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NBA Trade Rumors: Klay Thompson 'Unhappy' at Golden State, Could Ask Trade to Bucks

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson

(Photo : Getty Images) Klay Thompson could soon leave the Warriors.

There are rumors that Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson is "unhappy" right now at Golden State and could ask for a trade to the Milwaukee Bucks soon.

Thompson, the other half of the so-called Splash Brothers with Warriors' co-main man Stephen Curry, has been in a shooting slump lately as the "super team" has also failed to reach expectations early in the season with a 4-2 slate.

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Golden State went through two wake-up call losses against the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers, and Thompson was the most evident malfunctioning part of the Warriors' Big Four.

He went from averaging a career-high 22.1 points per game last season to only 15.8 points a night as of six games this season. His field goal and three-point shooting percentages have also dramatically dropped down from 47.0 and 42.5 percent last year to 38.4 and 19.6 percent so far at this time.

Some say that Thompson will eventually find his rhythm as he adjusts his game with Kevin Durant's presence, but other analysts believe that it is Durant himself who is causing this bad shooting night for the reigning NBA Three-Point Contest champion.

Thompson recently denied the speculations that Durant is to blame for his current woes, but rumors are gaining ground that he may eventually demand to be traded if things do not get better over time.

HNGN indicated that a trade to the Bucks for the young pair of Khris Middleton and Jabari Parker could happen in midseason as the Warriors try to find a new identity centered only on Curry and Durant.

Chicago Bulls superstar Dwyane Wade, who had been in a super team before with LeBron James and Chris Bosh in Miami, has offered some advice for the Warriors with regard to some adjustments their players must make to make things work, as per Basketball Insiders.

"It takes time," Wade said. "We had great players, but we had a lot of guys who already was used to something a certain way and it just took a little time."

The Heat began the season with a 9-8 record when the trio of Wade, Bosh, and James came together in 2010-2011 before eventually winning 21 of their next 22 matches. 

"Everybody wanted to beat us, so everybody was playing their tail off against us," Wade recalled. "It took time for us to get to the game that we wanted to get to."

The Warriors are hoping that they are also in the same adjustment period as the Heat went through back then. Golden State is expected to keep Thompson until such time comes when they figure out that the Curry-Durant-Thompson combination does not really work.

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