Back in late November 2024, we checked in on Klay Thompson and his ever-declining game—now with the Dallas Mavericks. Today on NBA Tuesday, we take another peek at how he is doing now that the season is close to its conclusion and all the All-Star bullshit is behind us. And guess what? Thompson, at age 35, is continuing his downhill slide that began in 2015, really, and the Mavericks are in trouble, too, obviously.

Among players for Dallas who have participated in at least 10 games so far (out of the 58 played by the team), Thompson ranks 10th in Player Efficiency Rating (13.1); 10th in True Shooting Percentage (.559); 8th in Effective Shooting Percentage (.544); 13th in Win Shares/48 Minutes (.058); 7th in Box Plus/Minus (-0.2); 6th in Value Over Replacement Player (0.6); and 5th in Usage Rate (21.5%). That WS/48 mark is really rough.

His usage rate, in conjunction with him being on the floor with more valuable players, contributes to the higher VORP mark, really. The fact his BPM is in the negative demonstrates he is not helping the team win, and for someone who is allegedly “one of the greatest shooters in NBA history”? The PER, the TSP, the eFG, and the 0.9 OBPM mark are downright humiliating. Thompson always made his bones as a sidekick, really.

That worked with Stephen Curry in Golden State, but as we pointed out a long time ago, Thompson maxed out in the Warriors’ first title run. He was in steep decline even before his injury issues from 2019-2021 that caused him to miss two full seasons, and other than a few bursts here or there, he’s been a drain on his team ever since his return to play. Now, with Kyrie Irving next to him, he’s not even close to producing good value.

At his peak, Thompson put out .172 WS/48, and Irving doesn’t even play to that level right now himself (.142). Only a handful of NBA greats are as special as Curry, historically, at making his teammates that much better around him, and Irving is not one of those guys. Maybe Luka Dončić is one of those guys, but he’s no longer with the Mavericks. Thompson has suffered both individually and team-wise, for years now.

Dallas is currently 31-27 and in eighth place among Western Conference teams. Ironically, that leaves the team one half game ahead of the Warriors in the playoff-berth chase, but Golden State is on the rise with five victories in its last six games, while the Mavericks are in decline (just a 5-4 record this month). In fact, the Warriors dropped Dallas by 24 points in a Sunday matchup held at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

The Mavs are without Anthony Davis, their return on the Dončić trade, and that hurts. But still, Thompson barely played half the game, scored just 11 points on 3-for-8 shooting, and registered a minus-8 BPM. Is that what Dallas is paying $17M/season for? Yep. Again, maybe they can package his deal in a salary dump come the offseason so they can try to reload for next season behind a healthier Davis and Irving? Ha.