SAN FRANCISCO — The same Klay Thompson will be back in the building where he helped build the Warriors’ dynasty Thursday night, but he won’t look quite the same.

The second Splash Brother is on his second team since going solo.

Yes, it’s still an odd experience for Steve Kerr seeing Thompson rise and fire in a No. 11 uniform that isn’t blue and gold. But after four previous trips back to the Chase Center and seven matchups total since their breakup, it doesn’t quite shock the eyes as much as it once did.

“It’ll always be a little strange seeing [him] in a different uniform. But it’s getting a little less strange,” Kerr said. “Those first couple times were really bizarre. And then you get used to it.

“It’s a reminder that most of us in the NBA end up on multiple teams.”

Thompson spent 13 years in the Bay Area, won four championships, rehabbed from two catastrophic leg injuries and drained more than 2,500 3s. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Thompson fell in love with the region — and its fans embraced him just as tightly.

As Kerr alluded to, few things last forever in the NBA. Thompson’s run with Golden State reached its end when he wanted more money and a bigger role than the Warriors were willing to offer, coming off his age 33 season and on the wrong side of the actuarial curve.

It was far from a falling out.

Before the season, Stephen Curry said, “I miss that dude everyday.”

But that doesn’t mean Thompson is any less inclined to take it to his former team Thursday night. Seeing Kerr and Curry and Draymond Green only makes him want it more.

“I want to beat them bad,” Thompson told reporters in Miami. “We’re all still very competitive in our mid-30s and I love to go compete against them because they’re some of my best friends.”

It might be a challenge for a Miami team that was handed its fifth loss in seven games to begin this season Monday night in Los Angeles, a more traditional homecoming for Thompson, who grew up watching his dad, Mychal, wear a Lakers uniform for the final five years of his playing career.

Thompson poured in 19 points in the loss and seems to be heating up just at the right time to put on a show against his former team. After knocking down only 12 of his first 37 3-point tries to start the season (32.4%), he’s sunk 11 on 19 attempts over his past two games.

After being reduced to a bench role for most of his second season with the Mavericks, Thompson has started all of Miami’s first seven games, averaging 11.9 points in 21.9 minutes.

His name won’t be the only one to receive loud cheer during introductions, and no, Giannis Antetokounmpo, isn’t expecting a warm welcome after spurning the Warriors’ advances.

Two-fifths of the Heat’s starting five is composed of players who started for the Warriors when they beat the Celtics in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals to clinch their fourth title.

By signing with Miami, Thompson teamed up again with Andrew Wiggins, who was traded there in the deal that brought Jimmy Butler to Golden State. Unlike Thompson, Wiggins has only made one previous trip back to Chase Center since the trade.

It’s taken some time for Wiggins to fit in around Antetokounmpo, averaging a career-worst 10.3 points per game while shooting 29.4% from 3, almost seven points below his career rate.

He hasn’t scored more than 18 points in any of his previous three rematches with the Warriors. Thompson went off for 22 and 29 in his first two games back against Golden State, but in five matchups since, he’s been held to single digits twice, averaging 11.2 per game.

“This is a big part of the business. It’s a small circle, a small community. You get to know each other. You end up competing against friends – sometimes even family,” Kerr said. “It’ll be great to see both guys — Klay and Wiggs. Two just incredible contributors to the Warriors championships, to the culture, just the vibe of the team. Both Klay and Wiggs are wonderful human beings and great teammates. It’ll be good to see them.”

The Heat have two free days after Thursday’s game before they head up the I-80 corridor to Sacramento to face the Kings on Sunday. They plan to stay in San Francisco, giving the former Warriors teammates plenty of time to wax nostalgic if they so choose.

Maybe Thompson will even take up the opportunity to reprise his daily commute, navigating the water on the San Francisco Bay from his Tiburon home to the Warriors’ waterfront facility.

“I just can’t wait to go back and see familiar faces,” he said. “Not just the players, but the training staff, the equipment managers, the people who work the stands and the concessions, the custodians. I have friends for life in the Bay and LA, so it’s always special.”