Jordan Michael Taylor (born September 30, 1989) is an American professional

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player for London Lions of the

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(BBL).

High school career

Named

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as a senior, averaging 22.3 points and 7.1 assists per game. Led Benilde-St. Margaret's to the Minnesota state Class AAA title in 2008 and was a 2-time all-state and 4-time all-conference honoree. He is also the All-time leading scorer in Benilde-St. Margaret's history with 2,068 points over his career. Took his school to a runner-up finish as a junior, earning North Suburban Conference MVP and Class AAA All-Tournament that year and averaged 19.5 points, 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds as a junior. Was named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore. Was a member of the National Honor Society and earned the Minnesota State High School League Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.

Collegiate career

Taylor was one of eleven finalists for the 2011

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which is given to the nation's top point guard. Taylor was awarded 2nd team All-American by

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. He was joined by guards

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and

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of Notre Dame also forwards Derrick Williams of

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and

Kawhi Leonard Kawhi Anthony Leonard ( ; born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time NBA champion, he is a five-time All-Star with three All-NBA ...

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. He was picked to the First Team All-America by

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. For the 2011–12 season, Taylor was named to multiple preseason watchlists: *

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Top 50 list *All-Big Ten team *All-American team ( AP, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and Athlon Magazine) *

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Top 50 list On February 26, 2012, Taylor scored 19 points in an upset win over then 10th ranked

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. Taylor then moved into 10th place on Wisconsin's all-time scoring list with 1,418 points. He passed both

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(1,405) and Clarence Sherrod (1,408) during the game. The next game on February 28, Taylor scored 22 points in a win over

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. Taylor then moved into 9th place on Wisconsin's all-time scoring list passing

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. On March 22, 2012, Taylor played in his final college basketball game losing in the sweet sixteen to the number one seeded

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, 64–63. In this game, Taylor made 23 three-pointers in NCAA Tournament games for his career. Taylor broke the school record of 19, held by Jon Bryant. Taylor also broke the all-time NCAA assist-to-turnover ratio.

Professional career

After going undrafted in 2012, Taylor agreed to play for the

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in the

2012 NBA Summer League The 2012 NBA Summer League was a pro basketball league run by the NBA just after the 2012 NBA Draft. It took place in Orlando, Florida from July 9 to 13 and in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 13 to 22, 2012. Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) an ...

. On August 6, 2012, Taylor signed with

Virtus Roma Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, commonly known as Virtus Roma, was an Italian professional basketball club based in Rome, Lazio. It competed in the first division of Italian basketball, the LBA, for the last time in the 2020–21 season. It was form ...

of the

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. In the 2012–13 season, he averaged 11.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists He parted ways with them on February 5, 2014, after averaging 11.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 16 games In 2014, Taylor agreed to play for the

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Summer League team. He spent the 2014–15 season with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

in Israel where he averaged 14.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists. On August 7, 2015, Taylor signed with

Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...

in Germany. After one season, he parted ways with Alba. He averaged 11.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 11.1 assists in 33 games with the team. On December 28, 2016, Taylor returned to Hapoel Holon. He averaged 10.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists in his return to the team. On November 3, 2017, Taylor signed with Turkish club

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. On July 2, 2019, he has signed with

ASVEL ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, ...

of the

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. Taylor signed with

Levanga Hokkaido Levanga Hokkaido is a Japanese professional basketball team based in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido. The club was founded in 2006 as ''Rera Kamuy Hokkaido'', this name comes from the language of the Ainu, an ethnic group indigenou ...

of the Japanese

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on July 7, 2020. On July 14, 2022, he signed with

U-BT Cluj-Napoca CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, competes in the Liga Națională. As other sports teams that ...

of the Liga Națională and the EuroCup. On December 12, 2022, he signed with London Lions of the

(BBL).

Personal life

Jordan was born in Bloomington, Minnesota to parents are Louis and Lezlie Taylor. Jordan has one older brother, Brandon (38). Prep teammate of Armond Battle (University of Tulsa) at Benilde-St. Margaret's and majored in business marketing. Jordan Taylor Profile

College statistics

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References

External links

Italian League profile

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