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Jason Kidd Credits Kyrie Irving For Successfully Recruiting Klay Thompson

Last Modified: August 21, 2024

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Jason Kidd gave credit to Kyrie Irving for successfully recruiting Klay Thompson. Would Klay be on the Mavericks with Kyrie’s recruiting efforts? (Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports)

Jason Kidd Credits Kyrie Irving For Successfully Recruiting Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson chose the Mavericks this Summer and it turns out Kyrie Irving deserves all the credit for it. I guess blame too if it doesn’t go well but time will tell on that one. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd talked about how much Kyrie meant in terms of getting Klay to Dallas.

Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area:

“When you talk about the recruitment, it was a lot of people that were involved in that. But one of the biggest players in that was Kai,” Kidd said. “Kai being able to, player to player, (detail) his experience of what Dallas has been like for him in two years and being able to tell Klay the honest truth of what he thinks can happen with Klay coming to Dallas.

“… I would love to say it was all me,” Kidd joked. “But it wasn’t. It was a team effort. But I think player-to-player – in this league, they all talk about their situations, and they all recruit one another – this was about Kai and Klay being able to talk. And I also believe Klay did his homework, just understanding the situation. It would have been easy for him to stay (in California). So, he had to put in some effort of doing some homework to see what Dallas was all about.”

I just think the funniest part about all of this is that Kyrie outgunned LeBron. What did Kyrie say to Klay that LeBron couldn’t in terms of recruiting? Klay’s dad played for the Lakers and he still picked Kyrie. Food for thought…

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