7 revealing moments from Andre Iguodala’s memoir “The Sixth Man”

Coming off the bench wasn’t easy for Iggy

Having been a starter his whole life, Kerr asked Iguodala to come off the bench in his first year as head coach.

From an outside perspective, it seemed that Iggy seamlessly jelled into this new position, given that the Warriors went on to win the title that year, but Iguodala reveals that it was all but easy for him.

Iguodala’s thoughts upon agreeing to come off the bench:

"It’s one thing to agree with something, and quite another to go out and live it game by game. I would have a good game, and know that I’d had a good game. I would feel focused and clean, showing up in the right spots, making the right plays, and we would win. But still, I would just feel weird that I’d only had one shot. It would get frustrating. I would be on the sidelines cheering and jumping up and down with support for my team, but inside I was struggling."

Iguodala did a great job of masking this feeling with his positive, team-oriented attitude throughout his tenure on the Dubs.

Surely, Iguodala was thinking about the team first, and given their success, complaining about a role would not have been what was best for the team to win a title. I respect him for that.

Three rings and a Finals MVP later, I think it worked out OK for him.