How Science Helps the Warriors Sleep Their Way to Success

Published: June 8, 2018, 4:31 p.m.

For 10 years, Andre Igoudala slept terribly. Back in college, the Golden State Warriors forward would play videogames late into the night. Eventually he'd crash, sometimes as late as 4 am, only to wake up a few hours later for practice. Then came class. When he was lucky, he'd squeeze in an afternoon nap. Later that night, it'd be back to videogames\u2014either that or Fresh Prince reruns. Igoudala's brutal sleep habits followed him to the NBA.