Tayshaun Prince
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| Full name | Tayshaun Durell Prince | |
| birthday | 28th February 1980 (age 40) | |
| place of birth | Compton , California , USA | |
| size | 206 cm | |
| Weight | 96 kg | |
| position | Small forward | |
| college | University of Kentucky | |
| NBA draft | 2002 , 23rd Pick, Detroit Pistons | |
| Clubs as active | ||
2002–2013 Detroit Pistons 2013–2015 Memphis Grizzlies 2015 Boston Celtics 2015 Detroit Pistons 2015–2016 Minnesota Timberwolves
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United States | 23 games |
Tayshaun Durell Prince (born February 28, 1980 in Compton , California ) is a retired American basketball player who was active in the NBA from 2002 to 2016 , most of which was two Detroit Pistons . The 2.06 meter tall Prince has long been considered one of the best defenders in his position. With the Pistons he won the NBA championship in the 2003/04 season .
Career
college
Prince played for the University of Kentucky Wildcats for four seasons, averaging 13.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. During this period, the Wildcats have won 97 games and lost only 39, and made it into the NCAA tournament every year . Kentucky won the SEC tournament in both 1999 and 2001. In the 2000-2001 season, Prince was voted SEC Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the SCE tournament.
One of his most memorable games in college was a 79-59 win over North Carolina in which he recorded 31 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals . In this game he scored the first 15 points of his team with five consecutive three-point throws. Prince achieved his college best of 41 points in an 87-82 win over Tulsa in the 2002 NCAA tournament. In 2002, he received his degree in sociology and signed up for the NBA draft .
Detroit Pistons (2002-2013)
Prince was drawn by the Detroit Pistons later than expected with the 23rd pick in the 2002 NBA Draft . Disappointed by his humiliating disinterest, Prince chose jersey number 22 to symbolize the 22 clubs that spurned him. Prince only played 42 games (3.3 points per game) in his 2002/03 rookie season , but in the first round of the playoffs , coach Rick Carlisle was forced to change his line-ups by 1: 3 behind Orlando Magic to make amends. Prince convinced quickly and was placed regularly. He set an NBA record because he was the first player in the history of the league to play more minutes in the playoffs than in the regular season (137 in the season, 141 in the playoffs). The Pistons managed to turn the series around and Prince had his final breakthrough in the seventh and decisive game: he scored 20 points in 24 minutes and helped his team win. In the second round, the Pistons prevailed against the Philadelphia 76ers , but then had to admit defeat to the New Jersey Nets . Nevertheless, Prince was established as a regular for the Pistons from these playoffs.
Rick Carlisle was the former coach of the Philadelphia 76ers , Larry Brown replaced, the Prince promptly to the grid on the position of small forward set up. Prince raised his points average from 3.3 to 10.3 points and was also part of the sophomore team in the NBA Rookie Challenge . In the 2004 playoffs, Prince probably had his most defining moment on an NBA basketball court. In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers he made an almost impossible block against the star player of the Pacers, Reggie Miller . This action has often been shown on ESPN and other American sports channels and is arguably the hallmark of Prince's career. After the Pistons were able to prevail against Indiana, they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers after five games in the NBA finals and secured the NBA championship.
The following season, Prince continued to improve: 14.7 points per game. He was elected to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team and was third in the NBA Most Improved Player election . The Pistons made it to the NBA Finals again this year, but had to admit defeat to the San Antonio Spurs after seven contested games . In the 2005/06 NBA season , Prince started all 82 games of his team and maintained his strong level. In the playoffs, the Pistons lost to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. In the following season Prince was again constant and reached with his team one more time the Eastern Conference Finals, but they could not prevail against the Cleveland Cavaliers . In 2007/08 , the Pistons were eliminated again in the Eastern Conference Finals, this time by the Boston Celtics after six games.
In the 2008/09 season , Prince once again kept his average of just over 14 points and almost 6 rebounds per game, but there was a trend in his team. You haven't made it into the NBA Finals for the past three years because you always failed in the Eastern Conference Finals. This year the team was even worse and barely made it into the playoffs, but only to be eliminated in the first round by the Cleveland Cavaliers after four games. Prince was relatively ineffective in this series with 3.8 points and 3.5 rebounds.
In the 2009-10 NBA season , Prince struggled with injuries and for the first time since his 2002-03 rookie season did not play in all of his team's 82 regular season games. He had to sit out 33 games due to injury and the Pistons did not make it into the playoffs. The Pistons use the 2010/11 season to rebuild their team in order to be able to reconnect with the successful times of a few years ago. There were rumors that the Pistons would split up with Prince to bring younger players on board, but these rumors were not confirmed.
Memphis Grizzlies (2013-2015)
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Prince and teammate Austin Daye were transferred to the Memphis Grizzlies on January 30, 2013 as part of a three-team swap . In return, the Toronto Raptors received Rudy Gay , while Jose Calderon moved to the Detroit Pistons. With the Grizzlies, Prince was able to establish himself again as a strong defender in the rotation, but rarely convince offensively and his statistics became visibly worse.
Boston Celtics / Detroit Pistons (2015)
To strengthen the offensive, the Grizzlies decided in January 2015 to send Prince to the Boston Celtics via Trade . The change was made as part of a three-team deal between the Grizzlies, the Celtics and the New Orleans Pelicans . In return, forward Jeff Green moved to Memphis.
After a month in Boston, however, Prince was transferred back to the Detroit Pistons, where he was active until the end of the season.
Minnesota Timberwolves (2015-2016)
In the summer of 2015, Prince joined the Minnesota Timberwolves . For the Wolves he completed 77 season games, 44 of which as a starter and came up with 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. The Wolves were Prince's last stop as a professional basketball player.
Style of play
Prince's style of play was heavily defensive at the beginning of his career, benefiting from his speed and long arms (his arm span was 2.18 meters). In his strongest season ( 2004/05 ) he averaged 14.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game and brought his usual good performance as a defender, which is why he was four times in a row in the NBA space from 2005 to 2008 -Defensive team was chosen. Despite his skinny looking stature, he was very athletic, which enabled him to shield the ball with his back to the basket and to throw it over an opponent (narrowly: "Post up") or to pull it to the basket with two quick steps.
Web links
- Tayshaun Prince - player profile on NBA.com
- Player profile on basketball-reference.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ usabasketball.com - All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster // P ( Memento from August 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ SEC Player of the Year ( Memento from June 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Five threes in a row ( Memento from November 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ College best: 41 points ( Memento from November 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b nba.com: Player biography ( Memento from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b nba.com: career statistics
- ↑ Trade Rumors # 1
- ↑ Trade Rumors # 2
- ↑ pistons.com: All Quiet
- ^ Rudy Gay traded to Raptors
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prince, Tayshaun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prince, Tayshaun Durell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Compton (California) |