Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson was suspended for 1 game when he was in college a Washington State. He felt so bad, he took the microphone before the game to apologize to the fans and the University because he wasn’t playing. From The Athletic:

He apologized to the arena before the game. He had a microphone and the arena was packed and he apologized to the entire arena. Can you imagine being 21 years old and letting down an entire university and then getting on a microphone and having to apologize to them? We had announced the starting lineups and before the game the P.A. guy said, “Hey, we have an announcement to make,” and he gave the microphone to Klay and Klay apologized.

Loewen: Well, I actually started that game. Our starting point guard messed up his ankle ,and Klay was out. We lost to UCLA in overtime. That was a really emotional time for Klay. It was an emotional time for him, and he felt so bad. But that’s not the point of my story. The point of my story is, we played the game. I think I logged 22 or 23 uneventful minutes, and we lost in overtime. That was my first start and my first real minutes. After the game, we were walking out and he came up to me, put his arm around me and was like, “Man, I was so proud of you out there. I was just so proud of you.”