Klay Thompson

A gifted and skilled NBA star Klay Thompson was delivered in Los Angeles. At the age of 2 his family moved to Oregon and when he turned 14 the family relocated to California, where he got passionate about basketball.

He started pursuing a career in sports playing for San Margarita Catholic High School. He led the team to championships and earned quite a few awards.  The sportsman’s impressive performance continued when he entered college and began playing for the Washington State Cougars. He became the fastest player to reach 1000 points and was a two-time Pac-10 Player of the Week.

Thompson’s professional path began in 2011 with the Golden State Warriors. Klay scored the highest three-pointers with a teammate which earned them a nickname Splash Brothers. All these and many other achievements helped him to prolong the contract for another 4 years. His career has been developing very rapidly and today, the athlete can boast of playing at various levels for the USA National side.

Are you eager to know more fascinating facts about Klay? Here are top 5 facts about the sportsman we bet you never heard of:

• He is very much interested in playing chess and even met the chess world champion Magnus Carlsen.
• The celebrity loves animals a lot and has a bulldog named Rocco.
• His father Mychal Thompson is a former NBA player, who currently works in sports radio.
• His net worth is about 40 million dollars.
• He is one of the very few NBA players who is sponsored by a Chinese shoe company called Anta.