When the Dallas Mavericks brought in Klay Thompson this offseason, they dreamed his shooting threat would help open the floor for Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, and that he could be the missing piece to a championship.

Additionally, Grimes and Marshall have been better defenders. The Mavs are a good defense, ranked eighth overall. That is in spite of Thompson, who grades out as a below-average defender in advanced metrics like Estimated Plus-Minus and on-off stats .

Klay Thompson led the team with 22 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals while shooting 9/17 from the field and 2/9 from the three-point range in 29 minutes of playing time. After a slow start to his Mavs career,