear to be when addressing the media on Monday.

Whereas Myers was noncommital on a lot of Thompson’s return, there may be one assurance he made to Steve Kerr and Warriors’ followers.

The Warriors play 22 of their 41 residence video games in January or later, so that gives a minimum of some timeline of when Thompson might return.

Klay Thompson profession stats, highlights

• 19.5 factors per recreation
• 3.5 rebounds per recreation
• 2.3 assists per recreation
• 0.5 blocks per recreation
• 0.9 steals per recreation
• 1.7 turnovers per recreation
• 33.1 minutes per recreation
• 45.9 % capturing
• 41.9 % 3-point capturing
• 84.8 % free throw capturing