Not everyone appreciates Andre Igoudala's defense
At the end of the 2010 season, Eddie Jordan was fired as the 76er head coach for taking a team prominently featuring Andre Igoudala, Elton Brand, Thaddeus Young, Jrue Holliday, and Louis Williams to a record of 27-55. Jordan, a disciple of the “Princeton Offense”, had famously bragged to a beat reported, when asked who the point guard is “that everyone on the floor is a point guard in this offense”. Never mind that players like Brand and Samuel Dalembert were odd picks for an offense that prized shooting and passing at every position, it leaned on Igoudala, an athletic wing known for his defense, to become the team’s dominant scorer. For those familiar with his work in Washington, the flip-side wasn’t much of a surprise: Philadelphia was the 8th worst defensive team in the league, allow three more points per 100 possessions than the average club.
Without any significant personnel changes, newl...
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