Thompson’s Future Only the First Question for Warriors After Failure to Make Playoffs

Thompson’s Future Only the First Question for Warriors After Failure to Make Playoffs
Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors pauses while speaking to reporters in San Francisco on April 17, 2024. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
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SAN FRANCISCO—General Manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. and the rest of the Golden State Warriors’ front-office staff had a feeling this season would wind up short of the ultimate goal for a franchise that has won four NBA championships over the past decade.

That’s the way the season went for Stephen Curry and Co.—losing big leads, making costly mistakes, repeatedly unable to deliver the big defensive stop when it mattered most.