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How did public opinion on Klay Thompson change so much in the past few seasons? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by HotWhereas5591@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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I remember a Bill Simmons pod a few years ago where Bill said "Klay Thompson has one of the highest approval ratings" of any NBA player in the league.

Now he's pretty hated on social media, reddit, etc.

Before you say his play has dropped off this year, (it has) he was pretty in-line with his career averages last year, and people were still kind of shitting on him last year too.

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[–] DrTom@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Dude never deserved the hype. Dude was making all-star games year after year over guys like Dame while putting up 20/3/3 (albeit with good defense). I never understood it, but I'm glad people are starting to come around.

[–] ProgrammaticallyCat0@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He got old

He was an all-timer in his prime, but he was never really the same after all of the injuries. His offense held on for a while, but the defense was gone and now his shooting is really slipping

[–] Certain_Cranberry_77@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He's been acting cocky and talking crap on the way down

[–] PatronSaintOfUpdog@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He just got one of them faces

[–] Obvious_Parsley3238@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

being worse after two major leg injuries and talking a lot of shit

[–] costcobathroom@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

reddit just blindly follows the narrative. klay is still great if you watch the games

[–] Dinnermaster@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

For one thing, he isn’t nearly as good of a player anymore. He’s also had streaks of being a bit of a jackass and comes off as somewhat cocky

[–] SnooGuavas650@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He got old and has an ego.

Before his injury he was an elite 2 way wing, sharpshooter, had 3 championships, was always a member of Team USA, and was soft spoken.

It happens to a lot of great players when they decline due to age. People start questioning them and it affects them because they are human.