Jeffery Taylor

Jeffery Taylor, born Jeffery Matthew Taylor on 23 May 1989, is a Swedish-American professional basketball player who holds citizenship of both Sweden and the United States. He left Sweden for Hobbs, New Mexico, at the age of 17 and played college basketball for Vanderbilt University, where he earned Southeastern Conference all-freshman honors, second-team all-conference selections and repeated spots on the conference all-defensive team. The Charlotte Bobcats took him 31st overall in the 2012 NBA draft, and he played for the franchise, later renamed the Hornets, until 2015. He then signed with Real Madrid, with whom he won the 2017 to 2018 EuroLeague championship, and later played for BC Wolves in Lithuania, U-BT Cluj-Napoca in Romania and Norrköping Dolphins of the Basketligan. He played for the Swedish senior national team at EuroBasket 2013, where he was the team's top scorer.