Mavericks should trade klay Thompson'

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What defense.?   He's not the stopper he once was. He can make a play sometimes on D, but the consistency is not there anymore. I get keeping him around for periodic flashbacks like the one he had vs his old team. But when his shots not falling, he gives you little else at this point in his career. This is IMO of course. Others may feel differently.

He's still a good defender. He knows where to be and talks a lot on D. He has a high IQ on D which helps him be a lot more effective on D than the stats show. Often times, it's the little things like moving to push a player into the help or positioning himself to make it difficult on shooters.

Klay will be very good with PJ, Lively/Gaff, and AD. He is very good at guiding players into the teeth of the D and closing in on them from behind. They pickup the dribble and get caught. He caused a lot of turnovers with GS that way. He can still do that very well. He's not the one on one defender he once was but there are very few better team defenders than Klay.