Secrets of a Splash Brother: Klay Thompson talks family, streaks, trade rumors

If you were going to do something else, what would you be doing?

I think about that every day.

Really?

I think about that a lot. Sometimes us players, basketball is all we know half the time. So I always think about that.

So you think about that, or what you’d do?

I wonder what I would do. I like to fish.

You do? What kind?

I like, not really deep sea, but we go out in Southern California and even in rivers, just try and catch anything.

Fly fishing?

I’ve never been fly fishing. But [fishing] is something I’m going to do a lot when my career is over.

So what job do you think you would like?

I would love to be a teacher, honestly. PE Teacher/coach. That would be such a great job. High school, though. I’ve thought about if I could coach college or NBA, but by the time I’m done I don’t want to travel that much. I don’t want to recruit kids, either. I want to teach kids while they’re young and there’s a lot less BS to deal with, though you have to deal with the parents. Ugh. But ages 14-18 is such a crucial age for young boys … that would be cool.

Favorite musician?

Bob Marley and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

Favorite song?

The Horns mix of “Is This Love” is like my favorite song. Not the original, but The Horns mix. It’s so good. I like the horns in the background, they do a great job.

What three people would you go to dinner with?

Probably Bob Marley is one of them. [I’d like to] pick his brain a little bit. [Martin Luther King, Jr.] would probably be one of them. I’d want to know what he had to go through, you know? Probably … I want to do some famous politician.

What about Obama?

Well, I’ve met Obama, so I’d pick someone who is dead, so probably Abe Lincoln. I’d like to know what he’s thinking.