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30 NBA players who also had kids play in the league

By Larry Hammonds

CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Allie LaForce interviews Seth Curry and Stephen CUrry during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Allie LaForce interviews Seth Curry and Stephen CUrry during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) /
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Thompson Family Pictured from left to right: Trayce Thompson, Mychel Thompson, Mychal Thompson and Klay Thompson. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Opus Bank) /

NBA players who also had kids play in the league: Mychal Thompson/Klay Thompson

Mychal Thompson was drafted first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1978 NBA draft. Born in the Bahamas, he was the first foreign-born player to be selected with the first pick. After being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1986-87 season, Thompson would go on to win consecutive titles in 1987 and ’88, serving as a backup to the NBA’s All-Time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers also reached the Finals in 1989 but lost to the Detroit Pistons. Although he is a two-time champion, his son Klay has had a much more successful professional career than his father.

Drafted 11th overall in the 2011 draft, Klay Thompson is a three-time NBA champion, 3-point contest champion, five-time All-Star, and was named to the 2019 All-Defensive Second Team. He also won a gold medal in the 2014 FIBA World Cup and an Olympic gold medal in 2016.

Klay holds the regular-season record for most points scored in a quarter (37), most 3-pointers made in a game (14), the playoff record for 3-pointers made in a game (11), and tied with Steph Curry for the playoff record for most 3-pointers made in a single postseason (98). With a career 41.9 3-point percentage, Klay has never shot less than 40 percent from behind the arc.

In 2015, Thompson helped lead the Golden State Warriors to their first NBA Championship since 1975. The Warriors would make five consecutive NBA Finals appearances, winning three. When Klay won his first championship in 2015, the Thompsons became the fourth father-son duo to win an NBA Championship as players and the second to win multiple championships each.