Mrs. Attles was right: Toscano-Andersonwas happiest when he was playing basketball in the yard at Stonehurst Elementary. 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. 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. Its a reflection of Toscano-Andersons upbringing in East Oakland, the most dangerous area of a city with 30 homicides already in 2021. "I was enjoying basketball, and that's what I do this for, to just enjoy the game," Toscano-Anderson said. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. I remember attending an NBA all-star game one summer at The Forum. You know, just really taking on the competitive challenge that was needed.". But it won't last long. It was 20 years ago when teacher Wilhelmina Attles, wife of former Warriors star player and coach Al Attles, encouraged Toscano-Anderson to play basketball. It changed my life, it was really exciting. 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. Al Attles Basketball Player #173216 Most Popular Boost Birthday November 7, 1936 Birthplace Newark , NJ Age 86 years old Birth Sign Scorpio About Point guard who starred for the Philadelphia/Golden State Warriors from 1960-1971, and coached the team from 1970-1983. Attles was photographed at the team's downtown Oakland practice facility where a large sign honors the 74-75 Warriors. Toscano-Anderson was introduced to basketball in the third grade at Oakland's Stonehurst Elementary School by his then-teacher Wilhelmina Attles, who is a former Upsala College basketball star and also the wife of Warriors legend and Hall of Famer Al Attles. But hes home now and is getting a little bit stronger every day.. (Karl Mondon/Staff Archives), Oakland, CA January 31, 1989 - Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles in his office. At one point, the doctor thought they might not be able to save either one of us. It's another experience I share in common with him, often being told I acted or sounded "too white" to be Black. It's never an easy critique to hear. Clifford, who referred to Attles as a father figure to all of us, argued that background helped black NBA players feel more comfortable learning because of the similar cultural background. Alvin Attles III is a writer, a filmmaker and the son of basketball Hall of Famer Al Attles. But he committed himself, learned and he became great. Similarly, Toscano-Anderson has always been a Warrior, since he was part of the organization's youth program in the third grade. 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. Obviously a smart, smart player. He took over as player-coach for the last season of his career, and remained as head coach until 1983 (save for 21 games in 1980). It's also in Mexico. He needed an outlet.. The racket she caused made my father get up to ask her what was wrong. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. Beyond Attles No . They've been here ever since. He was named player-coach of the Warriors midway through the 196970 season, succeeding George Lee. I never thought in a million years Id be playing for the Warriors, let alone in the NBA, but its exciting for myself, for my family, for my friends, and for the people of Oakland.. He walks a little crookedly, and he struggles with his memory sometimes. I grew up around [an] all Mexican family. But it has been his standing in our family that has always held the most meaning for us. He thanked Attles again Thursday . "It's God-sent for sure. Juan Toscano-Anderson, even as a child, always appreciated his mother, Patricia, raising him in a single-parent home. Although I never quite understood the one-half-of-one-percent phrase, at five years old I understood that my father was a practical man. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. As kids, my sister once told my dad about a boy who was messing with at her at school. Two of his most famous knockouts were against far bigger men: 6-9 Zelmo Beaty and 6-8 Bob Ferry. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! His steaks were tender, his gumbo was excellent, and his breakfasts were legendary. It was 20 years ago when teacher Wilhelmina Attles, wife of former Warriors star player and coach Al Attles, encouraged Toscano-Anderson to play basketball. I know I am Mexican. She missed doctors appointments. His work has been honored by APSE, CNPA and the Professional Basketball Writers Association. "He just brings that energy and juice to every moment that he comes into the game. Toscano-Anderson penned a personal note on the jersey reading: I wouldnt be wearing this jersey if it werent for you, Toscano-Anderson humbly shared with her. Warriors come alive in third quarter to beat Portland [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. Before Letourneau joined The Chronicle, he covered the Oregon State Beavers for The Oregonian. As he walks past familiar liquor stores and laundromats, he is reminded of some childhood memories that shake him to this day. Whenever issues arose in the neighborhood, it was Juan who defended her. "I always wanted to walk onto that court donning an NBA jersey," Toscano-Anderson said. His top choice was Cal in nearby Berkeley, but his mother, desperate for him to get as far away from East Oaklands streets as possible, persuaded him to pick the Wisconsin school. But on the blacktop at recess, Toscano-Anderson forgot all about the outside world. A month after Juan enrolled at Montclair, Attles learned from a member of the parent-teacher association that Juan had been staying at a family members house over the holidays when an intruder shot and killed one of Juans relatives, then stole the Christmas presents from under the tree. Mrs. Attles told her not to worry about it. Alvin, wake up! And so that was kind of humbling. She thanked Attles for all shed done for Juan in third grade and told her that he was about to graduate from Marquette with a bachelors degree in criminology. Juan often was late to school -- not because of rebellion, but because his motherwas spread thin -- and during class, he wasn't fully present. Oakland is home to Juan Toscano-Anderson. "Even with knowing that final part of the play, I would still make the same play 10 times out of 10," he said. The time he saw a homeless man beat another homeless man with an aluminum bat on 95th Avenue. My mom explained that her day was exhausting, and she was tired. Because of those varying roles, Attles will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on Sept. 6. In my case, I was raised in a predominantly white family and went to a predominantly white school. But as of Thursday morning, Toscano-Anderson is an official member of the Warriors -- and stillan Oakland resident -- as he signed a standard, multiyear contract with Golden State. NBC Sports Bay Area celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by taking a trip south of the border to tell the story of Juan Toscano-Anderson's Mexican heritage, his experience playing professionally in Mexico and how his Oakland roots impacted his journey to the Warriors. And Toscano-Anderson used that as constant motivation to be at his best. But eventually, they did. "I feel like this situation is just destined," he said. Encouraged by her reaction, my father soon became the primary cook in our family. Attles coaching credentials went beyond on-court accomplishments. In elementary school, he was encouraged to play basketball by his former teacher Wilhelmina Attles, wife of Warriors legend and Hall of Famer Al Attles. 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. All she wanted was to keep him smiling. "But he's. 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. 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. "I need to raise the bar. 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 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,. Thurmond now serves as an Ambassador to the team and goes to 30 home games a season, with his wife Marci. As a player, coach and ambassador, however, Attles impressed the Warriors more with his substance over flash. pizza favorite shuts down after 13 years, plus more Bay Area S.F. Seventeen days after her due date, Patricia went into labor. We will forever be grateful.. That's when fate intervened. When he is not watching the game, Attles is catching up with a former Warriors teammate or fan. Attles was the 39th overall pick in the 1960 NBA Draft. 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. If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website, please visit our Accessibility page. "I'm from the Bay Area," he said back in March before quickly revising himself,"Wait, I'm not from the Bay. Alvin, my father yelled, stopping me in my tracks. Draymond Green explains his issue with Black History Month: Why do we get the shortest month? Connor Letourneau is a sports enterprise reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. 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. Heres the impact of the latest 2022 tax returns: IRS further extends filing deadline for most Californians. Steve (Kerr) has never made me feel like I was on a two-way. And playing alongside players such as Steph Curry and Draymond Green and seeing the championship trophies the Warriors won without him is constantly humbling him and serves as reminders as to what level he wants to reach. However, sometimes there is still an internal struggle figuring out where you belong and how you identify. Patricia was a single mother of four. His ability to guard multiple positions, find open shooters and ratchet up the tempo intrigued Golden State, which had helped hasten the leagues trend toward a positionless brand of basketball. He initially declined before accepting and going to training camp.[6]. "I knew that I was Mexican. After a long, winding, and non-traditional route, Juan Toscano-Anderson played his first minutes on the NBA hardwood in regular season action. From left are Jeff Mullins, #23, and Happy Hairston, #52. Those trophies and basketballs dont mean anything. Toscano-Anderson memorialized his late cousin by getting a tattoo of 78 Erics jersey number with Oaklands Skyline High School football team on his upper left arm. Every time he walked into that building, he got a taste of what he wanted his future to be. What are the similarities between money and potential? But my dads priorities even in a potentially life-changing situation, left a deep impression on me. Riordan was looking to give his team a spark, or worse yet trying to get Barry thrown out of the game for retaliating. (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. Not a bad story for someone who Dana says is such a great dude.. ", Earlier in his life, it was easier for Toscano-Anderson to identity as Black because of his surroundings. Attles coached the Warriors until 1983, compiling a 557518 regular-season record (588548 including playoffs) with six playoff appearances in 14 seasons. He plans on starting with getting his brother a car for his 16th birthday. Attles became an assistant coach in 1968, while still a player. She also helped him get on the Oakland Rebels' AAU basketball team. But my father never seriously entertained any of those offers. They've given me an idea of where I wanted to be in my life and what I wanted to do.". Attles worked with the PTA to raise money to replace all the stolen gifts. The doctor asked Patricias family whom he should save, if it came down to a choice: mother or son. Fell in love with it, said Toscano-Anderson. Beaty slugged Meschery . (D. Ross Cameron/Staff Archives), Golden State Warriors' legend Alvin Attles ackowledges the crowd as Nate Thurmond, left, looks on during a special tribute to Attles as part of the NBA Hardwood Classics Month during the game agaInst the Milwaukee Bucks in the first half of an NBA game at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. Willhemina Attles, wife of Warriors Hall of Famer Al Attles, holds a mug signed by current Warrior Juan Toscano-Anderson and his third-grade classmates from back in 2002 when Attles was. Toscano-Anderson grew up attending Warriors' games at Oracle Arena. Dad got ejected, not Barry, and the Warriors completed the sweep. That's what kind of jump started me playing basketball. Toscano-Anderson was born and raised in East Oakland. On March 2, 1962, he was the team's second-leading scorer with 17 points on the night Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points. Al Attle's wife Wilhemina with children Erika and Alvin Jr. watch Game 4 of the championship series against the Washington Bullets May 25, 1975 (Photo by Terry Schmitt/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) DETAILS Restrictions: Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses. Willhemina Attles, wife of Warriors Hall of Famer Al Attles, holds a mug signed by current Warrior Juan Toscano-Anderson and his third-grade classmates from back in 2002 when Attles was Toscano-Andersons teacher at Montclair Elementary School in Oakland. pizza favorite shuts down after 13 years, plus more closings, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Just as he was starting to contemplate life without basketball, he got a call from the Mexican national team, which wanted to fly him to Mexico City for a tryout. Fell in love. He tries to impact the game the same way Green does -- by doing a bit of everything. As a youth, Toscano-Anderson was a Warriors Basketball Camp participant, officially becoming the first Golden State Warriors player to have participated in the franchises youth basketball program. Because of those various roles, Attles is one of six Warriors players to have their jersey retired. One family member who took them in for a period had a rule: Everyone needed to be out of the house by the time she left for work at 4 a.m. For the four hours before Patricia could drop her kids off at school, she watched as Juan read childrens books to his little sister and sang songs in their sedan. 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. Barry, however, is less reticent, which is much of the reason he is an. I'm super proud of that.". As the years passed, Attles often wondered what had become of the meek boy with the cornrows and the Larry Hughes jersey. [9] He was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. I knew my family was Mexican. One would think, such brushes with greatness might change a person. Then, one day in spring 2015, Attles received a small package containing a program from the Marquette University mens basketball program and a letter. Teacher and student lost touch, however, when he moved on to Montera Middle School. 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. Attles and his wife, Wilhelmina, reside in Oakland and have two adult children, Alvin III and Erica. "To be. As a kid, Toscano-Anderson lived in five houses scattered across East Oakland. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. It was undoubtedly a full circle moment for both Toscano-Anderson and Attles, whose positive influence made an everlasting impact on the future of the Warriors forward. Either before the game or a during a timeout, they walk toward the concourse atop the lower bowl. Patricia Toscano, who grew up in a neighborhood known to locals as the killing zone, often worried that her four kids were destined to become grim statistics. Wilhelmina, the wife of Golden State legend Al Attles, could sense that something troubled her new student. He also didnt inundate us with a lot of technical things and paper work. Whenever the Warriors luminaries return to watch the game they played and love, they often do one thing that becomes as memorable as marveling at the highlight reels. (By Howard Erker / Oakland Tribune), Former Golden State Warriors player and coach Alvin Attles and his wife Wilhelmina wave to fans along Broadway during the team's NBA championship victory parade in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Friday, June 19, 2015. Golden State Warriors | Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Con_Chron, How Juan Toscano-Anderson escaped monsters of his youth to become Oaklands Warrior, How Juan Toscano-Anderson gave himself a shot at a long-term future with Warriors, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson attend Oakland protest led by Juan Toscano-Anderson, How Curry's 3-point shooting changed the game. Originally, we thought this piece was going to speak to his victories, his winning percentage, his accolades, and his achievements with the Warriors. One night, Raymond Young, the Oakland Rebels head coach, called Patricia and told her to make other babysitting arrangements. The 28-year-old has become a keyrotation player for the Warriors, averaging 8.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.2 steals over the last 13 games, while shooting 63 percent from the field and 40.6 percent from deep in 29 minutes per game. Ever! It also unlocked his passion for basketball. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? So instead of a substantial financial increase and a promise of more executive control in a new city, my dad settled for lifelong season tickets, a small salary bump and a familiar seat in his office in the Oakland Coliseum. (Staff Archives), Oakland, CA January 23, 1980 - Golden State Warriors basketball coach Al Attles on the sidelines. Beyond that, Attles didnt know much. "He's been in and out of the hospital in the last few recent months," Ridder said. Despite the violence, Toscano-Anderson came to appreciate East Oaklands blue-collar ethos at an early age. Last season, the Warriors hosted Al Attles night during a regular-season game by playing a tribute video and handing out Former Golden State Warriors player and coach Alvin Attles and his wife Wilhelmina wave to fans along Broadway during the team's NBA championship victory parade in downtown Oakland, Calif., on . The family has always felt that my fathers basketball contributions have been Hall Of Fame worthy. The lone constant during a journey that included stops in Mexico and Santa Cruz was his unparalleled effort. Toscano-Anderson could have been among them. It got even harder when their home burned down when Juan was in third grade. I just love to compete," Toscano-Andersonsaid. I ran into the house and asked my mom what I should rescue from the house. He joined the Oakland Rebels AAU team (now known as Team Lillard), and played for Castro Valley High School. 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. In 1991, Oakland suffered a devastating Hills fire. Youre running into all these different monsters, only theyre things like gangs and drive-by shootings.. Meteorologist Gerry Daz examines why Februarys storm door was left wide open and when more Yosemite breaks snow record; park closed indefinitely, The epic California snowpack is inching toward record levels. 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. 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. The Bay Area will catch a break from winter storms for a couple days, but it wont last very long. 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