Twitter went into a bit of a frenzy when Andre Iguodala said Kobe Bryant was the hardest player he ever had to guard, not LeBron James.
Andre Iguodala is on a run of making spicy comments you'll either love or hate.
He has already declared that the Knicks aren't going to get any big free agents, and now the internet is dissecting a comment he made on CNBC's Power Lunch on Monday.
Iggy admits Kobe is harder guard than LeBron James
— Vegan Talen Horton-Tucker (@Irv_Do) June 24, 2019
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After heaping on plenty of praise about how great LeBron James is when commenting on who is harder to guard between James and Kawhi Leonard, Iguodala committed the one cardinal sin of Basketball Twitter and brought Kobe Bryant into the conversation.
Obviously a former Finals MVP and three-time champion is going to have a more than credible opinion on any matter regarding basketball, especially one about his own experiences on the court, but that didn't stop people from sounding off on the idea that Kobe is harder to guard than Bron.
I’m sure iggy has no prejudice against lebron .. pic.twitter.com/0kPfrty80C
— gm of the league (@htownfanatic2) June 25, 2019
Bron almost averaged 40 on him in 2015. We’ll talk about what Bron did in 2016 forever. AND he averaged a triple double 2017. All in the finals. So this is kinda funny to ya boi. https://t.co/oYXCOLHcuZ
— OMG, LaJethro (@LaJethroJenkins) June 25, 2019
LeBron also did something never done in NBA history against him in leading both teams in all statistical category in two consecutive Finals. Pretty much on his watch. pic.twitter.com/w1GIAU3Ycf
— Razer Callahan (@RazerCallahan) June 25, 2019
“No iggy, you’re wrong. We know lebron is tougher to guard ” -a person who can’t get by another man in Rec league who does accounting from 9-5
— 🏁🏁🏁🏁 (@FastTimesAtRF) June 25, 2019
His "opinion" isn't based on facts which may explain why he was smiling when he said it.
— 🏁弥介 ボールは人生 ✴ (@JamesHa38103028) June 25, 2019
Kobe averaged 24/5/4 Vs Iggy
Bron averaged 29/9/7 Vs Iggy
Iggy averaged 14/5/4 Vs Kobe
Iggy averaged 13/5/3 Vs Bron
Bron has 16 games scoring 35+ Vs Iggy & Kobe has 4. pic.twitter.com/Tr4AaufSgF
Iggy sports opinions never been outlandish. If Bron laid Yoshi eggs on his head and he still pick Kobe. Its prolly just a totally different experience
— #LetsDance 🕺💃 (@ArtOfBorePod) June 25, 2019
Oh lmfao Iggy said Kobe was harder to guard than Lebron. I see why there was a ton of stats and stuff on the TL lmao
— 🏁🏁🏁🏁 (@FastTimesAtRF) June 25, 2019
Hilarious reading this when you remember Iggy was put into the starting lineup in game 3 and won Finals MVP off his defense on Lebron. https://t.co/Q5PpMod0IK
— Somebody Son (@bdiddy_isback) June 25, 2019
Bron dropped that 30pt triple double on Iggy’s head in the Finals so many times he made him delusional...you hate to see it
— Jared (@WifiWinston_) June 25, 2019
Different styles
— NBA All Access (@nballaccess) June 25, 2019
Kobe might be harder to guard for iggy because iggy is as physically big as Lebron, Lebron would definitely be harder to guard for other players
All depends on the matchup https://t.co/4HzggR6Wvc
Iggy has a 13-9 record against Kobe, and 13-24 record against LeBron (regular season). pic.twitter.com/gdevVf31CR
— Cole (@TryUsingGoogle) June 25, 2019
Can y’all listen to the players that actually play. Iggy understands the complexity to Kobe’s scoring game is more difficult to stop than LeBron passing it to George Hill. https://t.co/pBx56w828J
— Sarell Martin (@favwisconsinit3) June 25, 2019
— Alejandro 🇨🇴 (@MiamiAlejandro) June 25, 2019
Hilarious caption to a video of Iggy basically saying LeBron is the best player he’s ever seen https://t.co/ECxbrRZL6O
— EMViiP (@Jahthegawd) June 25, 2019
Thank goodness Iguodala can't comment on guarding Michael Jordan or else everything might explode.
