{"id":846287,"date":"2026-08-07T02:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846287\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:42:12","slug":"klay-thompson-to-lakers-gets-momentum-with-father-mychals-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/846287\/","title":{"rendered":"Klay Thompson to Lakers gets momentum with father Mychal&#8217;s help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers legend Mychal Thompson revealed that he is seriously making efforts to convince his son, Klay, to join LA.<\/p>\n<p>There is no other person who would like to see Klay Thompson wearing a Los Angeles Lakers uniform other than his father.<\/p>\n<p>Amid speculation around LA and the former NBA star, Mychal Thompson revealed that he is making serious efforts to convince his son to join the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers icon dropped the major revelation on X (formerly Twitter), generating plenty of chatter and buzz across the Los Angeles fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2085399690569228396\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2085497134464323696\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">  Klay Thompson linked to Lakers amid uncertain Mavs future <\/p>\n<p>Klay Thompson has drawn plenty of talk across the league out of his interesting situation with the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>Past reports indicated that Thompson is <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-252382-mavericks-open-to-trading-key-lakers-target.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the mix among several Mavs veterans available for trade<\/a>. While Dallas explored the market, no deal has become realistic yet around the future Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat have been linked to Thompson and would reportedly secure him once he reaches a contract buyout with the Mavericks. Yet so far, the team has <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-252023-miami-heat-to-pursue-klay-thompson-only-under-one-major-circumstance.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not shown any interest in executing a breakup.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thompson will hit contract year next 2026-27 season and is set to earn $17.5 million for the final year of his current deal with the Mavs. He averaged 11.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 21.7 minutes last season, shooting 38.3% of his three-point attempts across 69 games.<\/p>\n<p>With Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-253078-klay-thompson-los-angeles-lakers-move-mavericks-trade-uncertainty.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open to coming home to LA<\/a>, it still remains to be seen how his situation in Dallas will unfold.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_7\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for reading us! 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