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How Much Is Iguodala Worth?
How Much Is Iguodala Worth?
Over the past twenty-four hours I've read just about every forum thread, blog post, article and comment on the Andre Iguodala situation and there seems to be a common theme regarding the rumored 5 year/$72.6M contract he may or may not have been offered/negotiated/whatever. The theme is that the Sixers are paying for potential, rather than production. This struck me as a bit odd, considering ...
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Philadelphia 76ers — ... That is the ultimate question in determining Andre Iguodala’s value. There are plenty of other metrics to determine his value, and Depressed Fan does a good job of it with the PER metric and comparing salaries, but the true measurement of a player is something you can’t measure. You’ve got to have heart. You can’t put a price on that. ...

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