Klay Thompson has been a key part of the Golden State Warriors' excellent start and the early returns indicate the front office may have made the right decision in not trading him for Kevin Love.

"I won't be politically correct. Shoot, I knew," said Thompson when asked if he felt like he's validated that decision. "If I got traded I was like, "Oh, well. I'ma prove 'em wrong." That's my attitude. I knew how good we could be, man. Why would you want to mess up the best backcourt in the league. We got great chemistry. I mean, we didn't have Andrew Bogut last year and we took a great Clippers team to seven games. So I was like, we're right there, we just need a little more. And the additions we had? I was like, "No, we better not mess this up." So, I don't think I validated it yet. I think it's still early, we're only 25 games in. I'm excited, we had a great start. I knew my worth. I knew I could be one of the best two guards in the league. I'm not going to be bashful about it anymore."

Thompson has been bolder in his statements to the media this season.

"Yeah, my dad told me, "Klay you gotta be bold, man," said Thompson. "Shoot, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird knew how good they were. And if they weren't they'd tell it to you." So he's like, "you gotta be bold and you gotta believe that you're the best,' and I'm like, dad's right. "Everything I told you, Klay, is coming to truth." He told me in high school I had a $100 million jump shot, I was like "Ha! Don't joke!""