“Not at all,” Thompson said via ESPN when asked if his struggles have anything to do with Durant. “I struggled last year for the first 20 games, and Kevin wasn’t here. So it has nothing to do with Kevin.”
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After finishing second in 3-pointers made the past three seasons, Thompson has shot only 19.6 percent from beyond the arc through the Warriors’ first six games. He’s shooting 38.4 percent from the field and averaging just 15.8 points per game.
“So last year I struggled, then I went on a tear, so it’s just like any other season,” Thompson said. “Obviously we have different players, but I’m still getting the shots I always got before he was here, so it’s not on Kevin at all.”
Thompson said he watches film of his best shooting performances to try and get out of his funk.
“I just try to watch highlights of the team I’m going to play against,” Thompson said. “So I had a good game against the Pelicans, I’ll watch what I was successful at against them.”
Time will tell if Thompson will bounce back from his slow start, but so far, it looks as if Durant’s presence has made him uncomfortable in an offense that has more mouths to feed than Steve Martin in “Cheaper by the Dozen.”
