Name Isaiah Taylor Positions Basketball positions Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg) Weight 77 kg | Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Height 1.88 m Nationality American Role Basketball Player | |
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College Texas Longhorns men's basketball | ||
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Isaiah Shaquille Taylor (born July 11, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three seasons of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.
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- Lhn all access isaiah taylor jan 9 2015
- Highlights isaiah taylor 35 points vs the d fenders 11 26 2016
- High school career
- College career
- Houston Rockets and Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2016present
- References
Highlights isaiah taylor 35 points vs the d fenders 11 26 2016
High school career
Taylor and his parents, Loretta Perkins and Kenneth Taylor, moved to Houston, Texas prior to his junior year in high school. As a junior at The Village School, he averaged 15.6 points and 12.0 assists per game and led his team to a 29-4 record. He led the team in scoring as a senior with 17.6 points per game to go along with 10.0 assists and 6.0 steals per game. Taylor shot 62.2 percent from the field in leading the Vikings to a 23-5 record. ESPN rated him the 13th-best prospect in Texas.
College career
Taylor was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team and was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as a freshman. He finished second on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game and led the Longhorns in minutes played (30.1 per game) and assists (4.0 per game). He earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors on February 3, 2014 after scoring 23 points in a home victory over Kansas. In the Round of 32 of the 2014 NCAA Tournament, Taylor scored 22 points on 8-for-22 shooting in a loss to Michigan.
As a sophomore, Taylor posted averages of 13.1 points and 4.6 assists per game in 24 games, shooting 28 percent from behind the 3-point arc and 52 percent on layups. He was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team. He missed several games after sustaining a wrist injury against Iowa in the 2K Classic. With Taylor out of the lineup, Texas struggled, even when he made a return to the team. After the season, Taylor announced he would return for his junior campaign, forgoing a possible second round pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. CBSSports.com's Sam Vecenie wrote that new Texas coach Shaka Smart's "system will accentuate Taylor's quickness and athleticism quite well."
Houston Rockets and Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2016–present)
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Taylor joined the Houston Rockets for the 2016 NBA Summer League. He signed with the Rockets on September 23, 2016, but was waived on October 16, 2016 after appearing in three preseason games. On October 31, 2016, he was acquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Rockets. Due to a groin injury, Taylor missed a large portion of the Vipers' 2016–17 campaign. In 12 games with seven starts, Taylor averaged a team-high 21.1 points along with 6.1 assists while shooting 49.7% from the floor, 41.3% from three-point range and 79.5% from the free throw line.
On February 27, 2017, Taylor signed a three-year, non-guaranteed contract with the Houston Rockets. He was immediately assigned back down to the Vipers. On April 2, 2017, he was recalled from the D-League and made his NBA debut that night in the Rockets' 123–116 win over the Phoenix Suns.