Jeff Van Gundy: “Any long-term worries (about your knee)?”
Klay: “Not at all. Terrible question:” pic.twitter.com/yhjKIRPPyp— Jake Hutchinson (@hutchdiesel) March 9, 2019
Klay Thompson was the player of the game in his return to the floor on Friday night, leading the Warriors with 39 points in a 122-105 win over the Nuggets.
Thompson had been out for two games with a knee issue that didn’t seem to affect him at all during the game. That didn’t stop ESPN analyst and longtime NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy from asking about it postgame, and Klay giving him crap for doing so.
Van Gundy: “Klay Thompson, a spectacular return, first of all, how’s your knee?”
Thompson: “Knee’s good. Any time I sit down I’ve just got to keep that thing in motion because it can stiffen up. Obviously it didn’t affect me too much tonight.”
Van Gundy: “Any longterm worries?”
Thompson: “Not at all, terrible question Jeff.”
Van Gundy: “That was not a bad question!”
Klay is usually in the habit of providing us with unintentional humor, but he’s also capable of cracking a joke when the mood catches him right.