Thompson: Warriors' case for 4 All-Stars is stronger than Spurs' case for 2

There isn't a giant gap between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs in the standings, and there hasn't been the better part of the 2016-17 regular season. Nonetheless, the Bay Area bombers are sending four All-Stars to New Orleans to represent the West, while the Spurs are only sending one.

Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who is not San Antonio's lone representative (that's Kawhi Leonard), recently aired his grievances on the matter, questioning how voters could reward four-fifths of the Warriors' starting lineup when his squad is having just as much success.

While Splash Brother Klay Thompson understands and respects Aldridge's position, he wouldn't shortchange his own team by saying the Warriors don't deserve four All-Stars.

"I think he had a case to make it, especially when you have the record they have. But, I think we had a better case to have four because of our record," Thompson said Tuesday, according to the Mercury News' Daniel Mano. "We're still in the single-digit loss column, coming up on the All-Star break - which is pretty hard to do. ...

"I can't help it - I'm not gonna argue with it. I'm happy to go with my teammates and my coaching staff."

Joining Thompson on the exhibition roster are teammates Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and reigning back-to-back league MVP Stephen Curry.

"I never thought I'd be on an NBA team with four All-Stars, one being myself. It's pretty surreal and hopefully it won't be the last time," Thompson added.

Even when Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker were all in peak form, the Spurs have never had more than two players earn All-Star nods in the same season.

Golden State currently owns a 46-9 record, four games ahead of the 42-13 Spurs.