Jimmie Taylor

Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6-10 / 208 cms
Weight: 235 lbs / 107 kgs
School: Greensboro High School ‘13
Hometown: Greensboro, Alabama

USA Basketball Notes

• Named to the 2011-12 USA Developmental National Team on March 24, 2011.

High School Honors

• Tuscaloosa News Super 5 (2011)
• Alabama Class 3A All-State first team (2011)

High School Notes

• Attends Greensboro High School (Ala.), where in his two-year varsity career he has played in 52 games and compiled 464 points, 384 rebounds and 243 blocked shots, while shooting 60.0 percent from the field.
• As a sophomore, aided his squad to the 2011 Alabama Class 3A title and a 28-6 record; played in 30 games and averaged 10.2 ppg., 8.1 rpg. and 5.6 bpg.
• His team in 2009-10 finished with a 6-16 mark; played in all 22 contests and averaged 7.2 ppg., 6.4 rpg. and 3.4 bpg.
• Competes in the summer for Alabama Challenge.

Personal Notes

• Born on Sept. 3, 1995, in Eutaw, Ala., currently resides in Greensboro, Ala.
• Son of Juanita and Jimmie Taylor, has one older brother, Kendrick Fuqua, and two older sisters, Aisha Starks and Marcie Starks.
• Has been a member of his school’s honor roll throughout high school.
• Sister, Aisha Starks, is in the U.S. Army.
• Cousin of Erwin Dudley, who played basketball at Alabama and is currently playing in Turkey for Efes Pilsen.

The Inside Scoop

• Post-basketball career ambitions: become a CEO or a sports psychologist.
  
• Favorite class: geometry.
  
• Least favorite class: Spanish I.
  
• Favorite takeout food: two McChicken sandwiches, one McDouble, large fries and a large chocolate shake.
  
• Favorite meal to make at home: cube steak in gravy with mashed potatoes and fruit punch.
  
• If not for basketball, would want to be a standout in: football.
  
• When he was five, wanted to be: a police officer.
  
• If he could live in any city in the world, it would be: Los Angeles.
  
• Next big purchase will be: a sound system for his car.
  
• Favorite magazine: Stack.
  
• Favorite Twitter account: Kevin Hart.
  
• Piece of clothing he can’t live without: gym shorts.
  
• Most prized possession: his state championship ring.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Hakeem Olajuwon.
  
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Usain Bolt.
  
• Best game ever watched: the 6OT Big East Conference Tournament game between Connecticut and Syracuse.
  
• Best player ever faced: Dajuan Coleman.
  
• Would like to go one-on-one against: Dwight Howard.
  
• Most impressive person ever met: his mother.
  
• Favorite basketball announcer: Dick Vitale.
  
• Away from the court, enjoys: texting, sleeping and watching TV.
  
• Most people don’t know: he’s goofy.
  
• Most interesting place ever visited: Hollywood, because of all the movie sets and history.
  
• First basketball memory: his dad putting his first goal on a tree.
  
• If he weren’t playing basketball, he would be doing this after high school: going to college on an academic scholarship.
  
• This left-hander wears No. 10 because it starts a double-double.