Andre Tyler Iguodala (
/ɪɡwəˈdɑːlə/ ig-wə-DAH-lə; born January 28, 1984)
[1] is an American former professional
basketball player who played for 19 seasons in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). The
swingman was an
NBA All-Star in 2012 and was named to the
NBA All-Defensive Team twice. Iguodala won four
NBA championships with the
Golden State Warriors and was named the
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015. He was also a member of the
U.S. national team at the
2010 FIBA World Championship and
2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal both times.
[2]
Iguodala played
college basketball with the
Arizona Wildcats. After earning first-team
all-conference honors in the Pac-10 (known now as the
Pac-12) as a sophomore in 2004, he was selected in the
2004 NBA draft with the ninth overall pick by the
Philadelphia 76ers. Iguodala played for Philadelphia until the summer of 2012 when he joined the
Denver Nuggets in a four-team trade. He was acquired by Golden State in 2013. In 2014–15, Iguodala became a
reserve for the first time in his career, but played a major role. He captured the Finals MVP after returning to the
starting lineup in the middle of the championship series. After three championships and five trips to the Finals with the Warriors, Iguodala had a two-year stint with the
Miami Heat, with whom he reached his sixth straight Finals in 2020. Iguodala returned to Golden State in 2021 and won his fourth NBA championship that season. He spent another season with the Warriors before retiring from playing in 2023.
In February 2019, Iguodala was elected first vice-president of the
National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), succeeding
LeBron James. Iguodala had previously served as vice-president of the NBPA executive committee starting in 2013.
[3] On November 9, 2023, the NBPA executive committee appointed him as NBPA Acting Executive Director.
[4]