Four-time NBA champion and Finals MVP retires after 19 seasons

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Andre Iguodala is calling it quits after 19 seasons in the NBA that resulted in four championships. 

Iguodala, 39, who spent eight of his last 10 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, announced his retirement on Friday, just four days before the start of the 2023-24 NBA season. 

Andre Iguodala, #9, Stephen Curry, #30, Draymond Green, #23, and Klay Thompson, #11, of the Golden State Warriors pose with their championship rings in front of a championship banner during a ceremony prior to the game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Chase Center on October 18, 2022, in San Francisco, California.  (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

"It's just the right time," Iguodala told Andscape in a phone interview. "Time started to get limited for me, and I didn't want to put anything in the back seat. I didn't want to have to try to delegate time anymore. Especially with on the court, off the court with family. A lot.

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"You want to play at a high level. But then family is a lot. My son is 16, and then two girls. So, [I'm] looking forward to seeing them grow up in those important years."

Iguodala said he had interest from the Warriors and other teams about returning but ultimately decided to retire. 

Iguodala was drafted out of the University of Arizona in 2004 by the Philadelphia 76ers with the ninth overall pick. He spent his first eight seasons in Philadelphia and was selected to his lone All-Star Game in 2012. 

Andre Iguodala, #9 of the Golden State Warriors, celebrates winning the NBA Championship in Game Five against the Cleveland Cavaliers of the 2017 NBA Finals on June 12,