Troubled waters in the Mexican basketball team after the national team qualified for the World Cup. the nba Juan Toscano-Anderson He has assured that he will not be at the planetary event and that he will no longer defend the Mexico shirt.
Statements by the Utah Jazz player to Hispanic Sports Media, an interview in Spanish in which the former Warriors and Lakers player was blunt when asked about the World Cup: “I felt very happy to see my friends fulfill a dream, but for me, I’m not going back with the national team“.
Toscano-Anderson assures that he is going to focus on the NBA, that the Mexican team is already part of his past.
At the bottom of his resignation is the tense relationship, to put it elegantly, that he maintains with the former player and former NBA Gustavo Ayon.
It must be remembered that Gustavo Ayón is the co-founder of the Titán Sports brand, which is the firm that dresses the Mexican team. Well, Toscano-Anderson has refused to wear said clothing, according to Ayón, who also accused Toscano-Anderson weeks ago of demanding a series of privileges that his colleagues do not enjoy.
Ayón has been denouncing the little commitment of the NBA with Mexico and has gone so far as to say that its inclusion in the national team could “break the group“.
The former ACB and NBA player also uploaded to Twitter an image related to the Mexico team in which the figure of Toscano-Anderson disappeared when it was covered by the Mexican flag, a tweet that caused quite a stir and did not sit well. Nothing good for the Utah player.
Meanwhile, Toscano-Anderson recently stated: “The only thing I want to know is why Gustavo Ayón hates me so much“.
The first Mexican NBA champion, won the ring last year with the Warriors, is currently playing for the Utah Jazz, and seems to have found remarkable continuity in the American league, a continuity that has been broken, who knows if forever. in the chapter referring to the Mexican team.
