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Nobody ever said the end of your career was easy. From Kobe Bryant‘s injuries, to Shaquille O’Neal bouncing around the league like a rubber ball, to Jeremy Lin finding out that the NBA just didn’t have a job for him; the end of your career is almost bound to come with a number of problems.
Andre Iguodala is finding this out the hard way.
When he was traded from the Golden State Warriors to the Memphis Grizzlies during the crazy NBA summer of 2019, the general assumption was that he would be bought out of his $17 million contract.