Klay Thompson's cold shooting doesn't worry Warriors, but is there more to it?

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Klay Thompson is at his offensive best when his head is clear and his feet are set. That’s it. Nothing else.

No need for deep psychoanalysis. When the Warriors star keeps it simple, his shots go in, opponents lose hope and the Warriors triumph.

This, however, is a time when things might not be as simple as usual for Thompson. He’s in a place he has never been -- an established All-Star, with a history of success, in the final season of his contract.

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And, also, on a team with the highest possible expectations.

So it might take a week or three before Thompson settles in and plays basketball.

Consider that Thompson entered the season as a career 42.2 percent shooter from 3-point distance. He’s also coming off his most accurate season both inside the arc (52.7) and beyond it (44 percent).

Six games into the season, Thompson’s 3-point shooting has been as bad as at any point in his seven-year NBA career. He’s 4 of 31 -- 12.9 percent. It’s early but atypical. Klay’s 3-ball numbers look like something from a Zaza Pachulia post-practice trick-shot session.

“We’ve seen this before,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said in New York, ahead of Sunday's game against the Nets. “Two years ago, Klay had an almost carbon-copy start to his season. Sometimes the very beginning of the year is like that. You get off to a rough start and it snowballs, and then you just kind of stop and go, ‘Oh, yeah, right, there’s about 75 games left.’

“Inevitably, the dam will break, and he’ll start going nuts again.”

That’s what the smart money says. Six games is a small sample size. A great shooter doesn’t lose it at age 28.

Two years ago, Thompson was 11 of 53 (20.7 percent) from deep in the first seven games. He was 27 of 56 (48.2 percent) over the next seven.

The circumstances are different this time. Though Klay’s reputation is of someone who isn’t a worrier and, therefore, is affected by the business of the game, the fact is he hasn’t had much to worry about as he does now.

Thompson repeatedly has said his goal is to remain with the Warriors. The team has expressed mutual sentiments. It’s the money that remains in question, and Thompson wants a contract commensurate to his status as an All-Star and one of the top two-way guards in the league.

Can we really assume he doesn’t want to chase the super-max money that comes with being named All-NBA, thereby putting pressure on the Warriors to pay up?

Thompson is doing a solid job on defense, but many of his shots have been rushed, as he fears he won’t get another chance to shoot until next week. Even some of his open looks have been launched with haste.

The Warriors, for the most part, don’t mind because they know how tremendous Thompson is once his shots start lining up.

“We’re just telling Klay to keep shooting, keep being aggressive,” Kevon Looney said in New York. “Klay is going to keep being himself. Eventually his shots are going to go in. We’re not really worried about Klay. We just want to keep him involved, keep giving him his touches.”

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The only complaint Warriors players and coaches have with Thompson are the occasional contested shots when others are open. Kerr has shown no desire to curtail Thompson’s shooting. Indeed, the Warriors want Thompson firing every time he gets a good shot.

“It’s going to happen,” Kerr says. “We all know. It’s a matter of finding our groove as a team. That usually helps Klay.”

It's going to happen. And when it does, you’ll see the difference. Thompson’s feet will be set, and those little signs of frustration will have peeled away. It will look simple because it will be simple.

Meanwhile, something to think about: Thompson’s cold start is obscured by the excellence of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. As long as they are teammates, Thompson knows he can find himself on his own time. He can’t know that if he were to go elsewhere next July.

But it’s too early for Thompson to think about that. Right?

Right?

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