Andre Iguodala
Andre Iguodala
Andre Tyler Iguodalais an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. The swingman was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice. Iguodala won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015, when he was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He was also a member of the United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1984
CitySpringfield, IL
It was just a play that got us an extra opportunity to score.
Allen and Kyle are doing things on the court as far as scoring. I look forward to doing the little things that are going to change the game. I always tell myself to make a big play and make something happen. When the opportunity presents itself, you try to take advantage of it.
The cameras were actually put on me when Toronto's pick came up so I thought I was going here, but they passed. I think I'm in a good situation right now,
I'm gonna play off the crowd, have fun and just go with it. I'm looking forward to relaxing and enjoying All-Star weekend.
I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else, ... I expect that from myself.
Coach (Maurice) Cheeks talked about it when he first came, that I had to step it up each game, and I think I have stepped my game up this year from last year, but I think there's a lot more I can do as well.
I didn't really know that. Fans really get hold of that type of information when you pass on a guy. Kobe Bryant was the 13th pick, Tracy McGrady was the ninth pick. You never really know until you step on the court, so you really can't fault them.
Obviously when you have a guy out like Allen Iverson, it takes a lot of pressure off their defense. We're trying to focus on moving up, and trying to focus on our ability, rather than Chicago. We know we're better than eighth place.
Obviously when you have a guy like that who puts the ball in the hole and takes a lot of pressure of you on the offensive end, you're going to have to make it up in different ways and we're just trying to adjust without him and it's tough.
I came up with that one day during the summer. I was in the gym and this guy told me I couldn't touch one side of the backboard and come to the other side and dunk the ball, and I did it. It came from that, and I'm glad I got a chance to show it to the crowd.
We made a few adjustments and guys just came in understanding where they should be. We had to turn things around and that was one of the things we had to do, turn around our defense.
I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.
So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft.
The common denominator is that we have guys who are really hungry to show what they can do.