Richard Jefferson is 41 years old and last played in the NBA in 2018 when he was 38.
Andre Iguodala is 37-years-old now and is playing good minutes with the Golden State Warriors. To be fair to Jefferson, he was in the league when he was the same age as Iguodala, but this is social media, so the jokes will fly. Who cares about FACTS.
ESPN’s NBA Today was speaking on the resurgence of the Warriors and how Iguodala is a big part of that. Jefferson disagreed, and Kendrick Perkins believes it is because Jefferson is jealous he couldn’t ball like that when he was 37 years old.
Here is how Iguodala has been contributing to the Warriors.
The Warriors dealt Andre Iguodala to the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2019 offseason, a trade the Warriors made reluctantly in hopes to save money and collect assets needed to offset Kevin Durant’s free-agency departure.
To some, the move also signaled an abrupt transition into Iguodala’s post-NBA career.
“I thought he was going to retire right away,” Warriors forward Draymond Green admitted. “I thought he would be like, ‘F— this, I’m out.’”
Green thought wrong. Nearly 2 1/2 years later, Iguodala has reunited with the Warriors.
“The NBA salary cap won’t allow me to play too much longer, but I’m going to enjoy it,” Iguodala, 37, told NBA.com. “Whether it’s one year or seven years left, I’m going to have some fun.”
“It’s like we lost our soul a little bit the last two years,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “Getting him back brings a level of stability, intelligence and basketball IQ. But he’s also mentoring the younger guys. Everything that he’s stood for during those championship years, he still stands for. We need that veteran presence. I’m thrilled that he’s back.”
Do you think Jefferson was hating, or do you think this was a low blow by Perkins?
While you ponder it over, flip the pages for the video and some of the Twitter reactions.
