After their 126-85 romp in Game 3, the Warriors’ locker room is a happy place. Klay Thompson and Zaza Pachulia are standing side by side and demanding to know who’s dressed better (Zaza, on account of a Euro-style deep V-cut). Zaza is incensed that it’s even a contest and he’s yelling at the refs before verdicts can be given. Laughter drowns out the pitter patter from the showers. Andre Iguodala hunches over his plate of fries, and quietly pushes his food around, an island of calm in the revelry.



“Andre, is it harder to deal with all this switching (trading defensive assignments when screened) on offense, or harder to switch all the time on defense?”



Iguodala receives the admittedly banal question with typical Andre dismissiveness, “It’s hard both ways. That’s what she said.”



This is the pattern with Andre. If you want answers from him, you must wait out the dissuasion period. First comes the...