Sometimes dynasties aren’t built on harmony. Sometimes they’re built on sharp words, bitter silences, and a few hard fouls at practice. Klay Thompson knows that better than most. He’s the guy who could drop 37 in a quarter and still admit later that, behind the curtain, things weren’t always smooth.

“For us there, there have been a lot of scuffles, there have been a lot of bad words said and feelings hurt,” Thompson reflected on Showtime w/ Coop. “But at the end of the day, we know we just want to win. And when you raise a banner, you can look past all the stuff that you went through as brothers.” That’s the essence of the Warriors’ title runs.

Golden State’s banners hang not just as a monument to shooting genius, but to the uncomfortable, necessary friction between players who de

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