Fallen warrior: Juan Toscano-Anderson, Mexican NBA, will not be in the Pre-Olympic course to Tokyo 2020

Juan Toscano-Anderson will not accompany Mexico’s basketball team in their search for a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics . Possible reasons are controversial

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Mexico you will not be able to count on your best basketball player to find the ticket to Tokyo 2020: Juan Toscano-Anderson will be absent from the Olympic playoffs for reasons that are not entirely clear yet. The NBA player of the Golden State Warriors is not part of the list of players who will go to Croatia to fight for the pass to the Olympic Games.

# MexBasquet 🇲 🇽🏀 Ready the schedules to see our selection in the Acropolis Cup! These are the players who, led by @ omarquintero _ will face 🇬🇷, 🇷🇸 and 🇵🇷. The matches can be seen at @ AYMSports and the FB of @ ademeba_oficial . # acroatia path # nothing stops us pic.twitter.com/O27 GXFPWfN

– Mexico Basketball (@mexbasquet) June 17, 1404939814294720514

Diego Martínez, journalist for the newspaper Reforma, indicated that “ the decision would have been largely recommendation of his agent, Mike Lindeman, who holds the reins of stars like Nikola Jokic and Khris Middleton “.

🚨 Mexico will not have its best player for the FIBA ​​playoff heading to Tokyo 2020

Confirmed: @ juanonjuan 10 will not make the trip to Europe to join the 12 Warriors.

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 https://t.co/cKN5D 671 JO

– DMartinezCANCHA (@DMartinezCANCHA) June 16, 2021

Juan Toscano-Anderson denied it I had the responsibility: “ You said in your article that it was my agent’s decision. And that is false “, he concluded. However, he did not explain why he will not be with the Mexican team.

That’s right. I’m not going. But YOU said in YOUR article that it was my agent’s decision. AND THAT’S FALSE https://t.co/NbUgVSrP84

– Juan Toscano Anderson (@juanonjuan 11) June 16, 2021

Omár Quintero, coach of Mexico , spoke for Reformation. giving his point of view about the situation: “ I think everyone here is the same and we did everything we were able to bring Juan Toscano and the boys are engaged “.

He implied that Toscano-Anderson requested two first-class plane tickets, and that the passenger was someone who was prohibited from going through the bubble.

They asked for 2 bowls 1st class. One for Juan and the other for who was it?…

“One day to another They told us he was not coming. Warriors was going to pay coach expenses, so the companion was someone who was forbidden to go through the bubble ” @ omarquintero _ 10 @ reformacancha pic.twitter.com/hDjPj6OBxo

– DMartinezCANCHA (@DMartinezCANCHA) June 16, 1404939814294720514

Mexico will begin its path in the Pre-Olympic course to Tokyo 2020 against Germany, next 29 of June. A day later they will face Russia. The two best teams of the three mentioned will qualify for the semifinals of the tournament.

A little over a month ago, Juan Toscano-Anderson ensured his continuity in the NBA . The Oakland-born Mexican will remain in the bay defending the Golden State Warriors for at least two years, after having themselves signed a multi-year contract that guarantees him a minimum salary

In his “consecrating” season in the NBA, Toscano-Anderson averaged 5.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in matches. He did not play a minute in the postseason.

Time will tell if this inconvenience does not have consequences for future international commitments in which Mexico will need Toscano-Anderson, who aims to establish themselves as a role player in the best basketball in the world.