When asked if he knew why Steve Kerr was going to rest most of his starters against the Spurs, Andre Iguodala said:
Seconds later he was asked about what led to the Warriors’ loss to the Timberwolves that night.
Iguodala is a very smart guy, he knew he was creating a controversy that would explode on social media (and it became a topic of broadcast discussion before and during the nationally televised game against the Spurs’ Saturday).
Monday, the NBA came down on Iguodala with a $10,000 fine for “making inappropriate comments during a postgame media interview.”
Steve Kerr and some in the Warriors media said this was just “Andre being Andre,” playing with the media. However, Iguodala has a long history of passive aggressive comments, or things hinting at a larger point. Was Iguodala making a larger point about the NBA’s ridiculous stretches of scheduling? Or was he just string the pot because he could?
Whatever the answer, hopefully, it was worth 10K to him.
