Pour one out for JTA's time in Golden State.
Michael Urakami/Getty Imagesnext season after the team decided against extending a qualifying offer to the forward before Wednesday’s deadline, according to a report from The Athletic’s Anthony Slater.
Toscano-Anderson will officially become a free agent on Thursday at 3 p.m. and is free to join any team. Had the Warriors decided to extend a qualifying offer, it would have paid the 29-year-old $2.1 million., Toscano-Anderson and Chris Chiozza, whom the Warriors also declined to extend a qualifying offer to, are “unlikely to return to the Warriors.”
As a Mexican-American whose No. 95 jersey number is a nod to his grandfather’s home in East Oakland at 95th Avenue and A Street in Elmhurst, JTA was a fan favorite among local Golden State fans who got to see someone from the area rise to a professional level while still . Though he played in more games than ever before in his career this past season, he did not find a whole lot of playing time during the Warriors’ championship run.