How Klay Thompson opened Warriors’ season at ‘absolute peak’

DENVER — On the first day of the Warriors' weeklong tour of China last month, sports agent Greg Lawrence was riding a bus from Shenzhen to nearby Hong Kong when his phone lit up with a text from his client, Klay Thompson: "Hey, I need a gym." Drained from a 14-hour flight, Lawrence and Golden State general manager Bob Myers shared puzzled glances after seeing the message. Most players were focused on getting over their jet lag and enjoying an off day in China. Thompson, a basketball junkie, was concerned about finding somewhere in Shenzhen to hoist jumpers. "It's like his drug," Lawrence said. "I think he just kind of gets that itch, and he's got to shoot right away.