It's a city made up of an incredibly diverse population, making those of us who tend to fall in minority races or are biracial feel more at peace. He was there when Chamberlain scored 100 points in 1962. It wasnt good, but my mom ate it like it was steak and lobster. Al Attles is a Warriors icon, but his wife, Wilhelmina, has been his rock for more than half a century. The team would make the playoffs only once more for the remainder of his tenure as coach. Not a bad story for someone who Dana says is such a great dude.. Aug 15, 2022. Toscano-Anderson contains a similar fire to that of Draymond Green, who's considered the heartbeat of the team. Retired teacher Wilhelmina Attles was cleaning her kitchen last month when she came across a coffee mug adorned with signatures from one of her old third-grade classes at Montclair Elementary School. Many in the Elmhurst neighborhood know that, if they need a place to stay while they get their lives back on track, Toscano-Anderson and his mom will try to help provide accommodations. He made about $2,000 a month with Santa Cruz. You don't have to look deep to figure out why the Warriors decided to convert Toscano-Anderson's two-way contract to a standard one. "Even with knowing that final part of the play, I would still make the same play 10 times out of 10," he said. "I love Al Attles (then the head coach). Fell in love with it, said Toscano-Anderson. pizza favorite shuts down after 13 years, plus more closings, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Marvin Gaye! 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 During the teams first public event at the newly opened Chase Center he had to take the mic and perform for the fans in attendance. He thanked Attles again Thursday . But on the blacktop at recess, Toscano-Anderson forgot all about the outside world. Many of Juans new classmates had parents who were doctors or lawyers. Wilhelmina, the wife of Golden State legend Al Attles, could sense that something troubled her new student. Golden State Warriors | He's ready to pay it back to his mother -- the woman who gave him everything -- and pay it forward to his siblings. In my case, I was raised in a predominantly white family and went to a predominantly white school. "I would say, like at home, it was just like all Mexican traditions. It wouldn't matter if he was living there or pursuing his basketball dreams elsewhere -- Oakland was always home. He is a graduate of Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey and North Carolina A&T State University. My father is as humble as they come. Although celebrities such as Wilt Chamberlain, Jesse Jackson, and Bill Cosby were friends of his, he never took on celebrity airs. Her younger brother, a nephew and two of her cousins were all shot and killed in East Oakland. It was during the early October matchups that Toscano-Anderson made another nod to his upbringing as he changed his jersey number to 95. Ever! OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Hall of Famer Al Attles returned to Oracle Arena at long last. Over the next three years, he established himself as the countrys best player. 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. The court was renamed as Al Attles Court. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group), Golden State Warriors legend Al Attles, center, tosses the basket ball between Jenny Fang, left, and her cousin Ella Fang to start a game as part of the refurbished baskteball court ceremony at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland in 2006. Oakland is no stranger to people with mixed backgrounds. Every time he walked into that building, he got a taste of what he wanted his future to be. I get to enjoy everything I get to do with my family. I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen.. After being scouted and recruited, he wound up playing at Marquette University where his injuries cost him playing time through his four years. In our Oakland home, thousands of miles away from my fathers ultimate coaching triumph, I hugged my little sister, Ericka and did a happy dance with my mother. The time he saw a homeless man beat another homeless man with an aluminum bat on 95th Avenue. Take the instance where Toscano-Anderson cracked his head open on a dive to save a possession in the April 15 game against the Boston Celtics as evidence. Dont EVER touch my son. Youre running into all these different monsters, only theyre things like gangs and drive-by shootings.. 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. He is married to Willhemina Rice. Attles was the 39th overall pick in the 1960 NBA Draft. In Game 4 of the 1975 Finals, Riordan walked up to Rick Barry and shoved the Warriors star. And Toscano-Anderson has a similar tenacity, grit and hustle. Juan Toscano-Andersons uncle Macario Toscano Jr. (center left) takes a photo with family members outside Toscano-Andersons childhood home in Oakland. He made it a point to become fluent in Spanish, and took a trip to Chevy, Mexico, with his grandfather to see where his family was from. He tries to impact the game the same way Green does -- by doing a bit of everything. (Ray Chavez/Staff Archives). One half of one percent of people looking to play professional basketball will even get the opportunity to try out.. I am excited to be in Springfield. To make the Santa Cruz Warriors 2018-19 roster, Toscano-Anderson needed some good fortune a timely preseason trade that freed up a contract for him. She also helped him get on the Oakland Rebels' AAU basketball team. (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. His drive to get better also is intact. So, the Warriors themselves, for what they are, they've given me dreams. He is one of the last living members of the franchise who dates to their time in Philadelphia. On March 2, 1962, he was the team's second-leading scorer with 17 points on the night Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points. Alvin Austin Attles Jr. (born November 7, 1936) is an American former professional basketball player and coach best known for his longtime association with the Golden State Warriors. Patricia, still grieving the death of her younger brother, sank into a deep depression. He won an NBA championship in 1975, which made him the second African-American coach to do so, joining Bill Russell. For the next year, Patricia and her two youngest kids ping-ponged between relatives houses and budget motels, unsure where theyd sleep most nights. It was not only a momentous occasion in his basketball career, but a culmination of events that are almost hard to believe. "But he's. This happened once he transferred schools after having a knife pulled on him in second grade. In 2014, Attles was the recipient of the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Awardan annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to an individual who has contributed significantly to the sport of basketball, the award is the highest and the most prestigious honor presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame other than enshrinement. Some players play hungry; Juan plays like a guy whos starving, Warriors guard Mychal Mulder said. But it won't last long. He played overseas, joining the Mexican national basketball team in 2016 at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and then in Mexico and Venezuela from 2016 to 2018. Al Attles was born on November 7, 1936 in Newark, NJ. He was previously the Warriors beat reporter (2016-2021) and the Cal beat reporter (2015-16). I'm just Juan, the biracial guy. She was aware of the struggles the Toscano family was facing and wanted to help, so she suggested Toscano-Anderson enroll in the Golden State Warriors youth camp. Ahead of the 2018-19 season, he decided to go to the open tryouts being hosted by the G League Santa Cruz Warriors. It was from Patricia Toscano. "And I always tried to embed that in them in it, and let them know that it didn't make them any less.". 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. Toward the bottom of the cup was a familiar name in green marker: Juan Toscano-Anderson, now a 6-foot-6, 213-pound backup forward for the Golden State Warriors who has become a fan favorite. I am starting to accept that and who I am. Attles was known as "The Destroyer" due to his defensive specialities along with once punching a player in the jaw. Golden State Warriors Established 1946 | 7-time NBA Champions October 6, 2021 2:43 PM PDT Twenty years ago, Juan Toscano-Anderson was initially introduced to basketball by his third grade teacher,. 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. Alvin Austin Attles Jr. (born November 7, 1936) is an American former professional basketball player and coach best known for his longtime association with the Golden State Warriors. I ran into the house and asked my mom what I should rescue from the house. Point guard who starred for the Philadelphia/Golden State Warriors from 1960-1971, and coached the team from 1970-1983. "That's what makes me go.". "We were houseless, we lived in a car, and from here and there to different places," Patricia said. She just changed my life, Toscano-Anderson shared. Toscano-Anderson was born and raised in East Oakland. Toscano-Anderson didn't receive interest from any NBA teams coming out of college. At that time, I could see that Juan loved sports. Attles, barely 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds, came to be known as The Destroyer. "I feel like this situation is just destined," he said. Almost every off day the Warriors get, Toscano-Anderson guides his Honda east on Interstate 580, toward the streets where he learned the power of perseverance. He hadnt known how to cook, just as he hadnt known how to coach when Franklin Mieuli asked him to take charge of the Warriors. (Staff Archives), Oakland, CA Circa 1980 - Al Attles on the sidelines of a Golden State Warriors Basktball game. Toscano-Anderson would require resilience, a change in the NBAs style of play and some luck to go from a seldom-used college reserve to a rotation player with the Warriors. When his mom moved back to Castro Valley when he was in fifth grade, he refused to leave East Oakland. Our house didnt burn; we were among the fortunate. It's never an easy critique to hear. JTA incredibly surprises camper with free trip to Cancun camp. But hes home now and is getting a little bit stronger every day.. (Ron Riesterer / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives), Oakland, CA February 13, 1976 - Golden State Warriors basketball coach Al Attles at a press conference. As a teacher, you spend so much time around these kids that you know what they need at various times, said Attles, who watches every Warriors game to cheer for Toscano-Anderson. My father is now 83 years old. Juan often was late to school -- not because of rebellion, but because his motherwas spread thin -- and during class, he wasn't fully present. My father is a true example of hard work, commitment and unwavering integrity. Attles, one of Montclairs only African American teachers, felt an immediate kinship with Juan, who is half-Black, half-Mexican. (Karl Mondon/Staff Archives), Oakland, CA January 31, 1989 - Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles in his office. I was 10 years old or so and ran around playing tag in the locker room with my cousins Bernard and Kevin. He played college basketball at North Carolina A&T, and was selected 39th overall in the . Almost all their belongings, including many of the kids childhood photos, were destroyed. 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. Everything I envisioned as a young kid, when I met Ms. Attles and I had cornrows and I used to wear a Larry Hughes jersey to school, Im doing all of that right now. But my father never seriously entertained any of those offers. Despite being a fan though, Toscano-Anderson did not play basketball early in life. "To just have some better competition, there were a lot of kids there that were older than me, and that were actually pursuing basketball and had game. 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He plans on starting with getting his brother a car for his 16th birthday. Sign up for a free trial of Mark Medinas Warriors text messaging service* * *, I would go over and sit with him. It has been his entire life, as he grew up on 95th Avenue in East Oakland. And Al Attles Golden State Warriors have just won the NBA championship!. A mechanical engineer, he raised four kids as a single father and tried to shield them from the gang violence overtaking the surrounding streets. He is an awesome husband, a great father, a super uncle, the best Pop-Pop, and a one-of-a-kind friend. Back when Attles had a sharper memory, his consideration for others left a lasting impact. Encouraged by her reaction, my father soon became the primary cook in our family. At that time, the only NBA player he knew about was Allen Iverson.". His competitiveness always is on full display -- perfectly depicted in the play against the Boston Celtics that resulted in him needing 27 stitches in his head. It wasn't until he was a bit older that he made a concerted effort to get more in touch with his Hispanic roots. However, sometimes there is still an internal struggle figuring out where you belong and how you identify. I was just like, This is insane, Toscano-Anderson said. Seventeen days after her due date, Patricia went into labor. [5] He intended to return to Newark and coach at his local junior high school when he was drafted by the Warriors. She also did the cooking, the cleaning, paid the bills, helped with homework, carpooled us to our various activities and even taught me how to play basketball, as more and more of my fathers time was spent at work. Even now, 42 games into his NBA career, Toscano-Anderson still finds it hard to believe hes on the Warriors. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. The immense pride Toscano-Anderson has for his hometown is a common trait found in most Oaklanders, including myself. 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