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Andre Iguodala is competing in his first Olympics here. But he might have been able to play in 2004 and 2008, if he’d wanted to.
Thing is, he wouldn’t have been playing with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. He would have been playing against them.
Iguodala’s father is Nigerian. So he was invited to try out for – and in this case, “try out for” means “make” – the Nigerian Olympic squad. That team, which includes Penn grad Koko Archibong, will compete in these Games with nine American-born players on its roster.
This is the first time Nigeria qualified for the Olympics, but with Iguodala aboard, who knows if the team would have made it sooner?
— Reported by Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer
