As bizarre as it may seem to consider, Klay Thompson is still tight with several members of the Dubs family despite no longer being a part of the Golden State Warriors. Thompson plays guard for the Dallas Mavericks. Thompson was actually in Cameroon recently to assist some kids basketball camps and a U20 competition alongside Festus Ezeli, a former Warriors center who is now a Warriors announcer. A few videos that Ezeli posted on his personal Instagram stories were archived and re-posted on Twitter by @ceeayech.
Ezeli, who was up in Nigeria, has constantly worked to promote programs that want to see basketball spread throughout the continent. Ezeli is the executive director of VisionC, a nonprofit organization that uses basketball to empower young people. In a few of his accounts, Ezeli mentioned VisionC and implied that Thompson accompanied him to assist with the program.
According to their website, VisionC held their first-ever yearly basketball camps in 2022. Children of all genders between the ages of 14 and 17 are welcome to attend the multi-day camps, which also offer a variety of social activities off the court. A U20 Vision Annual Tournament was also held there. Thompson threw the first jump ball in the U20 tournament final game, according to Ezeli’s account.
Ezeli was a reliable rotation center for the entirety of his career after being selected by the Warriors in the first round of the 2012 draft. But in the end, injuries would only allow him to play in 170 games. Still, Ezeli played for the Warriors in the 2014–15 NBA Championship and continued to be a regular in the 73–9 2015–16 campaign.
Naturally, Thompson had a lengthy career with the Warriors and left behind enough history to earn him a statue outside of Chase Center and induction into the Hall of Fame. However, as he advances with the Mavs, he plans to add a few more honors to his record.
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