Klay Thompson is having a tough time in the postseason. The one in which the Golden State Warriors were eliminated and which ended up leading to his possible breakup with the San Francisco franchise, which he even deleted from social networks. The guard will be a free agent on June 30 and this, together with the need for authorization from Team USA to be able to defend another team -because he was already international with the American team- has made his presence with the Bahamas national teamthe one that will play in the Valencia Pre-Olympic and will be a rival of Spain, practically fell on deaf ears.
When they became known the rivals that Spain will have to face in its Pre-Olympic (Poland, Bahamas, Angola, Lebanon and Finland) One of the things that was most striking was that practically all the teams had a lot of NBA material, while Spain only had Santi Aldama. However, as time has passed, several of those players have fallen, as has been the case with Lauri Markkanen with Finland and, now, Klay Thompson. And, as the journalist from TheAthletic Shams Charania, Everything indicates that Thompson will not be able to play in the Pre-Olympic.
First, for your future. The one in which will become a free agent in search of a new destination after negotiations with the Warriors did not go well, whom he even stopped following on social networks. And then, and most importantly, because he has a difficult time obtaining authorization to play for the Bahamian national team. The reason? That Thompson, who won gold with the USA at the 2016 Rio Games, He has to obtain that permission to now be able to defend the colors of another team and that this be approved by FIBA, something that seems not to happen.
For now, What Klay Thompson will do is join the Bahamas national team’s training camp in Houston this week, after which the expedition will fly to Greece to play two preparation matches (one against Montenegro and another against the Greek team) on June 25 and 27. And from there he will head to Valencia, where on July 2 the Pre-Olympic Games will begin in which a place for the Paris Olympic Games will be distributed. And all this also coincides with the start of free agency, the one that Thompson will attend, although, as Charania anticipates, the interest in joining the Orlando Magic seems to be mutual.
Although, those who will be with the Bahamas again will be Eric Gordon, Byddi Hield and Deandre Ayton, who stand as three of the great pillars of the team. While, for all the above, everything indicates that Thompson will be left out of the Valencia event and his debut with the Bahamas will be left in standby at the expense of receiving authorization.
