Most people don't really believe in Iguodala's worth, and even in the season when I got the Finals MVP, some people still think it's a hoax. Yes, everyone knows that the award is Curry, including Iguodala. But why is Cole still willing to trust this player, even in the regular season, directly to his own tactical board to Iguodala. Is it because Iguodala's rich game experience can bring a different kind of life to the Warriors? In fact, Iguodala's role in the Warriors is much greater than we think.
As a long-established player, Iguodala is the same role that most people want, and his experience is the Warriors' first priority. Of course, in addition to experience, his performance on the field is also crucial. There was a saying in the league before: When you see that the Warriors' game Iguodala has enough scoring ability, the Warriors can't lose this game. Yes, when Iguodala has begun to score steadily, the Warriors' form is definitely unstoppable. This is the value of Iguodala! This also explains why Iguodala doesn't officially play until the playoffs, because he needs to save his physical strength in the regular season, and the playoffs are the stage for him to play.
If it's about the value of the offensive end, Iguodala's main thing on the pitch is two things: fixed pointing, and switching offense. It seems that the Warriors' role players basically do these two things, and the reason may be that they are more functional on the offensive end, which is why Kerr will arrange it this way. Iguodala's conversion attack ratio reached 27.92%, which is his main offensive method, and in the fixed point, although the proportion also reached 24.5%, but the subsequent attack included jump shots and breakthroughs, if you want to study it, you need to continue to subdivide, we will not discuss too much here.
Regarding the matter of switching offenses, Iguodala's work is actually not as simple as everyone thinks. In fact, he is a good organizer, especially in the process of advancing. Iguodala can always find the position of his teammates in the process of traveling, and then deliver assists at the most appropriate moment. In each game, Iguodala averaged 1.2 assists per game in the conversion offense. That's more than 85% of the league's players! Some people may say that if other players have mastered the high ball, they can achieve such results. As long as you have enough ball, you can always deliver good-looking assists.
This has to mention Iguodala's ability to accurately control mistakes, and Iguodala's career assist-to-turnover ratio is 3.0. What is this concept? This is also the league's top stats. To find, in the careers of many players, even the highest seasons, it is difficult to achieve this statistic.
In the middle and late stages of the first brother, the entire person's offensive distribution has become very magic ball. Although I know that this is indeed the trend of the times, Iguodala has no problem exporting his own value in this way. But as a fan, I do have a bit of an incomprehension about Iguodala's insistence on this offense. It's not that it can't go on, it's just that for Iguodala, he can do better than help the team in his own unstable way. Relying on physical fitness, Iguodala's attack efficiency is actually very high. But because the three-point projection state is unstable, his magic ball is not very valuable. In terms of personal perception, Iguodala can even give up three points directly and just shoot at the inside, which can optimize his interior threat, after all, a player's three-point shooting rate can fluctuate between 40% and 25%, and there is really no need to stick to it. I don't believe the team would be willing to believe that your three-point shooting percentage in key moments was the brightest moment of your career.
In addition to offense, Iguodala's most important thing for the Warriors is definitely defense. After all, a famous defensive player must play all the roles in a championship system. Iguodala is a natural defensive player, his defensive sense of smell is very sensitive, and he always has a mysterious god's prejudgment of the opponent's offensive movements. He can always appear accurately on the opponent's offensive route, then intervene in the opponent's attack with both hands, pull out the ball, and start to launch a counterattack in the way he is best at. For any player, they are not willing to face the defense of Iguodala at the peak.
Before I learned about Iguodala, I would have thought that basketball was dominated by physical talent, with technology as an aid. But after I got into contact with Iguodala, I understood that there are some mysterious and mysterious things that do affect the ability of the players to a certain extent. Such as the sense of location! How to judge the passing route on the defensive end, when to start, how to cut the ball when the opponent has a situation, how to use his advantages to give the opponent enough pressure, these are all good tricks of Iguodala. His physical qualities are very good, and he is also at the top of the line. To use an inappropriate metaphor, Iguodala does have a bit of a shadow of a small card and Pippen. Like a small card, is his figure. Like Pippen, is his style.
In addition to offense and defense, Iguodala's role in the team is probably left with the "glue" item. The effect of bonding was not reflected at all when the Warriors had not joined the Warriors before. It was after the Warriors that Kerr gave him the position of this attribute. Because the Warriors' players in all positions are very functional, this leads to most players actually doing their own thing. The team's initial binders were Curry and Green, which consisted of most of Green's ingredients. Relying on his glue attributes, Green can bring players from all positions together in the regular season. Where there is a problem, Green will make up for it. But in the playoffs, Green's bonding effect is not good, and Iguodala is needed at this time. Why can Iguodala do what Green can't do? Because Iguodala is the body that occupies the front line, playing the work of a point guard. In other words, Iguodala can actually take over any position. Doing the axis in the 3-4 position and playing the number one position to do the organization are all things he is good at. So Cole was very reassured about him, there was something wrong, let Iguodala make up for it. This glue effect is equivalent to filling in all the problems that may exist in the Warrior system perfectly. You say, can Iguodala be worth less?