Adrian Woznarowski, a reporter for the U.S. sports channel ESPN, reported on the 2nd (Korea time) that Clay Tamson of the Golden State Warriors will move to the Dallas Mavericks. The deal is worth 50 million dollars for three years. Tamson will leave the Golden State for the first time in 13 years.
The Golden State team immediately announced on its official website that it would permanently remove Tamson’s number 11. It was a moment when Tamson’s transfer was realized.
Thamson devoted himself to the Golden State for 13 years from 2011. He was one of the greatest players in the history of the Golden State. Let’s take a look at his footsteps.
Tamson’s days before joining the NBA 토토사이트 모음
Tamson was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother was a former volleyball player until college, and his father was a star basketball player who was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1978 NBA Draft. Since Tamson’s father frequently moved his team, Tamson also moved frequently. Still, he returned to California from the age of 14 and dreamed of becoming a basketball player.
Tamson was a top-notch prospect in California, and he also performed well in showcase matches where promising players from all over the country competed. However, Tamson was not a well-known prospect nationwide.
Tamson was a four-star prospect who received four out of five stars on the basketball prospect assessment website. Five-star prospective basketball players have already made their name known since high school and have entered prestigious basketball universities.
If not, Tamson will enter Washington State University. As a college freshman, Tamson played well, averaging 12.5 points, and was honored as one of the “PAC-10 Conference’s Best Freshman Teams.” He has been the team’s ace since the second year of his career. He led the team by averaging nearly 20 points, and made a name for himself throughout the country. Tamson spent his college career until his junior year and applied for the NBA Draft.
Thamson’s accomplishments during his three years in college have been tremendous. Thamson is Washington State University’s top scorer in history and also the top scorer for a single college season. In January 2020, Washington State University decided to permanently remove the number 1 that Thamson used in college.
Early days of joining Golden State
Although he came from an obscure university, Tamson’s performance was so outstanding that Golden State, which had the 11th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, drafted Tamson.
Golden State’s nomination of Tamson was a rather unexpected choice. The reason is that there was an ace in the shooting guard position called Monta Ellis in Golden State. At that time, Ellis’ status was beyond imagination. Ellis was also a franchise star nominated by Golden State and raised him as a star. He was a player like a ray of light in Golden State in the dark period when there were no suitable stars.
After naming Tamson, rumors began to spread that he was trading for Ellis. And the rumors turned out to be true. Ellis was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in March 2012.
The reason Golden State traded for Ellis, the franchise star and the team’s ace, was because of the rebuilding. Golden State decided to push the backcourt duo of Stephen Curry and Tamson to become the team’s mainstay. And this choice was a godsend.
Tamson immediately stands out from his rookie season. He has been reborn as a quality 3&D resource by boasting strong defense capability along with three-point shooting, which is his strength.
Since then, Tamson has held the Golden State’s starting shooting guard position. Starting in the second season, Tamson will start every game. Until the 2023-2024 season, Tamson was never out of the starting lineup.
He averaged 12.5 points in his rookie season, 16.6 points in his second year, and 18.4 points in his third year. Naturally, both 3-point shooting success rates exceeded 40%. Along with Thamson, Curry and Golden State also grew, and they began to attract attention from NBA fans.
He also made it to the playoffs, where he was eliminated in the second round of the Western Conference in 2012-2013, when he met the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the Western Conference. At that time, tamson played brilliantly, averaging a 15.7-point, 3-point shooting success rate of 54%.
In the 2013–2014 season, he advanced to the playoffs with a 51–31, but faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round and lost Game 7.