Andre Iguodala Asks For a Trade, Then Reveals He's Kidding

The reigning Finals MVP jokes about wanting to be traded.

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On a day where there's no sports to watch outside of Minor League Baseball and the WNBA, you got to find a way to entertain yourself. Reigning Finals MVP Andre Iguodala did just that, though it came at the expense of a minor freakout by his followers. It started with a response to a report by the San Jose Mercury News that stated Steve Kerr doesn't plan on starting Iggy despite his hardware acquiring Finals performance:

Kerr doesn't anticipate Iguodala starting for Warriors next season http://t.co/9977IMzTqA @CamInman pic.twitter.com/VkU527ePCI

— Mercury News (@mercnews) July 16, 2015

Then trade me... https://t.co/eahYRKAKYf

— andre (@andre) July 16, 2015

This led to some initial panic because, really, why wouldn't you think he was serious? After all, athletes demand trades all the time:

@andre @mercnews @CamInman it doesn't matter if u start bro...it matters who closes... #ShutEmDown

— The Peoples Champ (@ScottG305) July 17, 2015

@andre @jonjohnsonwip It's always great to see these childish battles on Twitter, because we don't have enough problems in our own lives.

— AΜ₯nΜ₯tΜ₯hΜ₯oΜ₯nΜ₯yΜ₯ Μ₯PΜ₯rΜ₯eΜ₯zΜ₯iΜ₯oΜ₯sΜ₯iΜ₯ (@AJPreziosi) July 17, 2015

@andre @mercnews @CamInman come to the #Lakers

— liebron james (@lakersfan818) July 17, 2015

@andre @mercnews @CamInman wtf

— RMEEVEOL 🎯 (@Revo_Jameel) July 17, 2015

@andre @Kaboomkid7 @mercnews @CamInman just come back to the sixers, you owe us dude

— MF PFUNK (@PLinny32) July 17, 2015

Ha! Got eeeeem! Yall know I'm playing #weStillSchampionship

— andre (@andre) July 16, 2015

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚ Yall fell for that one! πŸŒπŸŒπŸŒπŸƒπŸΎ

— andre (@andre) July 16, 2015

Aight the only way I'll still come off the bench... 1. I wanna left handed set of golf clubs 2. Some Cambodian breast milk...

— andre (@andre) July 17, 2015

And Steve Kerr gotta walk to juniors and get me some cheesecake...

— andre (@andre) July 17, 2015

After letting it fester for literally less than a minute (think about that, because there were tons more of these tweets), the 11-year vet revealed the con...:

...before revealing some demands that may or may not be a joke:

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