HOUSTON – Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the
team has signed guard Isaiah Taylor from its single-affiliation NBA D-League
partner Rio Grande Valley. Taylor is the 30th GATORADE Call-Up of the 2016-17
NBA Season.
Taylor (6-3, 170) was eligible for the 2016 NBA Draft following his junior
season at Texas. He started all 92 of his career games played for the Longhorns,
earning First Team All-Big 12 honors as a junior, after being named Third Team
as a freshman and sophomore.
In 12 games with seven starts for the Vipers this season, Taylor is averaging a
team-high 21.1 points along with 6.1 assists while shooting 49.7% from the
floor, 41.3% from 3-point range and 79.5% from the line.
Taylor played for Houston during the preseason in addition to the 2016 NBA
Summer League in Las Vegas.
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