Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr lauded NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala for his efforts completing the "hardest job in basketball" " guarding LeBron James.
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Steve Kerr full of praise for Andre Iguodala
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr lauded NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala for his efforts completing the "hardest job in basketball" – guarding LeBron James.
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Iguodala scored 25 points as the Warriors claimed a 105-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in game six on Tuesday, sealing a 4-2 series triumph and first NBA title in 40 years.
The 31-year-old was named the Finals MVP, earning seven votes to James' four.
Kerr was full of praise for Iguodala afterwards, hailing his contribution at both ends of the court.
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"Well, guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball. So after the first three games we decided to start Andre because he was by far doing the best job on LeBron," he said.
"But he was also contributing in so many other ways. Offensively their plan was to take Steph [Curry] away, take Klay [Thompson] away and force Draymond [Green] and Andre to beat them, and Andre did. He hit three more threes tonight.
"You could make an argument that it could have gone to Steph, it could have gone to LeBron.
"But for us, it's really fitting that the award went to Andre because he sacrificed his starting role from the first game of the season.
"He had never come off the bench once in his entire career, and he sacrificed that job to make Harrison [Barnes] better, to make our bench better and that set the tone for our whole season.
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"An All-Star, an Olympian saying, 'OK, I'll come off the bench.'
"It set the tone for everything we were able to accomplish, so it feels like full circle to me that Andre received the award. Couldn't happen to a better person."
As for the celebrations in the locker room following the win, Kerr said he felt the biggest emotion was relief.
"It was chaos. Pure joy," he said.
He added: "I mean, two straight months of emotional stress and physical stress. Just the rollercoaster ride that you're on. There are days when you think, 'Boy, I don't know if this is going to happen'. Then there are days that go better.
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"As soon as you win a game, you celebrate for a few minutes and your stomach ties up in knots thinking about the next game.
"So you go through this for two months. Yes, there's a lot of pent-up energy, and relief more than anything, in that locker room."
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