The allure of Juan Toscano-Anderson among Warriors fans may seem particularly odd from an outsider’s perspective. While he profiles as a prototypical wing — 6-foot-6 in height and 6-foot-10 in wingspan — nothing else is exceedingly remarkable about his natural talents: athletic, but not transcendently so; speedy, but far from the zero-to-sixty-in-three-seconds kind; strong and robust, but not the kind of freight-train power that can truck over just about anyone.
But when you consider the Warriors’ dynastic past, someone of Toscano-Anderson’s profile makes all the sense in the world. He is the latest in the line of beloved franchise role-players who enthusiastically espouse the team’s philosophy, accept their place in it, and has truly bathed themselves in its rich culture.