Klay's return to Bay to kick off NBA Cup schedule

Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 14, 2024, 05:10 AMKlay Thompson's return to the Bay Area will come on the first night of the 2024-25 Emirates NBA Cup schedule.Thompson and his new team, the Dallas Mavericks, will face the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Nov. 12, part of the full NBA Cup schedule unveiled Tuesday.The rest of the NBA regular-season schedule will be revealed Thursday on ESPN's "NBA Today."The future Hall of Fame guard, who formed the greatest shooting backcourt in NBA history alongside Stephen Curry, signed a three-year, $50 million deal with Dallas this offseason and will now go back to the place he called home for the first 13 seasons of his career.That won't be the only blockbuster game on the opening night of the schedule for the second edition of the league's in-season tournament, however, as the opening half of the national doubleheader on TNT will see the New York Knicks travel down Interstate 95 to face the Philadelphia 76ers.Coming off a thrilling six-game first-...