Bryce Taylor (basketball)

Bryce Taylor

Taylor with Telekom Baskets Bonn
No. 44 – FC Bayern Munich
Position	Shooting guard
League	Basketball Bundesliga EuroCup
Personal information
Born	(1986-09-27) September 27, 1986 Encino, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
High school	Harvard-Westlake (Los Angeles, California)
College	Oregon (2005–2008)
NBA draft	2008 / Undrafted
Playing career	2008–present
Career history
2008–2009	Sutor Montegranaro
2009–2010	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2010–2012	Alba Berlin
2012–2013	Artland Dragons
2013–present	Bayern Munich
Career highlights and awards
BBL champion (2014) 4× BBL All-Star (2013–2016) All-BBL First Team (2016) 2× All-BBL Second Team (2012, 2014) All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention (2006) Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (2005)

Bryce Taylor (born September 27, 1986) is an American basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played college basketball at University of Oregon.

High school

Prior to arriving at the University of Oregon, Taylor starred at Harvard-Westlake School, where he set a school record by scoring 54 points in a game, as his team won three straight CIF championships.

College

Taylor arrived at Oregon with high expectations, and as a freshman he did not disappoint. Taylor averaged 11.6 points per game and shot 37% from three point range. Highlights included a then career high 26 point effort in December against Fresno State, a contest in which he scored the game winner. However, Taylor's sophomore season was a disappointing one as his scoring average dipped to 9.3 points per game.

Known primarily as a three-point shooter in high school and his first two years at Oregon, Taylor reinvented his game over the 2006 off-season, establishing himself not only as a slasher but also as a defensive specialist. As a result, Oregon head coach Ernie Kent has regularly assigned Taylor to guard the opposing team's best player. Taylor also rediscovered his three-point prowess during the 2006-07 campaign, and is currently connecting on 42.4% from beyond the arc. For his efforts, Taylor was named the team's Most Improved Player.

During the 2007 Pac-10 Tournament Championship game against the USC Trojans, Taylor poured in 32 points, making all 11 of his shots from the field in an 81-57 drubbing. He was a perfect 7 for 7 from the three-point line and 3 for 3 from the foul line in helping Oregon win their second Pac-10 Tournament Championship in the last five years.

Taylor's father Brian Taylor spent 10 years in the ABA and NBA averaging 18.6 points per game. He was a nine-time ABA All-Star and the 1973 ABA Rookie of the Year.

Professional career

Taylor played his rookie season in Italian Lega Basket Serie A for Sutor Montegranaro in 2008–2009. He then moved to German Basketball Bundesliga the following season and played for Telekom Baskets Bonn. In 2010 Bryce Taylor signed a short term deal with German team Alba Berlin which was extended for the rest of the season. He emerged more and more into a crowd favorite due to his spectacular game. He re-signed for another one-year deal for the 2011–12 season, where he was even voted into the All-BBL Second Team. In the 2012–13 season he played for the Artland Dragons.

In June 2013 he signed a two-year deal with Bayern Munich, and helped the club win the 2014 championship.^[1] In July 2014, Taylor agreed on a contract extension with Bayern until 2016, including a team option for the 2016–17 season.^[2]

International career

In the summer of 2007, Taylor played on the U.S. team, which was composed of college players, at the 2007 Pan-American Games.^[3]

Career statistics

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

References

External links

• Bryce Taylor at beko-bbl.de
• Bryce Taylor at espn.com
• Bryce Taylor at euroleague.net
• Bryce Taylor at goducks.com
• Bryce Taylor on Twitter