Warriors' Iguodala: Thunder ‘played us better than Cleveland'

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Cavaliers fans are probably going to be upset with Andre Iguodala.

The 2015 NBA Finals MVP offered an opinion on Thursday morning.

"Now that we got KD (Kevin Durant) I can say it -- they were the best team last year in the playoffs," Iguodala declared on 105.1's "The Breakfast Club." "They were better than us, they were better than Cleveland...

"They should have won a championship."

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So why didn't they?

"We just hawked them down," Iguodala answered. "But they were better than us. They played us better than anybody. They played us better than Cleveland.

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