Position Forward Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Weight 91 kg Name Taurean Prince College Baylor Bears basketball | Nationality American Role Basketball Player Date joined 2012 Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Height 2.00 m | |
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Current team Baylor Bears basketball (#21 / Forward) Parents Tamiyko Prince, Anthony Prince | ||
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Taurean Waller-Prince (born March 22, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears.
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- Baylor s taurean prince dominates mountaineers to advance in big 12 campusinsiders
- Taurean prince interview
- High school career
- College career
- Atlanta Hawks 2016present
- National team career
- References
Taurean prince interview
High school career
Prince played three seasons of high school basketball under head coach Jim Weaver at Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas. As a senior, he led the team to the state semifinals. He originally chose to play college basketball with the LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds, but switched to Baylor due to a coaching change within the former program.
College career
Prince played 24 games off the bench in his freshman season. He finished the year averaging 3.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in 6.4 minutes per game. In the spring prior to his sophomore season, Prince was on the Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll. After averaging 6.2 points and 2.8 rebounds in 14.2 minutes per game and appearing in all 38 of Baylor's games, he won the Big 12 Sixth Man Award and earned all-conference honors. Entering his fourth season, Fran Fraschilla labeled him as a strong candidate for Big 12 Player of the Year in 2015–16. His 2016 season ended against Yale when he tried to 'spider dunk' and was called for a technical foul.
Atlanta Hawks (2016–present)
On June 23, 2016, Prince was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 12th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft. His rights were later traded to the Atlanta Hawks on July 7 in a three-team deal also involving the Indiana Pacers. On July 15, 2016, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Hawks. On March 11, 2017, he had a then season-best 17 points in a 107–90 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. On April 6, 2017, he scored a career-high 20 points in a 123–116 win over the Boston Celtics. With 11 points in Game 4 of the Hawks' first-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards, Prince became the first Hawks rookie to reach double-figures in his first four playoff games since Pete Maravich did it in five straight in 1971. During his rookie season, Prince has had multiple assignments with the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule.
National team career
In the summer of 2015, following his junior season, Prince helped the United States men's national basketball team win the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. He was on a team led by Bobby Brown and Anthony Randolph.
