WEBSITE: https://www.letsgowarriors.com … (late post from 2/16/2022 at Chase Center) … FULL QUOTE: * How did it all come together?* “My agent called me, we got out of practice one day … he said you wanna do a dunk contest and I thought he was trolling … me out of all the people in the NBA? Why would I say no, man? I’m a kid from 95th and A Street, East Oakland. I used to dunk on courts in my grandpa’s driveway and break through the milk crates … got the little hoop in my house … you asked me what was I thinking when I did that windmill versus Sacramento and I just lay in bed at night. I’m still a little kid when it comes to enjoying the game … it was a no-brainer for me …”
• *Do you go into this weekend with an underdog mentality?* “There’s two parts to that. I don’t necessarily think I have anything to prove anymore … proven that to the people that matter which are coaches and GMs … I’m going in there with house money, I got nothing to lose … even if I don’t win, I’m going to have fun, as something to my memory list … what I’ve done in my career … kids, my grandkids someday … I’m not even caught up in proving stuff to people who haven’t even accomplished anything in their lives. I say that in the most humble way. I just get tired of people critiquing what we do. Not just us but you guys as professionals too. I’m sure you guys get critiqued on a daily basis … my family’s coming. They’re more excited than I am. I’m more anxious than excited … it’s all gonna be fun …” (Juan Toscano-Anderson, more transcripts coming soon on our website!)
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