Given he was part of the team that just beat the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals and he just signed with that team’s historic rivals in the Los Angeles Lakers, you might not expect forward Juan Toscano-Anderson to be especially friendly towards the Celtics.
But the champion wing — the first Mexican-American to win an NBA title in decades and just the second of all time to do so — had plenty of good things to say about them at a youth camp he holds in Mexico City to promote the sport in his ancestral home. Toscano-Anderson made it clear he holds the players and coaching staff both in the highest of regard in his conversation with the Celtics Wire earlier this week.
“First of all, I have the utmost respect for the coaching staff there,” offered the Lakers forward. “Ime Udoka and the rest of the coaching staff.”
Toscano-Anderson talking about how, when he was younger, how a camp changed his life. pic.twitter.com/DO0aS9W3eR
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