Warriors would've ‘smoked' Raptors with Klay Thompson, Stephen A Smith says

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Truly blasphemous.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr recently told NBC Sports Bay Area in an exclusive interview that he doesn't expect guard Klay Thompson to return to the court this season.

Kerr's comments were brought up Tuesday on ESPN’s “First Take," and host Stephen A. Smith came in hot with one of his signature, emphatically delivered takes.

“A healthy Klay Thompson, without Kevin Durant, they would have smoked Toronto.”

I wouldn’t necessarily classify that as a hot take, considering that many around the NBA still were confident in the Warriors after KD’s injury. The Warriors were up three points late in the third quarter of that infamous NBA Finals Game 6 before Thompson went down with a torn ACL.

[RELATED: Exclusive: Kerr reveals Klay 'unlikely' to play this season]

However, the Warriors still would've had to visit Toronto and win a Game 7 without Kevin Durant on the court -- an incredibly tall task, especially considering the Raptors had Kawhi Leonard on the wing.

We’ll never know because unfortunately we still live in a world without time machines, but the NBA season tips off Tuesday night, so the Warriors finally can put an eventful offseason behind them and focus on simply winning basketball games.

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