Just like his weakened right calf muscle, he’s being forced to slowly strengthen and reimagine his game, believing he can get it back to peak performance, even if it never looks exactly the same. The Warriors are depending on it. “Shoot, I’m prepared for it,” Thompson said. “I’ve been through a lot. It makes you enjoy being out there and failing. I have a whole new perspective on what failing really is. It’s not missed shots. It’s not getting blown by. It’s the effort and energy and joy you play with. If you do that, you don’t really fail. If you do those three things nightly, you can live with making mistakes, getting dunked on, getting your shot pinned, getting blown by on defense. That’s what failure is to me, not giving yourself that opportunity with great effort every night.”