Klay Thompson has been with Stephen Curry in the “Splash Bros” duo for a few years now. It seemed for a while that Curry was the dribble-drive guy and Klay was just a kick-out, spot-up shooter. Well, in this last season, Klay was still a spot-up shooter to help Curry, but he improved a good amount. Prior to the season, Klay was talked a lot about on Bay Area Sports radio and multiple broadcasters and analysts hoped he would increase his game to driving the ball more and getting to the free throw line. This writer dives deeper into Klay Thompson’s growth below.

So, in the 2013–2014 season, Klay Thompson shot 44% from the field, and 41% from the three point line. He took 1,259 shots from the field in 2013–2014. Compared to just this past season, Klay took 1,299 shots. Now, that’s not a huge increase in shots, but what is larger is his percentage of shots made, as well as percentages of him driving to the rack. 

In the 2013–2014 season, Klay shot 63% at the rim, 38% from 3 feet to less than 10 feet, 36% from 10 feet to less than 16 feet, and 46% from 16 feet to less than 3-pt range. The main key is that Klay took 187 shots from the rim, and 121 shots from 3 feet to less than 10 feet.

A comparison of the percent of shots that Klay made that were assisted is also something to look at. In 2013–2014, Klay had 75% of his shots assisted. In comparison, in this last season he had a drop in that rate at 69% shots assisted. 

Klay Thompson also so a bit of a boost from three point range, and saw a decrease in his threes that were assisted. In 2013–2014, Klay had 94% of his threes assisted, that number dropped to 90% in this last season. 

Now, obviously Klay has a lot to work on and improve, but a steady improvement should happen each year, especially at this stage of his young career. 

All statistics were found using basketball-reference.com

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Mitchell Evans
Mitchell Evans is an editor who covers League of Legends, Counter Strike, and many others.