According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Miami Heat are interested in Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson.
Thompson will make $17.5 million next season in the final year of his contract. He doesn’t have a no-trade clause. The five-time All-Star and four-time NBA champion appeared in 69 games for the Mavericks last season. He averaged 11.7 points per contest while shooting 39.3% from the field, 38.3% from beyond the arc and 76.6% from the free-throw line.
The Heat are looking to add more shooters around stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo. Tim Hardaway Jr. left the Denver Nuggets for Miami this summer in free agency. It will be fascinating to see if the Heat can also land Thompson, one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.
After spending the first 11 years of his career with the Golden State Warriors, Thompson signed with the Mavericks in the summer of 2024 to play with Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving. Thompson’s time with Dončić was short-lived, as Dallas traded Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in February 2025 in what is considered the worst trade in NBA history.
The Mavericks missed the playoffs in 2025 and 2026. However, they appear to have a bright future with Cooper Flagg leading the way. The Duke product won the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year Award. He finished the season averaging 21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.
Flagg and Irving will make their debut as a duo next season. Irving missed last season recovering from his left ACL tear. Only time will tell if Thompson is part of the Mavericks’ plan.
The 36-year-old Thompson holds career averages of 18.6 points per game in the regular season and 19.2 points per game in the playoffs. He helped the Warriors win titles in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
Thompson is averaging 12.9 points per game in a Dallas uniform. He has started 80 out of the 141 games he’s played in with the Mavericks, who hired former University of Michigan head coach Dusty May as their new coach this offseason after parting ways with Hall of Famer Jason Kidd.
