Thompson stays:

Injured guard OKs max deal.

Guard Klay Thompson has agreed to sign a fiveyear maximum contract with the Warriors worth $190 million, league sources have confirmed with The Chronicle.

Before free agency opened Sunday, the Warriors offered Thompson the max. Thompson, not surprisingly, accepted on the spot.

Thompson has long voiced his desire to stick with Golden State longterm. Even after the shooting guard suffered an ACL injury in Game 6 of the NBA Finals that could sideline him for most — if not all — of next season, the Warriors had no hesitation about offering him a max contract.

The New York Times was first to report the news.

In addition to being perhaps the best shooter in NBA history not named Stephen Curry, Thompson is an elite oneonone defender. In his eight seasons with the Warriors, Thompson has become a key part of three championship teams, pairing with Curry to form arguably the best backcourt in the league.

Thompson is a fivetime AllStar, a twotime AllNBA selection and a reigning AllDefensive team selection. A career 41.9% shooter from beyond the arc, he owns league records for 3pointers in a game (14) and 3pointers in a quarter (nine), as well as the playoff record for 3s in a game (11). No one has hit more 3s in his first five years in the NBA than Thompson’s 1,060.

Before the ACL tear, Thompson had been one of the most durable players in the league. In six of his eight NBA seasons, he appeared in at least 77 of a possible 82 regularseason games. Thompson’s recent Game 3 absence in the Finals with a strained left hamstring marked the first time in 121 career playoff games that he sat out.

Because the Warriors didn’t have to fret over securing Thompson longterm, they could turn their focus to trying to lock down Durant. It didn’t happen. Durant announced Sunday afternoon that he will sign with the Nets, choosing Brooklyn over Golden State, the Knicks and Clippers.