MVP Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors, this year’s champion in the NBA finals, said that the wearables helped his team a lot in winning the title.
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Andre Iguodala said that wearable technology has definitely played an important role in the team’s championship winning in this year’s NBA Finals.

At TechCrunch’s Disrupt, Andre talked about his other interests, business ventures, future plans and the world of wearables.

“The wearables for a professional athlete if they’re accurate, they help us more than anybody,” said Andre in an interview with Sarah Lane, Executive Producer of Video at TechCrunch. “Because we actually put those numbers into play, because it directly affects our job. And it can directly affect, financially it can be effective towards force, in a positive way. So for the Warriors, we had our heart monitors, and we had devices that could let us know if we’ve recovered from the previous game. So, if we’re tracking low, how much pressure you’re putting in your knees, how hard your practices should be, knowin’ that you’ll recover for the next game so you’ll be more recovered for the next game so you’ll be more fresh, you have more energy, you play longer minutes.”

When asked what type of wearables he’s using on a regular basis, Andre mentioned popular names such as the Apple Watch, the Garmin and the Jawbone. The latter had particularly helped him improve his sleeping habit which eventually affected the way he played in the court.

The wearable technology is not entirely new in the NBA. However, no other team has used it more seriously than the Golden State Warriors, the 2014-15 NBA champion.