Ranking the 16 worst Warriors starters of the Stephen Curry era

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Kelly Oubre Jr. (12) and Juan Toscano-Anderson (95), Golden State Warriors. Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images /

Worst Starter No. 14 – Juan Toscano-Anderson

The Golden State Warriors added two role players in the lost 2019-20 season that ended up as rotation players and occasional starters by the following year. We already discussed Damion Lee, the sharpshooting brother-in-law to Stephen Curry. The other? Juan Toscano-Anderson, a Mexican-American forward who joined the Santa Cruz Warriors via an open tryout, then made his way to the parent club.

Although he is just 6’6″ tall, his strength and length allowed him to play most of his minutes at the 4, unlocking switch-heavy lineups with Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. He was, and is, an active and heady defender who executed the scheme and played with energy.

Offensively Toscano-Anderson was more limited. He was willing to take open shots but didn’t knock them down with consistency, hitting 40.2 percent of his 3-pointers in 2020-21 but no more than 34.8 percent in any of his three other seasons.

Toscano-Anderson started 16 games in 2020-21 and another half-dozen in both the season before and the one after; his lack of shooting made him a difficult fit in the starting lineup, but his energy was loved by his teammates. It wouldn’t be crazy to see the two sides reunite in free agency.

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