Isaiah Taylor

Isaiah Shaquille Taylor (born July 11, 1994) is an American professional basketball player. He has previously played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks, and three seasons of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. 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. 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.