Larry Taylor

Larry James Taylor Junior, also commonly known simply as Larry in Brazil (born October 3, 1980), is an American-Brazilian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, he can play either the point guard or shooting guard position, with point guard being his main position. He also represented the senior Brazilian national basketball team. While he was a player of Bauru, he received the nickname "" ('Alien'), because of his skills with the basketball.

Professional career Taylor first came to Brazil in 2008, to play with Bauru Basket. On the São Paulo State's team, he became one of the most important players in Brazil, helping the team to win major championships such as the FIBA Americas League (Latin America's version of the EuroLeague) and to reach the top-tier level Brazilian League's (NBB) finals, becoming a local idol. He also competed at the 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup with Bauru, where they lost in the finals to the at the time defending EuroLeague champions Real Madrid.

After 7 years with Bauru, Taylor joined Mogi das Cruzes of the top-tier Brazilian League. In his first game back with Bauru, his former team retired his number 4 jersey.

Eventually, Taylor would return to Bauru after three years away playing for Mogi das Cruzes.

National team career In 2012, Taylor received Brazilian nationality, and thus became able to represent the senior Brazilian national basketball team at major tournaments. Taylor went on to play with Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 FIBA AmeriCup, and the 2014 FIBA World Cup. In 2015, he won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games, in Toronto.

He was ultimately left out of the final roster list of Brazil's national team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro.

Career statistics

NBB

Regular season Season Team 2008–09 Bauru 28 36.4 .493 .339 .842 6.8 6.3 2.6 .4 19.3 2009–10 Bauru 26 34.9 .492 .427 .768 5.7 5.7 2.0 .3 16.2 2010–11 Bauru 28 32.1 .494 .347 .720 5.0 5.6 1.9 .1 13.7 2011–12 Bauru 28 34.4 .516 .329 .852 5.4 6.7 2.0 .3 16.5 2012–13 Bauru 32 34.3 .501 .347 .895 4.9 4.3 1.8 .2 14.6 2013–14 Bauru 29 31.3 .491 .364 .792 5.7 3.8 1.3 .2 13.8 2014–15 Bauru 30 26.0 .493 .282 .789 4.2 2.7 1.3 .1 9.7 2015–16 Mogi das Cruzes 28 28.9 .431 .303 .784 4.4 4.4 2.0 .1 11.6 2016–17 Mogi das Cruzes 24 27.2 .425 .298 .784 4.3 4.5 1.9 .2 9.8 2017–18 Mogi das Cruzes 26 30.1 .424 .347 .786 4.7 4.8 1.8 .1 11.5 2018–19 Bauru 17 26.1 .439 .347 .840 3.6 3.4 1.4 .1 10.1 2019–20 Bauru 11 23.7 .439 .375 .727 3.4 1.9 1.1 .0 9.2 2020–21 Bauru 30 24.8 .403 .352 .935 2.7 2.8 0.9 .0 7.9 2021–22 Bauru 29 31.4 .465 .384 .864 4.2 3.7 1.1 .2 14.8 2022–23 Bauru 3220.7.467.331.6962.12.00.7.0 7.0 Career 398 31.1 .471 .347 .816 4.7 4.4 1.6 .1 13.0

Playoffs

Season Team 2009 Bauru 3 34.8 .367 .417 .833 2.7 3.7 2.3 .3 15.7 2010 Bauru 6 36.0 .563 .423 .833 5.2 4.7 1.5 .5 22.2 2011 Bauru 7 36.5 .568 .320 .774 4.6 7.0 1.9 .4 15.1 2012 Bauru 6 35.8 .410 .355 .795 6.0 5.5 1.3 .2 19.0 2013 Bauru 8 38.1 .427 .387 .800 4.9 4.4 1.1 .0 15.0 2014 Bauru 7 31.2 .367 .280 1.000 5.1 3.7 1.9 .3 9.4 2015 Bauru 12 30.6 .421 .231 .844 5.4 3.3 1.4 .2 9.2 2016 Mogi das Cruzes 12 28.5 .428 .200 .674 4.3 2.8 1.1 .3 11.1 2017 Mogi das Cruzes 5 33.1 .457 .286 .769 3.6 4.8 1.8 .0 12.8 2018 Mogi das Cruzes 12 33.2 .395 .303 .900 6.3 4.3 1.6 .1 12.8 2019 Bauru 6 29.8 .430 .250 .727 5.3 2.3 1.5 .0 11.8 2021 Bauru 5 11.7 .383 .300 1.000 2.4 1.6 .2 .0 3.6 2022 Bauru 6 31.0 .511 .467 .929 3.8 1.8 .3 .2 14.8 2023 Bauru 7 13.2 .286 .222 .844 0.9 0.6 0.4 .0 2.4 Career 102 30.3 .473 .315 .799 4.3 3.3 1.3 .2 12.2

Personal Taylor is married to Erika Nicole Taylor, a Kansas City, Missouri activist and philanthropist. He is friends with Dwyane Wade and his brother since young.

He became a naturalized Brazilian citizen in 2012 in order to play for Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In Brazil Taylor have started his rapper career.

Taylor is a supporter of Corinthians in Brazil and usually choose this team to play FIFA.