Klay Thompson Injury Update: Warriors star defender is 100% complete, first 18 shots in practice

Klay Thompson is getting closer and closer to getting back into action, which is expected to arrive sometime before Christmas. In the most recent update, Thompson was cleared to go 100 percent and has started training with WarriorBranch of ‘G League in Santa Cruz.

On Monday, we got some footage of Thompson in action and heard from the man himself, as well as Santa Cruz head coach Seth Cooper. “I hate using the phrase ‘can’t wait,’ because I love being in my life,” Thompson said. “But I can’t wait. I really, would love to be a Warrior.”

Even though it’s just a few clips from G League practice, it’s great to see Thompson back on the field. Unsurprisingly, he was locked out from the start. According to Cooper, he couldn’t miss the first time he stepped onto the pitch.

“He was completely clean, so everything we did was 100% he was going,” Cooper said. “Nothing was holding him back. Nothing was holding him back, just letting him go and let him experience playing at his best. He did it, and he looks really good doing it. that… I think he took the first 18 shots.”

Thompson, of course, has been absent since Game 6 of the 2019 Finals, when he tore his ACL net in the Warriors’ season-ending loss to Toronto Raptors. Not long before the start of last season, he later tore his Achilles tendon during a training session. Now, after two seasons and two calendar years, Thompson is finally coming back to play.

When he returns to the field, he will join the Warriors once again looking like a title favorite. They are having the best 18-2 start in the league and boast a net score of 13.6, which is also the best in the league.