During his hiatus from the NBA, some league insiders speculated that Andre Iguodala might sit out the entire season and re-sign with the Golden State Warriors in the summer.
It's a topic that gave Iguodala a chuckle late Friday while he spoke to Nick Friedell of ESPN:
“So I had that conversation with somebody and I was like — I don't know where that came from,” Iguodala said. “That was an interesting one. I kept seeing [the rumors], but you know me, I kept quiet in terms of basketball this whole time.
“It was the Lakers all the time, or it was the Clippers the next day, and then it was, ‘No, he ain't going nowhere, he's going back to the Warriors.' That one just kept popping up, and I don't know where that one got legs. That was interesting, but I think everybody just got kind of thrown off by surprise with this move, which I think sometimes is a blessing in disguise, you don't know what's coming, and then boom the right opportunity comes by, and I think this is the right move.”
Last season for the Warriors, Iguodala averaged 5.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists during the regular season. He shot 50.0 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from beyond the arc and 58.2 percent from the free-throw line.
The now 36-year-old swingman put up 9.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the 2019 playoffs, where the Warriors lost to Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals in six games.
The Miami Heat are one of the best teams in the NBA and they have just gotten better after acquiring a stout defender. No team is going to want to face Miami in the playoffs with Pat Riley’s crew deploying a frontcourt of Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Iguodala.
Andre Iguodala has career NBA averages of 12.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists with the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets and Warriors.
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