Mavericks are giving Klay Thompson the gift that the Warriors took from him

The Dallas Mavericks tipped off their preseason slate of games last Monday as they played the Memphis Grizzlies in their first of four games before the season begins. While the game may not have resulted in a win, there were still many positive takeaways. One major takeaway from last Monday’s loss to the Grizzlies was that the Mavericks have a deep training camp roster after the breakout performance by Jazian Gortman. Despite losing against Memphis, the Mavericks still had plenty to hold their head up high on as Klay Thompson made his Mavericks debut against the Utah Jazz in Dallas’ second of four preseason games a few days later.Thompson was not only electric in his limited minutes on the floor but the former four-time champion also proved plenty of doubters wrong with his excellent on-ball defense. Thompson was often switched onto bigger players to draw mismatches but his aggressive playstyle resulted in plenty of deflected balls.Since joining Dallas over the offseason, Thompson…