If Juan Toscano-Anderson wants to be the best, he will have to learn from the best.
Following in the footsteps of Steph Curry and LeBron James is a good place to start.
After winning an NBA championship with the Warriors last season, Toscano-Anderson signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency this summer.
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On the latest episode of the "Buckets" podcast, Toscano-Anderson was asked what he has learned playing alongside Curry and now James, arguably two of, if not the most prolific players in the NBA today.
"It's literally a nonstop process, that's the best way I can put it," Toscano-Anderson said. "When I first started playing pro I would go lift, go to the gym, stretch maybe and then my day would be done at noon, one o'clock. They're in there all day.
"Literally, I mean if we got a 12 o'clock practice, Bron's probably in there eight o'clock, seven o'clock. He's going to lift, get his work, get his massage, do something else, eat, get another massage. After practice, I'm sure he's doing his own thing. Steph was in there all day lifting for like three hours, he's working on so much, his ankles, his wrist."
The extra work that stars like Curry and James put in goes beyond the basketball court. The best ability is availability and for Curry to overcome the injuries he has throughout his career, Toscano-Anderson knows that staying healthy has to become an obsession.
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"They're just paying extra attention, detail to all this little s--t," Toscano-Anderson explained. "Like Steph f--ked up his wrist, so he's in there doing extra wrist work, had bad ankles, doing extra ankle work, extra core work, all that stuff. All that stuff matters. And that's when I started to realize everything matters, the way you eat, the way you sleep, what you put in your body on a day-to-day basis.
"It's more than just the actual basketball aspect of it, because your best ability is your availability. I haven't been able to get on the court this year, because I've been having these dumbass sprained ankles, whatever."
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Toscano-Anderson has played in only 14 of the Lakers' 33 games this season and currently is sidelined with an ankle injury. The 29-year-old knows how frustrating injuries can be to a role player in his position and has learned from Curry and James how important it is to take care of his body.
"But I haven't been available so it doesn't even matter what I can do on the court, because I'm not even available," Toscano-Anderson added. "That's one thing I'm seeing from these greats is how much they take care of their body. I was getting a massage once every three weeks before, now I'm getting a massage once every three, four days. For sure, I'm taking care of my body at a different level and obviously I want to play this game a little bit longer and get as much money as I can out of it."