The Mediocre Cup
November 19, 2019
Taylor Braun
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 6/07/91
- Place of Birth: Newberg, Oregon (USA)
- Position: G/F
- Height (CM): 201
- Weight (KG): 95
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: North Dakota State (2010–2014)
- NBL DEBUT: 6/10/19
- AGE AT DEBUT: 28
- LAST NBL GAME: 15/02/20
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 28
- NBL History: Brisbane 2020
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Taylor Braun attended Newberg High School in Newberg, Oregon, where he averaged 19 points, nine rebounds, and four assists per game in his senior year.
Braun led the Tigers to a 19-8 record and advanced to the state quarterfinals in Class 6A, the state’s largest division.
He was named Pacific 6 Conference Player of the Year, all-state first team, and finished third in the state Player of the Year voting.
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NBL EXPERIENCE
Taylor Braun made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 28 years of age. He scored 13 points in his first game.
Has played in Belgium, Germany, Italy and Israel.
Braun was recommended to the Bullets by Joe Ingles after crossing paths at Utah.
Taylor Braun played one season in the NBL. He averaged 6.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.2 assists in 28 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 28 | Brisbane | 15-13 (5) | 28 | 639.5 | 187 | 71 | 63 | 12 | 59 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 68 | 166 | 41% | 29 | 98 | 30% | 22 | 28 | 79% | 52% | 50% | 14 | Totals | 28 | 640 | 187 | 71 | 63 | 12 | 59 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 68 | 166 | 41.0% | 29 | 98 | 29.6% | 22 | 28 | 78.6% | 52% | 50% | 14 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 28 | Brisbane | 15-13 (5) | 28 | 22.8 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 41% | 1.0 | 3.5 | 30% | 0.8 | 1.0 | 79% | 52% | 50% | 14 | Total | 28 | 22.8 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 41.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.6% | 1.0 | 3.5 | 78.6% | 52% | 50% | 14 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Belgium - Okapi Aalstar (2014–2015) | Hungary - Hubner Nyiregyhaza (2015) | Germany - ratiopharm Ulm (2015–2017) | Italy - V.L. Pesaro (2018) | Israel - Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2018–2019), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2020), Maccabi Ashdod (2020–2021), Maccabi Haifa (2020–2021) | Taiwan - Kaohsiung Steelers (2021–2022), Tainan TSG GhostHawks (2022), Taipei Fubon Braves (2023–2024), Kaohsiung Steelers (2025)
Braun joined Okapi Aalstar for the 2014–15 Belgian League season in Belgium after signing on July 20, 2014, and he averaged 15.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals in 37 league games while also posting 12.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 12 EuroChallenge games.
Braun joined Hubner Nyiregyhaza during the 2014–15 Hungarian NBIA season and recorded 17 points, two rebounds, five assists and five steals in one game.
Braun moved to ratiopharm Ulm for the 2015–16 German BBL season after signing on July 6, 2015, and averaged 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 38 league games while adding 8.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 11 EuroCup games as Ulm reached the 2016 BBL Finals.
He remained with ratiopharm Ulm for the 2016–17 German BBL season after signing a one-year extension on June 16, 2016, and averaged 7.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 40 league games while adding 10.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 12 EuroCup games as Ulm reached the 2017 BBL Semifinals and the EuroCup Top 16.
Braun joined V.L. Pesaro for the 2017–18 Italian Lega Basket Serie A season after signing on March 26, 2018, and averaged 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.0 steals in six league games while earning LBA Round 25 MVP after a 21-point, eight-rebound and five-steal game against Flexx Pistoia.
Braun joined Hapoel Beer Sheva for the 2018–19 Israeli Basketball Premier League season after signing on July 16, 2018, and averaged 14.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 28 league games while earning Israeli League Round 2 MVP after a 24-point, seven-rebound, four-assist and eight-steal game against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Braun returned to Hapoel Beer Sheva for the 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League season after signing on February 27, 2020, and recorded eight points, seven rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block in one league game.
Braun joined Maccabi Ashdod for the 2020–21 Israeli National League season and appeared in one game before moving clubs during the same season.
Braun joined Maccabi Haifa for the 2020–21 Israeli Basketball Premier League season after signing on December 21, 2020, and averaged 6.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 0.9 steals in 17 league games while adding 11 points, two rebounds and five assists in one Balkan League game.
Braun moved to Taiwan with Kaohsiung Steelers for the 2021–22 P. League+ season and averaged 14.4 points, 9.8 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 1.8 steals in 17 games.
Braun joined Tainan TSG GhostHawks for the 2022–23 T1 League season after signing on August 11, 2022, and scored 38 points against TaiwanBeer HeroBears on October 15 before the club terminated his contract on December 30 due to a knee injury.
Braun joined Taipei Fubon Braves for the 2023–24 P. League+ season and recorded nine points, seven rebounds and two assists in one regular-season game against New Taipei Kings.
Braun returned to Kaohsiung Steelers in 2025 and was listed with the club before its withdrawal from the P. League+ in August 2025.
COLLEGE
Taylor Braun played four seasons for North Dakota State Bison men's basketball from 2010–11 through 2013–14 after sitting out 2009–10 as a redshirt, growing from an early-rotation rebounder into the program’s most decorated perimeter-forward of the Division I era.
As a redshirt freshman in 2010–11, Braun started 20 of 29 games and finished as NDSU’s leading rebounder at 5.7 boards per game while adding 8.2 points per contest, with his season including a 19-point high at Kansas City and three double-doubles in February.
He took a major leap as a sophomore in 2011–12, earning First-team All-The Summit League honours while starting all 31 games, leading the Bison in both scoring (15.4 ppg) and rebounding (6.6 rpg), and producing five double-doubles, including 26 points and 10 rebounds in the season opener at San Francisco that earned him tournament MVP honours.
Braun’s 2011–12 season also featured a then career-high 30 points in a road win at IUPUI, plus multiple late-game free-throw sequences that closed out one-possession wins, reinforcing the two-way profile that would define his NDSU run.
As a junior in 2012–13, Braun was named Second-team All-Summit League and still led NDSU in scoring at 15.4 points per game despite missing 10 games with a broken foot, then returned to post 27 points against Kansas City in the Summit League tournament quarterfinals and tie the school single-game record with seven three-pointers against Omaha (7-for-9).
That 2012–13 campaign also included two Summit League Player of the Week awards, 11 assists and 41 minutes in NDSU’s College Basketball Invitational opener at Western Michigan, and MVP recognition at the Progressive Legends Classic subregional.
Braun’s senior season in 2013–14 became the peak of his college résumé, as he was named Summit League Player of the Year and Summit League Tournament MVP while also earning Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, Mid-Major All-American, NABC First Team All-District, and a Lou Henson Award finalist spot, plus an invitation to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament as one of the nation’s top seniors.
On the floor in 2013–14, Braun averaged 17.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals, scored in double figures 28 times with four 30-point games, posted single-game highs of 15 rebounds and 11 assists, and finished as one of four Division I players to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals for the season.
He also produced one of the defining moments in program history in the 2014 NCAA tournament, when NDSU earned its first NCAA tournament win by upsetting Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball 80–75 in overtime, with Braun hitting key late free throws in regulation before fouling out in overtime as the Bison advanced.
Across his NDSU career, Braun finished with major school record placements, ranking fourth in free throws made (454), seventh in points (1,651), eighth in steals (153), ninth in three-pointers (125), and ninth in rebounds (671), and he became the first player in school history to rank among the career top 15 in points, rebounds, and assists.
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