Golden State Warriors Announce Plans To Honor Andre Iguodala

The Golden State Warriors traded Andre Iguodala and a protected first round draft pick to the Memphis Grizzlies in order to get Julian Washburn. The Warriors will also have a traded player exception as provided by the trade. According to NBA rules, the Golden State will have a year to use the traded player exception which is obtained when a player is “traded to a team under the salary cap with space to absorb the contract.” The team decided to retire his jersey number.

“During the summer of 2013, we went through an extensive free agency process in our efforts to sign Andre Iguodala,” said Warriors Co-Chairman and CEO Joe Jacob. “At that time, we envisioned him becoming a vital part of a young, up-and-coming team with championship aspirations. As we look back six years later, we actually underestimated what his value would be to our team, both on the court and in the locker room.  In what has been well-documented, Andre sacrificed for the betterment of our team and, in one of the best stories of this journey, earned NBA Finals MVP honors in 2015. He has been absolutely vital to our success during five consecutive appearances in the NBA Finals and three championships. We thank Andre for all of his contributions and look forward to seeing his number in the rafters at Chase Center.”

Iguodala played 413 regular season games with 84 starts in his six seasons with the Warriors, and averaged 7.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.08 steals in 26.7 minutes per performance. In 104 postseason games with 40 starts, Iggy averaged 9.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.17 steals in 29.8 minutes per game, and helped the Warriors to five straight Finals appearances and three titles. Iguodala was named the MVP of the 2015 Finals. 

In his 15-year career with Philadelphia, Denver and Golden State, Iguodala has career marks of 12.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.5 steals in 33.4 minutes in1108 games and 779 starts. He was first selected by the 76ers with the ninth overall pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. The Warriors got him through a sign-and-trade, three-team deal with the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz in 2013.