Thompson left the Warriors in the offseason because he felt the contract the Warriors offered him didn't respect him, and partly because he wanted to go to a more competitive team to compete for a championship. So he chose the Mavericks, turned down the Warriors' contract with the Lakers, and when it came to why he joined the Mavericks, Thompson believes that the Mavericks are a stronger team than the Warriors.

Townsend's words have always haunted Curry, so when the Mavericks and Warriors met for the first time this season, Curry played a dominant performance in that game, leading the team to defeat the Mavericks. He wanted to prove that the Warriors were a strong team this season. But now that more than 30 games have passed, the gap between the two teams is slowly beginning to emerge. The Mavericks proved that they are still a strong team in the West. They currently sit in fifth place in the West and are far behind the Warriors in terms of record. And when the two sides met for the second time this season, the Mavericks also beat the Warriors. At the moment, even with Irving and Doncic out injured, the Mavericks seem to be able to show a good competitiveness.

On the other hand, although the Warriors have made a large number of reinforcements this season, they don't seem to have a good effect, and even if Schroder comes, it seems that it is difficult for them to win, so it confirms what Townsend said, the Warriors are indeed inferior to the Mavericks.

In fact, through the comparison of the lineups of the two teams, we can see the deformity of the Warriors' lineup. The Warriors don't have a good interior configuration, and they've been at the bottom of the league for the past few years, so that leads to a complete lack of interior defense. On the other hand, the Mavericks' Lively and Gafford are very athletic interior players, and their defensive ability under the basket is completely lacking in the Warriors, and their finishing ability and impact ability under the basket are also not available in the Warriors.

On the outside, the Mavericks have two points where they can attack with the ball, and both of them are top singles players in the league. The Warriors don't have a second point other than Curry to act as a consistent ball-handling offense. Schroder seems to have been unaccustomed to the situation after joining the Warriors, so the overall strength of the Warriors and the Mavericks are incomparable from beginning to end, which is why Thompson resolutely chose to leave the Warriors. He saw the Warriors' essential weakness, and he knew the Warriors couldn't change those things.