Mexico City / 05.06.2022 05:38:25
Three years ago he came to the NBA and today is in the Finals with the Golden State Warriors. The history of Mexican Juan Toscano is worth being told and what better than the man who recruited him for the National Professional Basketball League (LNBP), Mr. Eduardo Urdiales, to delve into what the player meant for the royal squad and the because today he is a successful compatriot in the best basketball in the world.
“I imagined him in those scenarios, but not so soon. It’s more than you can dream of even with Juan’s qualities. My grandfather used to say that ‘Luck doesn’t come alone, you have to look for it’. There are situations that must be taken advantage of and that is what Juan Toscano has been able to do, take the opportunitiesdon’t let them go and make the most of them”, account Urdiales at halftime from Monterrey at the Fuerza Regia facilities, a franchise in which Toscano was a key player in winning the first two championships in its history in 2017 and 2019, adding four crowns so far in the last five years.
“Juan is one of those stories of success and improvement based on work, thus fulfilling his dreams. What impressed me the most about him when he arrived at Fuerza Regia is his ability to adapt, a sponge to learn from people who know about the sport, “explained the manager.
“Fuerza Regia was 16 years old looking for that first title and we had not been able to reach the Final. In that first star, Juan Toscano was the MVP of the first Finals (…) Unlike other players who are more closed and reluctant to accept constructive criticism and learn from the stars, he did it and there are the results”.
The Final that Toscano played dehydrated in the LNBP
One of the characteristics mentioned by Urdiales to define Toscano Anderson is his “unbreakable will” Inside the court, a guy who, despite having been intoxicated the night before a match in the LNBP Finals, refused to abandon his then teammates from Fuerza Regia.
“I remember an anecdote that shows a lot of Toscano’s character and perseverance. For Game 4 (of the Final against Capitanes in 2019) we were in Mexico City and Juan got intoxicated, he had a stomach infection that caused him to vomit all night. The day of Game 4, Juan told the doctor: ‘Give me all the serum that is needed because I play today’ and so it was, in bed for about eight hours in the morning and late so that at night he could play”, Urdiales talked at halftimeremembering that if today Fuerza Regia is to the LNBP what the Warriors are today to the NBA as the closest thing to a dynasty, it is largely thanks to Juan, who was born in California, the son of a Michoacan mother.
Toscano became Tigres ‘because’ of Gignac
Although with Regal Force everything was love with Juan Toscanothe only thing that Eduardo Urdiales “regrets” is that with that historical surname for Rayados, he has not been able to recruit the basketball player as a fan of the Gang, all because of André-Pierre Gignac’s “fault”.
“I tried to make it Striped, but it became Tigre. My dad, who worked for Rayados for many years, invited him to a game we went to. He was very happy with the new stadium, but two weeks later Gignac went to one of our games (of Fuerza Regia), there they made friends and that’s how he became the Tigresbut Fuerza Regia will always be his home,” he joked about Toscano Anderson, who seeks to be the first Mexican in history with an NBA championship ring, playing with the Warriors against the Boston Celtics in the best of seven games.
