Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala is widely viewed as one of the top on-ball defenders in the NBA and one of the best overall defenders of the last 15 years.
Iguodala won last season’s NBA Finals MVP Award largely due to his defensive job on LeBron James and in the Warriors’ must-win Game 6 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night, Iguodala again came up huge with multiple clutch plays against both Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
However, Iguodala doesn’t consider either of those his best defensive performance as he revealed that he considers holding down Kobe Bryant back in 2005 as his top performance via Marcus Thompson of The Mercury News:
“Kobe in his prime,” Iguodala said while hiding from the throng of reporters, preferring his teammates get the attention after Game 6.