Despite being injured in the 2019 NBA finals, Klay Thompson has managed to help Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors win their 4th title together in 2022. This is quite a remarkable achievement considering that many analysts ruled them out of contention after Kevin Durant left.
He was recently interviewed and asked about the reasons behind the Golden State Warriors success. To many people’s surprise, Klay revealed that Football star Lionel Messi’s former team FC Barcelona is hugely responsible for the achievements and playstyle of the Warriors.
One may want to understand what exactly Klay is talking about. After all, football and basketball are very different sports and few can understand the similarities between the two.
Klay Thompson reveals that Stephen Curry and the Warriors follow FC Barcelona’s style of tiki-taka
Football fans know how successful FC Barcelona has been over the years. It is worth over $5 billion dollars and for good reason. Barcelona is one of the only teams ever to win 6 trophies in a single year. Doing so requires winning 3 national titles, two international titles in the continent, and the international worldwide title.

Klay did not take credit for the incorporation of this style for the Warriors himself. It deserves to go towards Steve Kerr, the GSW coach behind their successful deep postseason runs and multiple championships over the decade.
Klay Thompson says Steve Kerr and the Warriors base their game on Barcelona’s tiki-taka 🤝 pic.twitter.com/GPGSTELZlH
— B/R Football (@brfootball) October 19, 2022
“I mean he (Steve Kerr) gave us the perfect example in FC Barcelona, they called tiki-taka. It’s just kick to the open man and with us, it’s hit the open man, keep moving. And it just plays to me and Steph’s strengths so much.”

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