Free Agent Former Lakers Wing Agrees to Deal with International Team

Jan 18, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) shoots the ball against Los Angeles Lakers forward Juan Toscano-Anderson (95) in the second half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

A former Los Angeles Lakers forward has inked a deal with an international club to continue his pro career abroad.

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Kevin Martorano of Sportando reports that free agent combo wing Juan Toscano-Anderson has agreed to a deal with Italian club Pallacanestro Trieste.

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The 6-foot-6 combo forward, 32, has enjoyed a fairly extensive pro career since he went undrafted out of Marquette in 2015. Toscando-Anderson first played for Soles de Mexicali of Mexico's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional during the 2015-16 season, then suited up for Venezuela's Bucaneros de La Guaira to close out the year. He next played for Mexican club Fuerza Regia de Monterrey from 2016-18.

Toscano-Anderson finally got his NBA-adjacent shot in 2018-19, playing for the Golden State Warriors' NBAGL affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, after a successful local tryout. He saw his contract converted to a standard deal midway through 2019-20.

Golden State waived, then re-signed him to a two-way deal in December of the subsequent season. The Warriors converted the deal to a standard agreement in March 2021. He won the 2022 championship as a bench role player.

Toscano-Anderson then joined the Lakers in free agency the subsequent summer, but was traded to the Utah Jazz as part of the L.A.'s three-team deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves to ditch Russell Westbrook.

Across 30 bouts for the Lakers (seven starts), Toscano-Anderson averaged a scant 3.4 points on .500/.200/.733 shooting splits, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per. In 202 total career NBA games (37 starts) for the Warriors, Lakers, Jazz and Kings, Toscano-Anderson averaged 4.1 points on .502/.329/.646 shooting splits, 3.0 boards, 1.8 assists and 0.6 steals a night.

Toscano-Anderson hasn't been able to find an NBA home since 2023-24. He logged a month with the Sacramento Kings that year, but finished out the season with the Capitanes. Instead of the league proper he suited up for the Capitanes de Ciudad de Mexico, an unaffiliated G League squad based in Mexico City.

In 26 contests for the Capitanes last year (for whom he played briefly in 2023-24), Toscano-Anderson notched averages of 17.2 points while slashing .410/.313/.819, 7.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.7 blocks a night.

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