During an appearance on behalf of his Chinese sneaker sponsor Anta last weekend, Klay Thompson got rejected by the rim on one of the worst dunk attempts you’ll ever see. But did he let that ruin his offseason trip to China? No!
After that awful dunk attempt, lesser players might have spent the remainder of their trips hiding in their hotel rooms and anxiously awaiting the moment when they could go home. But Thompson, who is just a couple weeks removed from winning his second NBA title in three years, did the exact opposite.
On Wednesday, a video surfaced that showed him dancing at a nightclub called Face Club in China all by himself. As Tiësto played in the background, Thompson pumped his fists, grabbed his crotch, and even worked a sick spin move into the mix, all while those gathered at the club watched—and filmed—him. It was quite a sight:
If you’re going to embarrass yourself by getting hung on a dunk, this is how you make a smooth recovery and make everyone forget all about it. Thompson’s dance moves have been all the rage on social media over the course of the last 24 hours with plenty of NBA fans chiming in on the clip:
Even Steph Curry had a reaction to it. He came across the clip of Thompson dancing on Instagram and couldn’t contain his tears of joy:
Thompson himself hasn’t gotten around to explaining WTF was going through his mind when he was letting loose in the club. But it looks like his trip to China is going way better than we thought it was after seeing his dunk fail earlier this week.
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