Taurean Prince’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American college basketball player
A.K.A. Taurean Waller-Prince
Is Athlete 
Basketball player 
From

United States of America 

Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 22 August 1994, San Marcos, Texas, USA
Age: 25 years
Star sign Leo
Stats
Height: 203 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Education
Earl Warren High School
Sports Teams
Baylor Bears

Taurean Waller-Prince (born March 22, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz with the 12th pick in the 2016 NBA draft but was traded to the Atlanta Hawks where he played for three seasons before being traded to the Nets in the 2019 off-season.

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.

Professional career

Atlanta Hawks (2016–2019)

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 the Jazz received George Hill and the Pacers received Jeff Teague . 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 had multiple assignments with the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League, pursuant to the flexible assignment rule.

On December 12, 2017, Prince scored a career-high 24 points in a 123–114 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Three days later, he made a career-high five 3-pointers and had 17 points in a 96–94 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. On December 29, 2017, he had a career-high 30 points and 10 rebounds in a 111–98 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Prince matched a career high with five 3-pointers and extended his career-high streak of games with at least one 3-pointer to 17. On February 2, 2018, he set a new career high with 31 points in a 119–110 loss to the Boston Celtics. On March 11, 2018, he set a new career high with 38 points in a 129–122 loss to the Chicago Bulls. Six days later, he had another 38-point effort in a 122–117 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. On April 8, 2018, he made seven of eight 3-pointers to score 33 points in a 112–106 win over the Celtics.

On October 19, 2018, in just the second game of the season, Prince scored a season-high 28 points against the Grizzlies. On January 13, 2019, against the Bucks, Prince returned to action after missing 18 games with a left ankle sprain.

Brooklyn Nets (2019–present)

On July 6, 2019, Prince, along with a 2021 second-round pick, was traded to the Brooklyn Nets for Allen Crabbe, the draft rights to Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and a protected 2020 first round pick.

On October 21, 2019, Prince, signed a two-year $29 million extension with the Nets.

Taurean Prince tested positive for Coronavirus and will sit out the Orlando restart, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

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.

Career statistics

  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Atlanta 59 10 16.6 .400 .324 .787 2.7 .9 .7 .5 5.7
2017–18 Atlanta 82 82 30.0 .426 .385 .844 4.7 2.6 1.0 .5 14.1
2018–19 Atlanta 55 47 28.2 .441 .390 .819 3.6 2.1 1.0 .3 13.5
Career 196 139 25.5 .427 .380 .823 3.8 2.0 .9 .4 11.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 Atlanta 6 6 31.2 .558 .286 1.000 5.3 1.3 .3 .2 11.2
Career 6 6 31.2 .558 .286 1.000 5.3 1.3 .3 .2 11.2

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Baylor 24 0 6.4 .583 .333 .727 2.2 .1 .4 .1 3.7
2013–14 Baylor 38 2 14.3 .465 .366 .709 2.8 .6 .5 .2 6.2
2014–15 Baylor 33 6 26.3 .472 .395 .644 5.6 1.3 1.5 .9 13.9
2015–16 Baylor 34 34 30.6 .432 .361 .774 6.1 2.3 1.3 .7 15.9
Career 129 42 20.2 .460 .376 .718 4.2 1.1 .9 .5 10.2
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