Officially decommissioned! The NBA career is over! It was he who snatched Curry's MVP

On the evening of October 20, Beijing time, Iguodala was interviewed by the New York Times and officially announced his retirement. I believe that many Warriors fans have been mentally prepared, after all, Brother Yi once said that the 2022-23 season is his last dance. However, now that Iguodala has really announced the end of his NBA career, it will still make people feel reluctant.

After Iguodala (39 years, 265 days) retired, James (38 years, 294 days) officially became the oldest player in the NBA. In the 2022 offseason, Iguodala also had the intention of withdrawing, but Curry and other teammates tried hard to keep it. At the time, Brother Yi publicly stated in the podcast: "I want you to know, Curry, this is my last year. ”

Iguodala's energy is now all in business! A base salary of more than $2 million a year is really nothing to him. Iguodala is a start-up investor in financial firm DealBook and also manages a $200 million venture capital fund. At present, Yige has invested in more than 50 companies and has become a real business boss.

Many NBA players are extravagant, even if they earn tens of millions of dollars in their careers, they retire and go bankrupt! In February 2022, Iguodala arranged a lecture on business and life planning for his Warriors teammates, and players such as Wiggins, Kuminga, Porter, and Poole benefited a lot. Therefore, the role of Ichigo in the Warriors is not only reflected in the field...

Born on January 28, 1984, Iguodala is 1.98 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.11 meters. In the 2004 NBA Draft , Iguodala was selected by the 76ers with the 9th pick in the first round. Because his initials were also AI, and he was on the same team as Iverson, Iguodala was called Little AI by fans at that time. The two also staged a perfect match in the dunk contest!

The 76ers also groomed Iguodala as Iverson's successor, but unfortunately he couldn't become the team's star. On December 20, 2006, the 76ers traded Iverson to the Nuggets. In the 2007–08 season, Iguodala played in 82 regular-season games, averaging 19.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game, scoring the highest number of points in the NBA career.

In February 2012 , Iguodala was named to the Eastern Conference bench , his only All-Star Game. At this time, Yi Ge has led the team for more than five years, and the 76ers have never been able to go further. In the summer of 2012, the team finally lost patience and sent Iguodala to the Nuggets. In the summer of 2013, he joined the Warriors for 48 million in 4 years.

There are rumors that in the 2013 playoffs, the Nuggets coach threatened to abolish Curry, and Iguodala told Curry privately, and the two have formed a deep friendship since then. This was not confirmed by either of them. Regardless, Iguodala and Curry's relationship is indeed ironclad. After the Warriors won the championship in 2022, he trotted all the way to hand the ball to Curry.

In the 2015 finals, Iguodala won the FMVP, and there were indeed doubts from fans. Curry averaged 26 points, 5.2 boards and 6.3 assists in the Finals, shooting 44 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range. Yi Ge averaged 16.3 points, 5.8 boards and 4 assists per game, shooting 52% from the field and 40% from three-point range! Curry's numbers are better, but Ichigo changed the Finals trend.

In 2015, 2017 and 2018, Iguodala won three NBA championships with the Warriors! Under pressure from the salary cap and the luxury tax, the Warriors traded it to the Grizzlies in the summer of 2019. Ichigo said he would not play for the Grizzlies, and in February 2020, the Grizzlies sent him to the Heat. Iguodala signed a 2-year, $30 million contract with the Heat.

In the 2020-21 season, Iguodala played in 63 regular season games for the Heat, averaging only 4.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game! He clearly doesn't deserve an annual salary of $15 million, and in the summer of 2021, the Heat dropped the team option for the second year of his contract, and Iguodala returned to the Warriors at the end of the year. In 2022, he followed the Warriors to his fourth championship!

Throughout his NBA career, Iguodala played in 19 seasons, playing in 1,231 regular season games, averaging 11.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 46.3%, 33% and 70.9% from the field. Four championships, one FMVP, one All-Star, two All-Defensive Team!

Final question: Do you think Iguodala has a chance of being inducted into the Hall of Fame?