Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine visit Warriors practice

9:24 PMThe Golden State Warriors hosted two special guests at Tuesday’s practice: entrepreneur Dr. Dre and his longtime friend and business partner Jimmy Iovine.

Director of player programs Jonnie West set up the visit as part of the Warriors’ annual business of basketball meeting.

Dr. Dre and Iovine are the founders of Beats Electronics, which they sold to Apple for $3 billion in 2014.

“I’m a big Dr. Dre fan, so we got a pretty good deal today,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “You saw these guys … Jimmy. We have our business of basketball meeting, which is an annual meeting. Usually it’s talk about the salary cap and stuff, so this is a little more interesting.

“They are going to talk about business, so it’s a different way of approaching it. The league approved it. It’s pretty exciting to have these guys in here. … It’s pretty awesome. Our guys are pumped up.”

The players were surprised when Dr. Dre and Iovine showed up at practice.

“When they walked in, I was tripping,” forward Kevin Durant said.

Forward Draymond Green was eager to learn from Dr. Dre and Iovine.

“No. 1, how they were able to work together,” Green said. “Two completely different people. Total opposite ends of the spectrum. How were they able to bring that together? And then some things about how they went about their business. They made a headphone company worth $3 billion. That’s special.”