Kevin Durant, the team’s star forward, assembled a portfolio of some forty startups, ranging from the bike-sharing enterprise LimeBike to the food-delivery app Postmates. Andre Iguodala, the six-foot-six defensive specialist, built a similar empire, while a retired Warrior, David Lee, was recruited by a VC partnership. Steph Curry, the Golden State’s transcendent talent, owned a piece of the picture-sharing app Pinterest.

