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Warriors star Stephen Curry penned an emotional message for Klay Thompson.

Klay Thompson is a four-time NBA champion and one of the greatest shooters in basketball history. But this week, a viral debate about his breakup with Megan Thee Stallion somehow pulled Stephen Curry into the conversation too.

Thompson just wrapped up his second season in Dallas, averaging 11.7 points in 22 minutes per game, on a Mavericks team that finished 26-56 and missed the playoffs. His future with the franchise is already uncertain heading into the offseason.

Off the court, things got even messier.  Thompson and rapper Megan Thee Stallion had been together since mid-2025, but she publicly accused him of cheating on Instagram just days ago, confirming the split. That fallout has kept his name all over the internet, and not for basketball reasons.

Trysta Krick’s Reaction to “Steph’s Friend” Is Going Viral

The conversation started on the Let Her Shoot podcast, shared by co-host Trysta Krick on X. Her co-host admitted she had met Klay Thompson once and had absolutely no idea who he was the whole time.

“I knew that he was a basketball player but in my head I was just referring to him as Steph’s friend for like an hour and a half,” the co-host said on the podcast.

“Oh my god, Steph’s friend, I’m gonna start calling Klay Thompson Steph’s friend? Holy f**k. That is unrecoverable,” Krick said.

A lot of people outside basketball may not know this, but Thompson once scored 37 points in a single quarter, a record that still stands. Through most of the 2010s, he was one of the best two-way guards in the league, winning four championships alongside Stephen Curry and later Kevin Durant in Golden State. The last couple of years have been tough, sure, but that happens to players at 36. The resume does not shrink because the recent seasons have been quieter.

Klay Thompson vs Megan Thee Stallion: The Social Status Debate Explained

The nickname was just one part of it. Content creator Tareq Ferguson had already posted a video comparing Klay Thompson’s Instagram following to Megan Thee Stallion’s, and that debate had a life of its own.

“We got Klay Thompson, who is at 16.6 million followers, which is still a lot of followers. I am not disputing that. And then you have Megan Thee Stallion, who’s at 33 million followers,” Ferguson said in the video.

Ferguson’s point was not about money or championships. It was specifically about social reach. He acknowledged Thompson’s basketball resume but held firm on the following comparison.

“We’re not disputing Klay Thompson might make way more money than Megan Thee Stallion. We’re not saying that. He might have won how many championships. But on a social hierarchy status, Megan Thee Stallion is higher than Klay Thompson, point blank, period,” Ferguson said.

Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion confirmed their relationship in 2025, which is what gave this whole debate its original spark. Ferguson also called out anyone bringing irrelevant topics into the comments, keeping his argument strictly about social reach.

This is where Stephen Curry comes in. Ferguson used Curry as a benchmark, pointing out that he has 58 million Instagram followers and is recognized globally even by people who do not watch basketball. The argument was simple: Curry is on a different level of fame entirely, and comparing Megan Thee Stallion to someone at that tier would be a completely different conversation.

Four championships, one of the greatest shooting careers the NBA has seen, and his name is now in the middle of a social media debate that has nothing to do with any of that. Thompson has stayed quiet through all of it, which honestly tracks for a guy who kept his head down through one of the most chaotic seasons in Mavericks history.