The unique returns of Juan Toscano-Anderson & Pooh Jeter 💪 | NBA on ESPN

The unique returns of Juan Toscano-Anderson & Pooh Jeter 💪 | NBA on ESPN

I was a little like buzzed that day like I wasn’t having a good day because the night before that I actually played really bad I probably played my worst game all season so I was like really anxious and really stressed out I ain’t never going to get back to the league if

I play like that and then Erica calls me and she basically just tells me what’s going on and I took a minute to like soak it all in before I called adiana and I’m just like pack everything we’re leaving tomorrow Zack just offered me a call Up we were both really excited but uh on the other side like I was kind of sad because I had really enjoyed playing with those guys in Mexico City I love playing for for rammon like I said I mean I felt like a kid again out there just hooping with no constraints right

Like he just letting me go and I was enjoying my time there like I was living in palanco in Mexico City one of the dopest neighborhoods life was just simple again when you’re in the NBA life gets a little more uh hectic and a little more complex but again like I was extremely

Excited for the opportunity cuz I also have a son now so it’s like okay like uh can go and try to make more money you know I have access to the capabilities of making a lot of money’s look at Anderson the newest vender of the Sacramento Kings was playing in

Mexico back where he began and his professional career yeah and he was playing extremely well for the G League team there numbers it’s it’s a it’s an odd place to be right because a guy like myself who goes from being a leader you know being more vocal and being a

Teacher to the young guys than to now like being thrust into a situation where it’s like okay I’m the last guy on the roster I’m learning everything I got to earn like the trust and the camaraderie of these guys and then it’s like trying to figure out like where do I fit in

I know but it’s my time to talk and then you’ll get your turn okay deal deal being a parent is hard I mean I’m sure all the parents out there know uh and you know it’s both of us and we have all the resources we need but still

Really hard so just being closer to family I’m like okay this is going to take like a you know a lot of stress off the both of us I understood at a young age that we didn’t have everything right my grandpa came from Mexico migrated to the

United States and then he bought that house um and we still have that home to this day everything that is fundamental to my life has started in that home I mean you know from like family culture family tradition who I am like the perseverance I have and I I had like a great

Childhood there I was just kid with a lot of talent and Imagination um and people came to help me you know so I just want to provide like uh resources and opportunities for those kids who otherwise don’t have it um but have the skills the mindset the knowledge to

Further along in life right and just um you know grow outside of the bubble that they live in correctly um and so without further Ado it’s my pleasure to introduce Anderson found Jer so JTA foundation correlates with you know a nickname that I was given in the

NBA a kind of a household name something that people would remember and something that people do remember I’m sure the majority of you guys in here are Warrior fans so when the warriors uh most recently won the championship I was a part of that team and when playing in

The G league for the Santa Cruz Warriors I was awarded the first ever NBA G League Community assist War which was really cool and regardless of where I am whether I’m in Santa Cruz Maraga Sacramento La um Mexico we always try to you know remain active in regardless of

Where my career takes me I I’ll try to do some [Applause] Work bro we in a garden like you got to turn up you have to turn up in New York anyway but you got to turn up every game but like New York is like like show me state in my opinion we won here Sacramento Kings I

Had like a nice back door to Francisco Garcia who’s from New York I remember them games you know like being in the garden you got to remember those moments jedar uhuh swishy I transitioned at the right time but the time is still like the same as a

Player you know it’s still long days you know now even like on the road I me and Dan Conor is the gym for the remix we talking even more you know I have that responsibility of the of the g- league players and I have the responsibility of

You know making sure the energy and everything is right here so in my case I’m talking to all the guys I know it’s the two ways but Chris Murray would go at a time Moses Brown was going you know I just don’t wanted

To be like ah I got to go to no man we’re going here so we can continue to stay in shape and and be ready Moses did it came back up he had like 12 rebounds and this and that and I’m like it’s working so that’s been the Beauty and

The balance of this man like and I appreciate you know everybody for allowing me to be me you know and I’m I thank God that I was chosen for this opportunity I don’t think there’s many people in the world quite like Pooh um he lights up every single room that he

Walks into whe whether it’s in the meal room or on the team bus or like you feel his presence and his joy and um I always said you know he’s one of those guys who can go any path he wants like you want

To try to be a GM all right you can do that you you want to be a coach you can do that you want to be an agent you can do that you want to like he’s one of those guys who has I think the personality and the adaptability to fit

In any room with any group and be like a positive light no matter what he does so I think for us like you know you see that type of talent and and person and you just want to get him in your building um and so thankfully you know

He trusted kind of the division that that we had for him and and Joe and Chanty and you know the rest of the group um to basically give him exposure you know to to both sides of it and I know that was from talking to PO throughout the process that was really

Important to him um hey you know if I’m hanging it up if I’m hanging it up I want to be able to kind of see all sides of it and um so I think that was the the main goal and uh it’s been a lot of fun this is scoot’s first time playing

In the garden and I hope he gives him a amazing memory of who sco or something first time period not even like a high school not even in the G League or anything no this is special right when he picks it up you you pick it up and you go but think

About it if he’s if he’s right there he’s going to be back pedling and your and your first three steps he’s not going to be able to stay up at your up at your speed right so continue later roll coach coach Brooks was a a PG Ro we need at all the

Time that we can get so if there’s no pressure hey and we down BR roll it out it’s okay because we want a lot of time and our goal is to start the offense over here at 20 seconds correct imagine we starting it on the right time

When it’s at 23 we get extra time did you see them coming a way I can see of course but that’s a great pass but you know what that that you know why we did that is because the two games before he didn’t take that that’s growth that’s

Learning that’s like a growth mindset we love that that’s it man have fun today man we in the garden this journey been been incredible to me you know because he was able to grow and experience things you know we go into the season and of course you

Know he had like one of them starts you know just like a a grow start it’s all right come on we good you know and then he got hurt so November was kind of kind of weird but it was good for him to experience that now you know then when

December hit it was a you know he’ been killing and getting back to who school was so Yeah

On the latest edition of “The Break,” Juan Toscano-Anderson talks about his journey back into the NBA with the Sacramento Kings, his charity work and how being a part has its own difficulties playing in the league. Plus, hear from Pooh Jeter and see Scoot Henderson’s first time playing in Madison Square Garden.
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