Memphis Grizzlies: Andre Iguodala timeline

September 23rd, 2019

The excitement lasted just under three weeks.

Towards the end of the month, the Daily Memphian announced that the Grizzlies and Iguodala had reached an agreement, and the star forward would not make an appearance at this year’s media day or training camps.

The move was vastly seen as a compromise between the two parties, and at the very least, showed that they were on speaking terms.

That especially came as a shock considering the very same day, Bleacher Report ran a story where Iguodala talked about finding out he was going to Memphis:

"“So, I’m texting my wife, telling her I’ll probably get traded because I think it’s 100 percent sure, even though everyone else is saying, it’s only a chance. Then, once KD (Kevin Durant) left, I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ll probably get traded. They’re probably going to do a sign-and-trade, so they can get something back, to at least get assets for him.’ No one was thinking that. But I was thinking they’ll want to get assets back because they can’t just let him go. And they’ll probably move me as well. So, she asked me where I thought I would go. I said, ‘I don’t know, I’ll probably end up in Memphis or some [expletive]’.” “She says, ‘For real?’ I was like, ‘Maybe. But probably not. I don’t know.’ “The next day, I got the message. It was Memphis. I fell out laughing.”"

The quote didn’t sit too well with media members, but at least it seems like the organization has gotten over it.

So that leaves us where we are. In the middle of a gridlock between two opposing sides who aren’t looking to budge anytime soon. But how do we move on? Can we ever get away from this insanity? Well, Iguodala put it best himself, for that to happen, you just gotta know when to give up.