Roland Taylor

Roland Taylor
Personal information
Born (1946-03-13) March 13, 1946
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft 1969 / Round: 12 / Pick: 167th overall
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career 1969–1977
Position Point guard
Number 14, 54, 1, 21
Career history
19691974 Washington Caps / Virginia Squires (ABA)
1974–1975 Denver Rockets (ABA)
1975–1976 Virginia Squires (ABA)
1976–1977 Denver Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points 5,098 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds 2,524 (3.8 rpg)
Assists 2,563 (4.0 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Roland Morris “Fatty” Taylor (born March 13, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6’0” guard born in Washington, D.C. and an alum of La Salle University, Taylor joined the American Basketball Association in 1969. After one year playing for the Washington Capitals, he moved on to the Virginia Squires, with whom he spent the prime of his career, tallying 3,495 points, 1,737 assists, and 1,715 rebounds in five seasons. Taylor became known as one of the few outstanding defensive players in a league known primarily for a "run-and-gun" style. On the Squires Taylor played with former or later NBA stars including Adrian Smith, "Jumbo" Jim Eakins and Julius "Doctor J" Erving. For one-and-a-half seasons Taylor was a teammate of George Gervin, and Taylor has been credited with coining Gervin’s nickname “The Iceman” (he first called Gervin “Iceberg Slim”, which gradually developed into the more familiar nickname). Taylor spent one season in the NBA (1976-77) as a member of the Denver Nuggets, and he retired in 1977 with combined ABA/NBA totals of 5,098 points, 2,563 assists, and 2,524 rebounds.

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