EAN: 9780525533986

THE SIXTH MAN - ANDRE IGUODALA CARVELL WALLACE ...

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala  the indomitable sixth man of the
champion Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA.
And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years  his game has never
been stronger. Off the court  Iguodala has earned respect  too-for his successful tech
investments  his philanthropy  and increasingly for his contributions to the conversation about
race in America. It is no surprise  then  that in his first book  Andre  with his cowriter
Carvell Wallace  has pushed himself to go further than he ever has before about his life  not
only as an athlete but about what makes him who he is at his core. The Sixth Man traces Andre's
journey from childhood in his Illinois hometown to his Bay Area home court today. Basketball
has always been there. But this is the story  too  of his experience of the conflict and racial
tension always at hand in a professional league made up largely of African American men  of
whether and why the athlete owes the total sacrifice of his body  of the relationship between
competition and brotherhood among the players of one of history's most glorious championship
teams. And of what motivates an athlete to keep striving for more once they've already achieved
the highest level of play they could have dreamed. On drive  on leadership  on pain  on
accomplishment  on the shame of being given a role  and the glory of taking a role on: This is
a powerful memoir of life and basketball that reveals new depths to the superstar athlete  and
offers tremendous insight into most urgent stories being told in American society today.

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