The promised first release guarantee is gone! Klay makes first reserve appearance in Mavericks career

6686 Sports November 6th NBA regular season, the Mavericks will play the home team against the Pelicans today.

Before the game, the Mavericks announced the team's starting lineup. The only change was that Russell replaced Klay Thompson in the starting lineup.

It is worth mentioning that this will be the first reserve appearance in Klay Thompson's Mavericks career. He started in 72 games last season and 7 games this season, averaging 26.7 minutes per game. Shams previously revealed on the show that the reason why Klay Thompson rejected the Warriors' two-year, $48 million offer and the Lakers' four-year, $80 million offer during the 24-year offseason and chose to join the Mavericks for $50 million in three years was because the Mavericks gave him a starting guarantee and promised him 28-30 minutes of playing time every night.

So far this season, Klay Thompson's competitive status is very sluggish. He averages 8.1 points, 3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game, shooting 31.8% from the field, and 26.2% from three-point range. Many statistics have reached career lows.