Klay Thompson to sign with Miami Heat after Mavericks buyout contact

[p]The 36-year-old American guard, a four-time NBA champion with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-state-warriors/SxUtXqch/"]Golden State Warriors[/a], joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-mavericks/YouS3mEC/"]Dallas[/a] in July 2024 as part of a six-team trade.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thompson-klay/pQUdN6bE/"]Thompson[/a], a three-point sharpshooter with a 40.9% career average from beyond the arc, has averaged 18.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists over a 13-year NBA career.[/p][p]In two seasons with Dallas, Thompson averaged 12.9 points a game and averaged 38.7% from three-point range over 141 contests.[/p][embed guid="5ea0a4c9-e809-49a9-95d1-7dc2c62b72da" url="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2090916471564009924?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Klay is one of the great players and competitors of his generation, and we are grateful for everything he brought to the Mavericks organization,"[/b] Mavericks president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri said in a statement.[/p][p][b]"We have tremendous respect for Klay and all that he has accomplished throughout his career, and we wish him nothing but the best moving forward."[/b][/p][p]The Mavericks went 26-56 last season, and Thompson reportedly told management he wanted to depart for a contending club, which he would have in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/miami-heat/CQ7AXnT5/"]Miami[/a].[/p][p]The Heat obtained Greek star big man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antetokounmpo-giannis/zw2Tm2a1/"]Giannis Antetokounmpo[/a] in a trade with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/milwaukee-bucks/QTBEW6rC/"]Milwaukee[/a] last month.[/p][p]In January, Thompson passed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lillard-damian/GfOP1DEt/"]Damian Lillard[/a] for fourth place on the NBA's all-time three-point baskets list and sits on 2,899 three-pointers made.[/p]