SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green didn’t want to speak much about Klay Thompson in advance of Thompson’s Bay Area return. He declined any denser interviews on it and, when lobbed a Thompson question in a Sunday news conference, ignored and pivoted the conversation toward the NBA Cup.

Steph Curry was playing with some fire against the Dallas Mavericks. Draymond Green revealed former teammate Klay Thompson ghosted his "Splash Brother" before the game.

While it seemed to be all sunshine and roses inside Chase Center as the packed arena welcomed back Klay Thompson on Tuesday, that wasn’t exactly the case — at least amongst the players on the court. On his podcast,