Dad 'disappointed' Klay Thompson picked Mavericks over Lakers - ESPN

Klay Thompson's decision to sign with the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent didn't get an overarching stamp of approval from his father — former Los Angeles Lakers star Mychal Thompson.

«I'm not feeling too much in a congratulatory mood right now,» Mychal Thompson told SiriusXM NBA Radio on Tuesday morning.

Klay Thompson agreed to a three-year, $50 million contract with the Mavericks on Monday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Lakers were extremely intriguing to Klay Thompson, sources said, but the financial savings from living in Texas over California and the fact that the Mavericks came within three victories of an NBA championship were big factors in his decision.

«You know, because, I mean, obviously it's Klay's decision. It's his life,» Mychal Thompson said on the radio show. «He's a grown man, 34 years of age, just like we were 34 at one time. And our fathers used to give us advice and, you know, we would choose our own path and that's fine, that's what life is supposed to be about.

»… I'm really disappointed. I was hoping, as you can assess, that he would be a Laker. And it was close. It came down to the Lakers and the Mavs, but the Mavs won out. But you know me, I was hoping and praying he'd finish his career with the Lakers."

Mychal Thompson played for the «Showtime» Lakers from 1987 to 1991 and won two NBA championships in that span.

«When he told me that the Lakers were talking to him, or going to talk to him… obviously I tried to sell playing for the Lakers,» Mychal Thompson, who is a radio analyst for Lakers games, said. «Obviously that's the right thing for me to do and the proper thing for me to do. And I felt like it was the correct thing for me to do because I really believe in this franchise.