Shawn Taggart

Shawn Taggart
Personal information
Born	March 26, 1985 (age 39); Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	229 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Mount Zion Christian Academy; (Durham, North Carolina)
College	Iowa State (2005–2007); Memphis (2007–2009);
NBA draft	2009: undrafted
Playing career	2009–2017
Position	Power forward / center
Career history
2009–2010	Ironi Nahariya
2010	Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto
2010	Henan Jiyuan
2010	CB Murcia
2011	Shanxi Zhongyu
2011–2012	Tenis E.Dagcilik Istanbul
2012	Springfield Armor
2013	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2013–2016	Al Jaysh
2016	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2017	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Shawn Larell Taggart (born March 26, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

As a junior power forward/center for the Memphis Tigers, he averaged 10.4 PPG and 7.6 RPG in the 2008–09 season. He was a member of the team as a sophomore when the Tigers went to the NCAA National Championship in 2008, which they lost in overtime to the Kansas Jayhawks.

Taggart signed an agent for the NBA draft, but went undrafted. Taggart competed in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors.^[1]

On November 6, 2012, Taggart joined the Springfield Armor.^[2] On January 7, 2013, he was traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors in exchange for Paul Carter.^[3]^[4] He was then waived by the Warriors on January 8.^[5]

In March 2016, Taggart was signed as the new import for GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association in the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup, replacing Calvin Walner.^[6]

In March 2017, he was signed by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters as their import for the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "2009 NBA Summer League Rosters". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
^ Springfield Armor Training Camp Roster
^ Santa Cruz Warriors Acquire Forward Shawn Taggart From Springfield
^ Springfield Acquires Paul Carter
^ Santa Cruz Warriors Waive Shawn Taggart
^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 11, 2016). "GlobalPort makes yet another import change, signs tall Shawn Taggart to replace Warner". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
^ Ramos, Gerry (March 2, 2017). "SMB takes chance on untested Charles Rhodes as Ginebra sticks with Justin Brownlee". spin.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

External links[edit]

Memphis Tigers bio
Profile at Eurobasket.com

[1] "2009 NBA Summer League Rosters". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-01-09.

[2] Springfield Armor Training Camp Roster

[3] Santa Cruz Warriors Acquire Forward Shawn Taggart From Springfield

[4] Springfield Acquires Paul Carter

[5] Santa Cruz Warriors Waive Shawn Taggart

[6] Sacamos, Karlo (March 11, 2016). "GlobalPort makes yet another import change, signs tall Shawn Taggart to replace Warner". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

[7] Ramos, Gerry (March 2, 2017). "SMB takes chance on untested Charles Rhodes as Ginebra sticks with Justin Brownlee". spin.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

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