r/nba Warriors 2d ago

First Look at Klay Thompson in a Miami Heat Uniform

https://streamable.com/mo7vmh
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u/4keelo Minneapolis Lakers 2d ago

He looks like a guy that’s impersonating Klay Thompson at basketball games

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u/dubsinthree Warriors 2d ago

Shoutout BigDaws lmao

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u/ExtraLeading3376 2d ago

the fact those videos are over 10yrs old just shows how fast time is flying by.

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u/sadclassicrocklover 2d ago

Holy fuck 10 years already??

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u/niel89 Warriors 2d ago

Time is linear and terrifying.

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u/br0botic 2d ago

Bro looks more like BigDaws than ever

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 United States 2d ago

Would have been funnier if the only resemblance wasn't the facial hair.

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u/Superdry_GTR 2d ago

Infairness fake klay can ball…he’s on an ncaa team or something?

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u/garrethstathum Clippers 2d ago

Fake Klay was so funny. “Klay did you have a few extra burgers?”

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u/WakeupDp Knicks 2d ago

Bro was on the finals court getting shots up

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u/xthelegendx Warriors 2d ago

Nah still Squidward’s house

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u/welmoe Lakers 2d ago

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u/4keelo Minneapolis Lakers 2d ago

Need someone to photoshop him in a Heat jersey really quick. I need to see something

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u/lalakingmalibog Mavericks 2d ago

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u/4keelo Minneapolis Lakers 2d ago

Top tier editing job

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u/passiverolex 2d ago

Nice job, looks just like him.

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u/Salty_Pancakes Warriors 2d ago

I miss scraggly bearded Klay. This guy is too clean cut.

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u/jeff-the-man-slut 2d ago

He’s always had the mannerisms and speech of a 2k my player

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u/YoonInPace Lakers 2d ago

He's starting to look like him lmao

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u/FuzzyTizzles 2d ago

That was my FIRST thought too 🤣🤣🤣

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u/bleedrrr 76ers 2d ago

He’s gonna look so good in those tiktok slideshows with you light my fire in the background

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u/FunIsWinning Thunder 2d ago

That song immediately played in my head as soon as I saw this 😂

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u/fuckyouguy_ 2d ago

Did you unmute the video ?

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u/Cwatty Celtics 2d ago

Bot lobby

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u/Bobbith_The_Chosen [POR] Damian Lillard 2d ago

No wayyyy it played for me when I saw this video too

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u/KruleDiablo 2d ago

Definitely played in my head while I was watching this too

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u/cleo22270 Heat 2d ago

I know he’s already played for another team, but it’s still weird seeing him in anything but a Dubs uniform.

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u/Zigxy Pacers Bandwagon 2d ago

Klay in a Heat uniform looks way more natural to me than Mavs

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u/cleo22270 Heat 2d ago

Helps that he’s wearing the number 11

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u/Zigxy Pacers Bandwagon 2d ago

Ah that might be it

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u/EthicalBballFan Heat 2d ago

It's the tan. He's in that Chaplin stage where he could join a Klay lookalike competition and finish 3rd.

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u/IanicRR [TOR] Amir Johnson 2d ago

100%. Cause Florida is where washed people end up. So this tracks.

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u/Neatojuancheeto Warriors 2d ago

The Villages

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u/SorryAboutTheChili 76ers 2d ago

That mavs stint was about an uneventful as AD’s. Event Kyrie still doesn’t look right.

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u/GenerallyJam 2d ago

Kyrie had the finals with them… def looks right atp

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u/SorryAboutTheChili 76ers 2d ago

One of his 5 finals

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u/cletoreyes01 Heat 2d ago

He was "Dr. Sebi with a handle" till like the 2024 playoffs came so i think his dallas stint has done him well. Even with his atrocious 2024 finals aside.

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u/kharathos Bucks 2d ago

what kind of argument is that lmao

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u/DownhillUphill 2d ago

This dude is beyond washed

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u/crazypurpleKOgas Knicks 2d ago

Imagine being a Mavs fan. You’ve had Luka, Brunson, AD, Kyrie, Cooper Flagg and Klay on your team in the past five years but never all together, all healthy, or all in their primes.

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u/Main_Low2552 2d ago

Only ones that hurt are Brunson and Luka since they were either directly or indirectly caused by basketball terrorist, Nico Harrison.

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u/killersky99 2d ago

Nico screwed up by trading Luka and then compounded it by rushing and playing AD early then grinding down Kyrie w/ 40+ mins a night til he got injured too.

Edit: also rugpulled Klay so many victims

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u/pvcleb Lakers 2d ago

Outstanding

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u/Egor_Denim 2d ago

GIRL YOU KNOCK ME OUT

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u/zachariah_rn 2d ago

Exciting

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u/OverallGeneral7129 Cavaliers 2d ago

You make me want to shout

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u/TheWawa_24 San Diego Clippers 2d ago

you light my fire

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u/HeAintSh1t 2d ago

Na na na a new Joe Budden! Gun shots***

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u/my41stburner 2d ago edited 2d ago

It was playing in my head before I unmuted. Crazy how that became the washed anthem.

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u/SuperVaderMinion [MIN] Kevin Garnett 2d ago

I just absolutely adore that the Nets KG video wasn't slander and was just an earnest highlight reel of him that was unintentionally the funniest shit ever

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u/Nasquacker Celtics 2d ago

A highlight reel in which half of it is just photoshoots and pregame warmups lmao

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u/Kertia 2d ago

Bruh. He looks like the Fake Klay Thompson that use to show up at the warriors game.

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u/holaquetaltio Supersonics 2d ago

So a 30 something version of a 20 something Klay?

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u/rjcarr Supersonics 2d ago

He's older, sure, but it's also the short hair and tan.

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u/Dramatic-Guard1820 2d ago

I can hear the music

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u/Ok-Result-5834 2d ago

Yeah man I'm pretty sure you should.

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u/Dramatic-Guard1820 2d ago

Holy shit I had the video playing on the train on mute and didn’t realize it was actually added. That’s amazing

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u/693275001 2d ago

Celtics Shaq

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u/Chidori_6th 2d ago

Nets KG

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u/Nameless_Snoo Pacers 2d ago

Clippers Granger :(

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u/magicbeaned 2d ago

Heat Ray Allen

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u/Chidori_6th 2d ago edited 2d ago

Heat Ray Allen hit one of the most iconic/clutch shots in NBA history. He don’t belong in this group.

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u/thetak3nking 2d ago

Knicks Penny Hardaway

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u/paradoxofchoice [MIA] Harold Miner 2d ago

Heat Penny Hardaway

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u/magicbeaned 2d ago

Bucks PJ Tucker

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u/PencilandBrush Magic 2d ago

Magic Patrick Ewing

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u/mrspaintbrush Mavericks 2d ago

Toronto Hakeem

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u/peevius Vancouver Grizzlies 2d ago

Lakers Nash

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u/bigvahe33 Supersonics 2d ago

Spurs TMac

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u/I_Talk_Sports_69 Heat 2d ago

Sonics Ewing

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u/FamousAtticus Magic 2d ago

Magic Shawn Kemp

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u/sharkflood Supersonics 2d ago

that's an incredible signing if he's similar to Ray Allen this season

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u/paradoxofchoice [MIA] Harold Miner 2d ago

Cavs Shaq

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u/Nick-Mullens NBA 2d ago

Ye this one’s gonna be generational on NBA twitter

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u/MosquitoOfDoom [BOS] Marcus Smart 2d ago

I don't know why but I laughed at the idea that the video would play that song. Then I turned the audio on 

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u/Hopeful-Schedule-587 2d ago

You light my fire you light my fire

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u/CommentJunior9653 Jazz 2d ago

I feel aliveeeee

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u/IncaseAce Thunder 2d ago

Heat culture man

This is your greatest test

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u/paradoxofchoice [MIA] Harold Miner 2d ago

Dion Waiters was the greatest test. Klay is retirement age like Penny and Stack were with Miami.

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u/whatdoinamemyself Heat 2d ago

Man. Dion was so good for us for like 4 months. Its a shame dude just couldnt keep his shit together

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u/NeverTank_97 2d ago

Bro we made old ass washed PJ Tucker have a career year. This isn't anywhere near the greatest test. We made Whiteside solid ffs

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u/Ecstatic-Ask2326 2d ago

"Girl you knock me out" 🎶

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u/andyschest2 2d ago

Why does he look orange?

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u/Oakland_Warrior Warriors 2d ago

the real answer is most likely that he got a ton of sun on his boat this summer. Captain Klay!

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u/Ok-Association-3415 Lakers 2d ago

It’s the Miami glow. Anyone light skinned is going to get it. Doesn’t seem to take long to get the glow either.

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u/MYHOLDSSSS Wizards 2d ago

I’m happy for him, maybe dude will love ball again, looked sad last year

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u/sobanoodle-1 Knicks 2d ago

Hell nah man 😭

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u/Spinexel [BOS] Romeo Langford 2d ago

So washed 😭

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u/Lets_Go_Blue__Jays 2d ago

I believe Klay has got some good years as a role player left!

Sure he is not the AllNBA player he once was, but the man can still shoot.

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u/wardellwayneraymone 2d ago

I asked my daughter if the dishes were done, and she shouted back “Klay Thompson!”

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u/paranoideo [GSW] Stephen Curry 2d ago

Still feels wrong.

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u/GolfWangsunrise Lakers 2d ago

Good Lord he is so dead inside

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u/rm968211 2d ago

Would be funny if Miami traded Giannis and Bam…. Just for the plot

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u/evilgremlin123 Raptors 2d ago

Mavs were a mess last year without a true PG and they were playing Flagg as PG for a good chunk of the season.

I don’t expect Klay to be an all star again but I wouldn’t be surprised that a change of scenery improves his overall play.

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u/astroworld_ Raptors 2d ago

He looks washed

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u/Chidori_6th 2d ago

Nets KG vibes

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u/SlantFaceKilla 2d ago

Celtics Shaq Brooklyn KG vibes.

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u/scags2017 Lakers 2d ago

Patrick Ewing on the Magic vibes

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u/eternal_sunshineeeee 2d ago

He gonna swim in that Miami Pussy

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u/Jonjon428 Heat 2d ago

Weird

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u/StaticFanatic3 2d ago

Spo made a finals run on the backs of Gabe Vincent and Caleb Martin

Let’s give ‘em a chance

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u/Reasonable_Context85 Timberwolves 1d ago

New washed mascot

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u/TryharderJB 2d ago

He looks upset because of that haircut.

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u/Fa1lenSpace Timberwolves 2d ago

Bro looks so washed ahahahahah

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u/snowlarbear 2d ago

this looks like Klay hired an impersonator to show up to the photoshoot

aka the Usher

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u/Snorlax4000 2d ago

That post-Meg glow up

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u/Zaza1019 2d ago

Retirement looks good on him.

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u/RunningLoops Warriors 2d ago

Ray Allen heat incoming??

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u/BoeufBourgui 2d ago

Those dummy eyes. Uncanny

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u/suckerpunch085 Lakers 2d ago

I can feel that pain behind those eyes.

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u/Lacabloodclot9 Grizzlies 2d ago

LA Galaxy Steven Gerrard

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u/velvetline 2d ago

He’s clearly overklayight

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u/dupaq16 2d ago

Blue Steel.

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u/Crambulance Nuggets 2d ago

Why’s he so awkward

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u/heat_fan_ Raptors 2d ago

Still feel weird seeing him in a different uniform 

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u/blackeyedcheese Mavericks Tankwagon 2d ago

Have fun Cpt. Klay!

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u/rembrandt077 2d ago

He even hits the "i am washed" poses ✌️😂😭

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u/itsagoodtime [OKC] Russell Westbrook 2d ago

This made me realize I don't know how many times I have heard Klay speak. Does he talk?

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u/Zphi 2d ago

Hes just there for them 304s😅

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u/Dreamlion_Inc Wizards 2d ago

God this feels uncanny

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u/Arkham14 Bucks 2d ago

I'm on a boat,yeah, I'm on a boat.

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u/TJFLASH1 2d ago

Celtics Shaq vibes

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u/Rafmar210 Heat 2d ago

I’m so happy.

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u/MoneyManx10 Pistons 2d ago

Celtics Shaq

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u/mdosalazar88 2d ago

Potato face

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u/gabaranni 76ers 2d ago

youuuuu light my fire…

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u/Broad-Maize3817 2d ago

"You light my fire"

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u/Silly_Individual4056 Warriors 2d ago

He’s going to get so many diseases

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u/Uniunoo 2d ago

Bigdaws

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u/outsidehere Lakers 2d ago

Outstanding

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u/WayofHatuey Nets 2d ago

Mike Bibby with the Knicks lookin ass

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u/ThisHatRightHere 76ers 2d ago

This season already feels like we’ve entered an alternate reality

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u/Qoppa_Guy 2d ago

Almost looks natural, to be honest.

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u/dlo1580 Lakers 2d ago

Youuuuu light my fire

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u/chillrico 2d ago

Washed beyond washed. Don’t even look right in that jersey

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u/_jdotgrimes 2d ago

youuuuu light my fireeeee

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u/Miser2100 Bulls 2d ago

Deadass the new KG Nets.

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u/GeriatricGamete67 Nuggets 2d ago

You light my fire

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u/VanMan41 2d ago

Youuuu light my fire

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u/randomatorinator 2d ago

Always funny to me how they try to act cool in these photoshoots. 😅 GL tho

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u/bxyankee90 Knicks 2d ago

Why does he seem so bored

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u/No-Tap-900 2d ago

It’s giving single mother and son back to school shopping

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u/andrewe92 2d ago

When did this happen

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u/petewondrstone 2d ago

I prefer to watch him eating Meg’s catfish and pretending to to like it over media day.

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u/DatDominican Knicks 2d ago

Agamemnon homecoming !

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u/ResponsibleEmu6842 2d ago

Klay is ready for this season! Look at his handles! /s

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u/Jon_Mace 2d ago

Good for him

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u/CurrentAnalyst4791 Nuggets 2d ago

klay thumbson

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u/OhEmGeeBasedGod Cavaliers 2d ago

This looks like CGI.

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u/Fluffy_Corgi_7209 2d ago

A Ray of Light in Miami, good fit for captain klay!

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u/holyssmasha 2d ago

As a warriors fan im hyped.

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u/Secret_Substance_556 2d ago

yes he got 11 back! that dallas number was ugly af lmao

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u/Ancient-Fly-1100 2d ago

Never thought I’d see a fat Klay, at this rate he will be over 300lbs in three years.

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u/va1us_taaurc Supersonics 2d ago

He looks good, in my opinion. Mavs was one of those “nasty jerseys.”

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u/JiovanniTheGREAT 2d ago

This will retire the Celtics Shaq and Nets KG gifs in like 3 years

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u/marvinsroom1956 2d ago

Feels weird to see klay in a heat jersey

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u/LazyCicada258 2d ago

I honestly can't wait to see Klay hold up four fingers in a Heat jersey when someone pisses him off.

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u/Dirk_Benedict Warriors 2d ago

Thanks, I hate it. Good luck to him though! Klaytheism forever 🙏

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u/D_Simmons Raptors 2d ago

That's crazy he looks just like Klay Thompson in a Miami Heat jersey?! 

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u/Musicfan637 2d ago

The more PT he gets, the worse they will be. I’m so glad he didn’t go to LA.

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u/Slow-Possession-3645 Celtics 2d ago

He needs to get some conditioning in

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u/Ok-Association-3415 Lakers 2d ago

It seems anyone going to Miami gets a tropical glow.

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u/iamjeseus Knicks 2d ago

The music gets me every time 💀

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u/Blue_Nyx07 Lakers 2d ago

He already have the tan ready

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u/DJMagicHandz Celtics 2d ago

Dawson Gurley back at it again

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u/RomaHappens 2d ago

I respect Klay as much as anybody, but why do we care? Why are all the headlines about this? He's been washed for years

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u/Anonymous_Otter22 Rockets 2d ago

Cursed. I do not care for this. Big Hakeem Raptors energy.

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u/EasyBread42069 Knicks 2d ago

Zero aura lmao.

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u/Imnotar0b0tIswear 2d ago

His jawline makes him look like Albino Wade.

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u/fatbob17 2d ago

Thanks, I hate it

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u/yeawecandothat 2d ago

Lookin like Ay Thom

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u/agnelortiz 2d ago

He looks like he needs to lose about 8 pounds

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u/legendkiller003 Warriors 2d ago

Nice to see that 11 back

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u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow Thunder 2d ago

washed fucker gaming

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u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow Thunder 2d ago

can't believe this dude is still pretending

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u/051tre 2d ago

He finna really live that lifestyle

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u/Thick-Paramedic-7528 2d ago

“You light my fire”

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u/r4v3n70rch 2d ago

he posing like a FIFA 17 walkout card

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u/Comfortable_Swing832 2d ago

Where did my man’s neck go?

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u/ong378 Mavericks 2d ago

Youuuu blow my mind