Tuesday 28 January 2014

Jersey of the Week: Happy Birthday Andre Iguodala



A very happy birthday to Andre Iguodala, an elite defender and incredible athlete.

During his first couple of years in Phili, Iggy smashed on anyone and anything that stood between him and the basket. Marko Jaric for one. Rasheed Wallace for another. Kelvin Cato above.

The league sat up and took notice, selecting him to compete in the 2006 Slam Dunk Contest aka The Crime of the Century. "We got robbed" is a pretty succinct summation of what went down that night.

Not to be discouraged, Iggy continued to posterize his way through the league, even finding time to baptize the likes of Brian Cardinal.

By the time his tenure as a Sixer was up, Iguodala had compiled one of the great dunking portfolios of the 2000s.


Anyway, before Chris Webber came along and stole his jersey, Iguodala, as a rookie, wore the number 4.

There is an example of this jersey currently going on eBay for $25, and we'd buy it if we didn't already own one.

1 comment:

  1. Kelvin Cato was always the 15th man on my made up NBA Live squads.

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