It seems "good" isn't good enough for the Golden State Warriors anymore, which is why Klay Thompson has been popping up in trade talks lately.
Under normal circumstances, a guy like Thompson would be virtually untouchable. He's a phenomenal shooter who has buried the second-most threes in the NBA this year—at a 41 percent clip, no less. Plus, he's on a dirt-cheap rookie deal that will keep him under team control through the 2015-16 campaign.
But the Warriors aren't a team operating under normal circumstances, and as Sam Amick of USA Today points out, only franchise cornerstones are off-limits in Golden State:
Considering the heightened expectations this season and the fact that Golden State owner Joe Lacob means it when he says he's trying to build a championship team, it's safe to say the Warriors aren't content with their current standing (sixth in the Western Conference). They have one of the most aggressive front offices in the league, and rival executives are of the belief that anyone not named Stephen Curry or Andrew Bogut is up for discussion.
Nobody would ever confuse Thompson ...
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