Thompson was selected by the Warriors with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, joining Stephen Curry in Golden State’s backcourt.
Green was picked by the Dubs in the second round in 2012 but didn’t become a starter until his third season during the 2014-15 campaign.
Steve Kerr also became the Warriors head coach in 2014-15, and behind Curry’s first regular-season MVP, Thompson’s first All-Star honor and Green’s efforts on first-team All-Defense, Golden State finished 67-15 and raced to its first NBA title in 40 years.
The trio were each All-Stars in 2015-16, Curry won his second straight regular-season MVP and Green was the Defensive Player of the Year runner-up for the second consecutive year.
Despite finishing with an NBA record of 73 wins in the regular season and holding a 3-1 series edge over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Warriors fell to the Cavs in a seven-game NBA Finals instant classic.
The group won two more championships in 2017 and 2018, with each making All-Star teams in both years and Green winning the 2016-17 Defensive Player of the Year Award, before they lost to the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA Finals.
Thompson missed the entire 2019-2020 and 2020-21 campaigns and Curry was out for all but five games in the former season, leading to down years.
With all three superstars back together and healthy, the Warriors won one more title in 2022 against the Boston Celtics.
It might be a long time before any trio of teammates have the kind of success that Curry, Green and Thompson had together in the Bay Area.