An unexpected hero in June's NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala made his first visit to Japan with both the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy and his Finals MVP Trophy in tow on the NBA Clutch Time Trophy Tour earlier this week.
"It's been a lot of fun, it's been real good," Iguodala said at the headquarters of Wowow, a Japanese cable television station, in Tokyo on the final day of his three-day tour on Thursday.
The 31-year-old had been named to the NBA's All-Defensive team twice (2011 and 2014) and also won a pair of gold medals at the 2012 Olympics and the 2010 world championship with the U.S. national team. Still, perhaps there was nobody who had "Iggy," who didn't start any games in the 2014-15 regular season, listed as a potential candidate for Finals MVP entering the championship series.