OAKLAND — Kevin Durant certainly has the Warriors’ respect following Golden State’s Western Conference finals series win.

It’s no secret that Durant will be a free agent this summer and the Warriors are among the team’s expected to be interested. That made what Andre Iguodala, who had the primary task of guarding Durant, said all the more noteworthy.

“He made some really tough shots, which is what I expected,” Iguodala said of Durant. “He’s a fighter and competitor and fought to the end. It must be fun playing with a guy like that.”

Iguodala quickly added a follow-up: “Unless I’m not playing with him.”

That last part is the trickiest for the Warriors, because the salary Durant will command will likely make it really tough for Golden State to keep Iguodala instead of trading him to free up salary cap space.

Durant was naturally asked postgame about his future and deflected the question.

“I mean, we just lost like 30 minutes ago, so I haven’t even thought about it,” Durant said. “I’m just embracing my teammates and just reflecting on the season. I’ll think about that stuff, I don’t know when. But we just lost an hour ago, 30 minutes ago, so I don’t know.”

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