Steph stopped addressing the crowd before Klay’s return to Dubs-Mavs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Klay Thompson has once again asked Steph Curry not to do anything on his behalf.

Curry was scheduled to speak to fans at Chase Center before the Warriors and Dallas Mavericks tip off at Chase Center on Tuesday night, but that will no longer happen.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters before the game that Curry and Thompson spoke Monday night and agreed to scrap the pregame speech, which was to take place after the players’ introductions.

“It’s often in these types of circumstances, whether it’s ring night or something like that, that a player returns,” Kerr told reporters before the match when asked about the game’s heightened emotions. “I know we talked about having Steph speak to the crowd. He’s not going to do that now. He and Klay talked about it last night. They both have a competition to prepare for.

“And to your point, there will already be enough emotion. The audience will give him a huge ovation, which will probably last for a while. So those guys got together and decided that no words (were) needed, and we are tipping it and hopefully we can settle into the game soon.”

Thompson will play his highly anticipated first game against the Warriors after leaving the franchise in July.

The Warriors will hand out Captain’s Hats to fans in attendance at Chase Center and will play a tribute video for Thompson before he is introduced to the crowd.

Before departing the Warriors, Thompson asked Curry and Draymond Green not to lobby the Warriors to make a last-ditch effort to bring him back.

Just like this summer, Curry granted Thompson’s request.

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