Everything Andre Iguodala said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Most NBA players spend all their money by their rookie contract's end
“The sad truth is most guys have spent all their money after the rookie contract because they think there's another after”
Athlete and entertainer tech partnerships have largely become superficial vanity plays
“Athletes and entertainers wanting to work with tech companies has become a vanity play where it's the cool thing to do, and a lot of people don't understand what goes into that.”
The Houston Rockets' analytics-driven front office lacks professional basketball playing experience
“Their whole front office is basically analytics people, you know, and not too many of their front office people actually had experience playing basketball.”
Over-relying on basketball analytics ignores player character, IQ, and team chemistry
“When you see front offices like that, they tend to just throw numbers on the court. You know, they forget about characteristics. They forget about, you know, basketball IQ with players. And they forget about, you know, just because it works for one guy doesn't…”
Live sports and concerts are the last non-replicable entertainment experiences
“Sports and concerts are the only things left that you can only experience them live.”
Early social media use forces young athletes to brand themselves prematurely
“It's good and bad for the game, because I'm seeing high school kids, and I'm seeing elementary kids with Twitters and Instagrams, and it's like they're branding themselves already, and it's like, you're not quite there yet, you know. So it's putting a little b…”
Warriors coaches adjust practice intensity based on Catapult wearable biomechanical data
“So coach knows by looking at the catapult system, hey, we need to have a light practice. Okay, it's been light the last couple of days. We need to ramp it up to get these guys ready for, you know, a long road trip in a week or so.”
Basketball is the second most popular global sport and closing on soccer
“Their group of consumers, and vice versa, they bring their side to the basketball side, which is becoming a global sport, and I think it's number two in the world, and it's moving up closer on on soccer globally.”
People of color are the largest spending demographic group on cosmetics
“People of color spend on cosmetics, which I think we're the biggest spender in that, so the market is just amazing”
The Golden State Warriors went 50-1 when exceeding 325 passes per game
“Our number was the amount of passes we had per game. When we had 325 more Pat, 325 passes or more, we were like 51. It was something crazy, and then when we had less than 300 passes we were like, I don't know, you know, 20 and 10.”
Jawbone sleep data showed eight hours of sleep boosted Iguodala's shooting performance
“I track my sleep every day, and it's funny because I did a small thing with Jawbone where they would track how many hours of sleep I was getting, and then how that correlated to my performance on the basketball court, so it showed when I got six hours of sleep…”
The average NBA player's career lasts only 5.4 years
“The average career being Bay player is 5.4 years, I think it is”
Michael Jordan's Nike shoe line generates $2 billion in annual sales
“You know I mean, you may get lucky, like Michael Jordan, to have your own shoe line with Nike, which turns into, you know two billion per year in sales, but that's just one guy.”
Arena technology gives sports team owners real-time data on fan purchasing habits
“Owners are setting up arenas to be fan friendly To where the owners know exactly who's buying what, who's purchasing what, who's in their seat at what times, at what point of the game do fans go get concessions? It's kind of taken a life of its own as far as j…”
The Golden State Warriors use Catapult wearables to track player court strain
“It's a system called Catapult. Tracks our heart rate, tracks our it tracks our every movement on the court, our pounding on our knees. It takes, it tracks everything.”
Advanced athletic recovery equipment has shifted from training rooms to players' homes
“They used to be in the training room, but now it's like everyone has them at home.”
Andre Iguodala
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