After winning a championship two seasons prior, Klay Thompson rested during the offseason to spare his body from the strain. Playing that late into June after suffering an ACL tear and an Achilles injury shortens the recovery period for a new season.

In 2022, Ramona Shelburne made the following comment on the Lowe Post:

Over the course of the regular season, that tactic paid off handsomely, as Klay led the NBA in made threes, demonstrating that he was truly back to his Splash Bro form. However, he had a difficult postseason, particularly when the Dubs lost in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round.

Ramona Shelburne commented on the Lowe Post about this in 2022:

“There was something in his head that said I don’t want to do that again. I don’t want to put myself in that position. So while he trained and he was in shape, it’s a different level of ramp-up when you’re playing pickup and you are playing five-on-five games and he didn’t do that in the offseason.”

His coach Steve Kerr had some thoughts about that:

“The biggest thing for Klay is to have a great offseason,” Kerr said. “At 34, 33, I think, with two major injuries behind him, this is a time where he’s got to be more prepared than ever for the first day of training camp.

“Not only physically handling the injuries and the strength and conditioning part of everything, but also understanding that, as you get older, you’ve got to get better in areas you can improve upon. You can’t rely on the same things you could rely on at 28 or 27.”