That Golden State Love- Klay Thompson Love Story

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Klay recently came back from the Olympics and they were able to bring home the gold. Two weeks after he got back home we were back in action training for the 2016-2017 season. On the days when we would have practice Ayesha or our nanny Joyce would watch the twins for us, like today.

Klay, Stephen and I arrived at the Warriors practice facility.

"Hey guys!" I walk in saying.

"Hey Malika!" Everyone who knew me said.

"Hey guys this Malika Thompson, Klay's wife, and one of the Warriors assistant coach/trainers. She's been working with us for a couple years now and she's pretty damn good at her job." Coach Kerr says to the new faces.

I went to introduce myself to the new members of the Warriors squad David West, Zaza Pachulia, Javale McGee, Damian Jones and Patrick McCaw.

I went back over to coach Kerr and asked him who he wanted me to train with and he assigned me Draymond and Patrick. He wanted me to work on Draymond trying not to get into foul trouble and he wanted me to analyze McCaw's overall skills.

I started working with Draymond and I kept playing aggressive and purposely fouling him.

"Malika what the fück!"

"What Draymond I'm just playing the game!" I say shrugging.

I keep fouling him and the practice refs weren't calling it.

"Malika why the fück you keep fouling me!"

"Because you need to learn how to control your temper! You often act irrationally when you get fouls and you need to work on it because if you don't you'll get into a lot foul trouble."

We keep playing for a while until Draymond is finally calming down.

"That's better Dray. You need to keep this up throughout the season because the refs aren't going to catch everything, or they're going to make some bad foul calls and you need to remain calm."

"I'm going to try."

"That's all we can ask for. Alright I'm done with you it's time to work with the rookie." I say to Draymond. He sticks his hand out and we do our little handshake.

"Thanks Malika."

"No problem Dray."

I walk over to where Patrick was sitting.

"Hi Patrick, I'm Malika. I'll be training with you today."

"Hello." He says smiling.

"So today I'll just be observing how you play. So just pretend like I'm not here."

I observe his dribbling, passing, blocking, shooting, and how he's able to catch onto the different plays. To be honest this kid is nice he just needs to build muscle and sharpen his skills.

After he finished a play I call him over.

"You're in a good spot for a rookie. You need to sharpen your skills and build a stronger basketball IQ. I also feel we need to build some more muscle on you. I want to train with you some more to see how we can build on your skills."

"Okay thanks Ms. Malika."

I laugh at him. "Just Malika. I'm not that much older than you."

We spent some more time talking and getting to know more about each other until coach called them in one more time for team practice.