Sources: Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson eyes January home game for return

The Golden State Warriors and Klay Thompson are targeting a January home game for his return to the NBA, with key targets including Jan. 9 against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Jan. 18 against the Detroit Pistons, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

A Jan. 3 home game against the Miami Heat hasn't been ruled out but is considered less likely, sources said.

Thompson has not played since tearing his ACL during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals and his Achilles in November 2020.

Before Friday night's game against the Boston Celtics, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said it was still unclear exactly how the timing of Thompson's return would work, but that he would speak to Thompson, Warriors GM Bob Myers and Warriors director of sports medicine and performance Rick Celibrini when the Warriors return from their east coast road trip.

"I don't know how exactly it's going to pan out right now," Kerr said. "I know that when we get back from this trip, I'll put my head together with Rick's and Klay's and we'll talk about it and Bob and we'll see where everything stands. But I know he's doing great. He was in Santa Cruz this week and had a couple good days there, so it's all going along smoothly, but we don't have a date yet."

Kerr said it was still a possibility for Thompson to get back to the Warriors G-League affiliate in Santa Cruz over the next couple of weeks for some more scrimmage work.

"Sure, yeah," Kerr said. "If we deem that that's the best place for him to get a scrimmage in, then that will happen again."