And he walked out into the frigid Minnesota night giggling with self-satisfaction.
Easily among the smartest players in the NBA, and very tech-savvy, Andre Iguodala knows it doesn’t take much these days to ignite a social-media firestorm.
The Warriors forward knows that one word sometimes is enough, and he definitely knows that any word or phrase with racial implications can light up the internet.
So Iguodala, with cameras rolling, let it fly Friday night. Boy did he.
Speaking with reporters in the locker room at the Target Center in Minneapolis after a 103-102 loss to the Timberwolves, Iguodala dropped the N-word, responding to a question thusly: What would dumb (N-word) say?