If Klay Thompson ends up becoming that big extension prior to the Oct. 31 deadline, he should consider giving some of it to fresh Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, whose opened-up offense has been producing nothing but quality seems for its shooting guard during the preseason.
Thompson can keep the majority of the money; the huge majority of his improvement has to do with killer confidence and a perfect release. We can’t charge Kerr for those things.
What is happening with Thompson is a symptom of a larger shift in Golden State–one that is giving rise to the hope that last year’s 51-win campaign was only the beginning.
B/R’s Howard Beck chronicled the issues with former head coach Mark Jackson’s plan of attack:”The crime too frequently stalled and stagnated, resulting in muddled isolation plays and contested jumpers. There was little motion or dynamism, and small sense of cohesion.”
Already one of the league’s best defensive outfits (the Warriors ranked third in defensive performance last year),” Kerr’s club is shifting the ball superbly on offense. Andrew Bogut and David Lee, great passers both, are currently hubs of the assault, and Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala et al. are feasting on cuts, flares and brush displays.
All this, and Kerr has just had a few months to install the fundamentals of his admittedly complex plot.
If Golden State gets past the turnovers that hurt it last season and proceeded to crop up throughout the preseason, it’s the team with the best opportunity to choose one of the West’s best 3 places from the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Clippers or San Antonio Spurs.
If that occurs, Thompson won’t be lonely in due a debt to Kerr. Fans across the Bay Area will be right there with him.

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