Leave all that. I look forward to meeting so many idols from my youth. He was previously the Warriors beat reporter (2016-2021) and the Cal beat reporter (2015-16). (D. Ross Cameron/Staff Archives), Oakland, CA January 31, 1989 - Golden State Warriors manager Al Attles. Macario had bought the house in 1970 after moving to Oakland, where a couple of his sisters had settled, from the Mexican state of Michoacan. I am versatile. "I always said, 'You guys have two reasons to be proud,' " Toscano-Anderson's mothersaid. In the decade since Toscano-Anderson got that tattoo as a junior at Castro Valley, he had reasons to believe he might not be so special. Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast, El Viaje: JTA details his journey in proudly embracing Mexican roots. Juan, he said, had a real future in basketball. [9] He was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. NBA.com is part of Warner Media, LLCs Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network. My dad agreed and the next day, he promptly burned a can of franks-and-beans for dinner. However, sometimes there is still an internal struggle figuring out where you belong and how you identify. At that time, I could see that Juan loved sports. So when Mrs. Attles stepped in and brought him to the Warriors' youth camp, it unlocked a new level of competitiveness in Toscano-Anderson. But his desire to play basketball continued, which led him to play in Mexico for four seasons and play for the Mexican national basketball team. (Staff Archives), Al Attles, former Golden State Warriors player and head coach, seen during an interview in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Attles, 82, arrived Friday for Game 4 of the NBA Finals with son Al Attles III to a warm welcome from security and arena staff. At a time when you're trying to form your identity, this kind of commentary makes it nearly impossible. After averaging 3.8 points per game over his four-year career at Marquette, Toscano-Anderson didnt receive a single offer to play overseas, much less in the NBA. Mrs. Attles was right: Toscano-Andersonwas happiest when he was playing basketball in the yard at Stonehurst Elementary. Leave it to Toscano-Anderson to make his connection to the Bay Area known through his song of choice: Thizzle Dance by the late East Bay rapper Mac Dre. 95 jersey, the highest number in Warriors history, is a nod to his grandfathers home at 95th Avenue and A Street in East Oaklands Elmhurst neighborhood. As a player, coach and ambassador, however, Attles impressed the Warriors more with his substance over flash. At that time, the only NBA player he knew about was Allen Iverson.". (Staff Archives), Oakland, CA Circa 1980 - Al Attles on the sidelines of a Golden State Warriors Basktball game. Attles was the 39th overall pick in the 1960 NBA Draft. Alvin Attles III is a writer, a filmmaker and the son of basketball Hall of Famer Al Attles. She named him Juan. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes defeat, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, Denver just got a direct flight to this Caribbean island known for music history and vegetarian cooking, NYC Mayor Adams dismisses need to separate church and state, declares himself a servant of God, Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. NBA.com is part of Warner Media, LLCs Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network. Its nice they are recognizing someone who has been committed to the game of basketball.. But it didn't matter to Toscano-Anderson. Heck, he wears it on his chest and back every time he puts on his Golden State Warriors jersey. It also unlocked his passion for basketball. And well just smile, because thats so him. Mrs. Attles, as Toscano-Anderson called her, encouraged the young boy to join the Warriors' youth basketball program, and also helped him get on the Oakland Rebels AAU basketball team. To see your child living his dream, it means everything.. Encouraged by her reaction, my father soon became the primary cook in our family. . Its a reflection of Toscano-Andersons upbringing in East Oakland, the most dangerous area of a city with 30 homicides already in 2021. Al Attles, NBA player. He is an actor, known for Inside Moves (1980), The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame. "And I always tried to embed that in them in it, and let them know that it didn't make them any less.". There, in the back of the driveway, Juan and his cousins would shoot at a plastic crate hung on a gate. Rather than voice her displeasure about her day in comparison to his relatively short day, she instead took her frustration out on the pots and pans in the kitchen. Point guard who starred for the Philadelphia/Golden State Warriors from 1960-1971, and coached the team from 1970-1983. Alvin Attles' wife she was my third grade teacher and I was playing soccer prior to that put me into a Warriors Camp. Juan Toscano-Andersons uncle Macario Toscano Jr. (center left) takes a photo with family members outside Toscano-Andersons childhood home in Oakland. He was one of the first African-American head coaches in the NBA. "She never mentioned Mr. Attles was her husband, and I mean, I knew [who] the Warriors were, but I didn't know any of that," Patricia said. On Friday against Washington, players wore shooting shirts featuring Attles' likeness. Scott Adams faces 'consequence culture' as U.S. newspapers drop Dilbert, Tom Cruise's 'ditching' of Suri showcased by Judd Apatow's 'co-parenting' joke, ex-Scientology exec says. Want Warriors news delivered to your phone? That is the Oakland seeping out of Toscano-Anderson's pores. He thanked Attles again Thursday . My mother fielded many of the phone calls from other NBA teams executives, and watched the offers come in. My fathers nickname was The Destroyer, because of his willingness to finish a fight. But as a child, it's even harder. My mother, Wilhelmina, worked full time as a schoolteacher (almost forty years). 16, Barry (24), Wilt Chamberlain (13), Tom Meschery (14), Chris Mullin (17) and Nate Thurmond (42) hang in the rafters. "I'm sure there were some more opportunities out there for me, but this is home for me. I just love to compete," Toscano-Andersonsaid. Golden State Warriors | The Jersey Jet) Position: Point Guard Shoots: Right 6-0 , 175lb (183cm, 79kg) More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 16 16 16 SUMMARY Career G 711 PTS 8.9 TRB 3.5 AST 3.5 FG% 45.1 FT% 63.2 PER 11.3 WS 36.5 Al Attles Overview Game Logs Game-by-game stat line for the player 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 Toscano-Anderson still plays with that same mindset in the NBA. It was from Patricia Toscano. She also helped him get on the Oakland Rebels AAU basketball team. I greatly anticipate my father becoming immortalized. Beaty slugged Meschery . I cant wait to see his Hall of Fame ring and Hall of Fame blazer. Ever! Now living this childhood dream, Toscano-Anderson returned to Chase Center not as someone on the preseason roster contending for a spot, but as a Golden State Warrior. Point guard who starred for the Philadelphia/Golden State Warriors from 1960-1971, and coached the team from 1970-1983. San Francisco is at its most unaffordable point in at least a decade, S.F. It never happened because The Destroyer rushed to Barrys defense, leisure suit and all. Now, just knowing that hecan provide for his family and stay close to them is just the icing on the cake to signing his contract. I dont take any of that for granted., Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. "Of course we had family, but you know, who wants to go to their family with their children? Toscano-Anderson has faced racism from both Mexicans and African Americans, telling him he wasn't enough of either to consider himself a Mexican man or a Black man. Attles and his wife, Wilhelmina, reside in Oakland and have two adult children, Alvin III and Erica. Patricia, still grieving the death of her younger brother, sank into a deep depression. He performed so well that it prompted a last-minute trade of six-year NBA veteran Terrence Jones in order to make a roster spot for Toscano-Anderson. He is an awesome husband, a great father, a super uncle, the best Pop-Pop, and a one-of-a-kind friend. On April 6, 2019, Attles was chosen as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. That encouragement set Toscano-Anderson on a path that has eventually led with the versatile forward finding a home with his childhood team, as this past May he signed a multi-year contract with the Warriors. But it won't last long. A mechanical engineer, he raised four kids as a single father and tried to shield them from the gang violence overtaking the surrounding streets. Heres the impact of the latest 2022 tax returns: IRS further extends filing deadline for most Californians. A film he wrote . [7] He was a role player on the 1964 Warriors team (with Wilt Chamberlain and Guy Rodgers) that made the NBA Finals and eventually lost the championship series to the Boston Celtics, four games to one. Golden State Warriors | (Jane Tyska/Staff Archives), Former Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles attends a press conference to introduce the team's new draft picks at the team's headquarters in Oakland, Calif., Monday, June 27, 2011. At the end of the day, I accept that I am in a different category of my own. I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen.. When Patricias salary from teaching violence-prevention skills to juvenile offenders wasnt enough to cover the rent, she and her kids stayed with her father, Macario Toscano. At 6'3" and son of an NBA legend, Al Attles, III undoubtedly knows, loves and has played basketball, but writing, storytelling, and filmmaking were always his passion. Attles, 36, whose father starred for the Golden State Warriors and is now an executive with the team, is getting ready to release his first feature film.. A film set in Oakland. Before returning to his luxury apartment near Chase Center in San Francisco, Toscano-Anderson feasts at his favorite Mexican restaurant, Mariscos La Costa on International Boulevard. To Toscano-Anderson, this meant that he too could compete against the talent in the G League. Toscano-Anderson joined the 2018-19 training camp roster of the Santa Cruz Warriors, G League affiliate of Golden State, as a local tryout player. could be eligible for a share of $104 million. Oakland is no stranger to people with mixed backgrounds. It's another experience I share in common with him, often being told I acted or sounded "too white" to be Black. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. I just, I was living in urban culture. It seems hardly surprising since Attles cemented an 11-year career with the Warriors, coached them to their 1975 NBA championship and served as a longtime club ambassador. Toscano-Anderson contains a similar fire to that of Draymond Green, who's considered the heartbeat of the team. But when Toscano-Anderson first arrived at Mrs. Attles classroom in cornrows and a Larry Hughes replica Warriors jersey, he was an 8-year-old from the urban flatlands of East Oakland in a room filled with children from the more affluent Oakland hills. 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