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Tahjere McCall

Tahjere McCall (born August 17, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Niagara Purple Eagles and Tennessee State Tigers.

Tahjere McCall
McCall with the Cairns Taipans in 2022
No. 22 – Guangzhou Loong Lions
PositionShooting guard
LeagueCBA
Personal information
Born (1994-08-17) August 17, 1994 (age 30)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High schoolCarver
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College
NBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2019Long Island Nets
2019Brooklyn Nets
2019–2020College Park Skyhawks
2021Lakeland Magic
2021Orléans Loiret Basket
2021–2024Cairns Taipans
2022Otago Nuggets
2023Fos Provence Basket
2024Hapoel Holon
2024–presentGuangzhou Loong Lions
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA G League champion (2021)
  • NBA G League All-Defensive Team (2021)
  • 2× First-team All-OVC (2016, 2017)
  • 2× OVC Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 2017)
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Early life

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McCall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] His father is a locomotive engineer and his mother rehabilitates crack cocaine addicts.[2]

McCall attended Carver High School where he did not play on the basketball team until his junior season.[3] He was preparing to play NCAA Division II basketball at Holy Family University when Niagara University presented him with a scholarship offer.[2]

College career

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McCall began his college basketball career with the Niagara Purple Eagles.[1] He served as a starter during his freshman season under head coach Joe Mihalich in 2012–13.[4] McCall was moved to a bench role for his sophomore season by new head coach Chris Casey.[4] He chose to transfer from the team at the end of the season and joined the Tennessee State Tigers under head coach Dana Ford.[1][2][4][5] Ford discovered him through a recommendation from Anthony Mason whose son, Antoine, played alongside McCall at Niagara.[2] McCall was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-OVC honors during his two seasons at Tennessee State.[1]

Professional career

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McCall with the College Park Skyhawks in 2020

After going undrafted in 2017 NBA draft, McCall joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2017 NBA Summer League and would join them for training camp. McCall played two seasons with the Nets NBA G League affiliate in Long Island. On February 26, 2019, he signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[6] McCall re-joined the Long Island Nets after the conclusion of his 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[7]

On September 20, 2019, McCall signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Atlanta Hawks.[8] On October 18, 2019, the Hawks waived McCall.[9] He was then added to the roster of the Hawks’ G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks.[10] On December 27, 2019, McCall had 28 points, six rebounds, five assists, three steals and one block in a win against the Delaware Blue Coats.[11] McCall had two triple-doubles. He averaged 12.7 points on 46 percent shooting, 4.7 assists, 1.9 steals, and 6.1 rebounds per game.[12]

On January 11, 2021, McCall was selected by the Lakeland Magic as the 5th overall pick of the month's 2021 NBA G League draft[13] and averaged 11.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists through the season.[14]

On March 29, 2021, McCall signed with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French Jeep Élite.[14]

On August 6, 2021, McCall signed with the Cairns Taipans for the 2021–22 NBL season.[15][16]

On April 23, 2022, McCall signed with the Otago Nuggets for the 2022 New Zealand NBL season.[17] He left the team in mid June after being invited to an NBA summer training camp.[18]

On May 31, 2022, McCall re-signed with the Taipans on a two-year deal.[19] Following the 2022–23 NBL season, he joined Fos Provence Basket of the LNB Pro A.[20] On December 9, 2023, he had 19 points and 15 assists in a 116–101 win over the Adelaide 36ers.[21] Following the 2023–24 NBL season, he joined Hapoel Holon in Israel.[22]

Career statistics

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  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Brooklyn 1 0 8.0 .667 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Niagara 32 23 19.8 .369 .000 .436 3.3 2.4 1.2 .0 4.0
2013–14 Niagara 27 14 22.7 .413 .083 .734 3.0 2.0 1.3 .3 7.5
2015–16 Tennessee State 31 28 30.1 .455 .278 .756 5.1 3.0 2.3 .4 14.6
2016–17 Tennessee State 27 27 32.1 .435 .243 .637 5.0 5.1 2.8 .5 14.3
Career 117 92 26.0 .427 .230 .677 4.1 3.1 1.9 .3 10.0

Personal life

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McCall's first child was born in the United States in October 2023.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "For Philly native Tahjere McCall, working out for Sixers 'a dream'". NBC Sports. June 7, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Rexrode, Joe (January 20, 2017). "Tahjere McCall is TSU's free spirit, NCAA Tournament hope". The Tennessean. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  3. ^ Hunt, Donald (June 6, 2017). "Former E&S and Tennessee State star Tahjere McCall works out for the Sixers". Associated Press. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Meiler, Mike (March 26, 2014). "NU's McCall receives transfer release". Niagara Gazette. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  5. ^ Joe Rexrode (January 21, 2017). "A true original". The Tennessean. pp. C1, C3. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.  
  6. ^ ""BROOKLYN NETS SIGN TAHJERE MCCALL TO 10-DAY CONTRACT"". NBA.com. NBA. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  7. ^ "Tahjere McCall Rejoins Long Island Nets". NBA.com. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "Atlanta Hawks Sign Tahjere McCall". NBA.com. September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "Atlanta Hawks Request Waivers on Brooks, Derrickson, McCall and Sibert". NBA.com.
  10. ^ "College Park Skyhawks Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  11. ^ "Tahjere McCall: Leads scoring charge off bench". CBS Sports. December 28, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  12. ^ Duffy, Dallin (June 10, 2020). "Reviewing the College Park Skyhawks Debut Season". Soaring Down South. FanSided. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "NBA G League 2020-21 Draft Results". NBA G League. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Tahjere McCall joins Orleans". Sportando. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  15. ^ "Taipans Sign NBA G-League Champion, Tahjere McCall". NBL.com.au. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  16. ^ Kane Pitman (December 23, 2021). "Not just a great defender: Tahjere McCall on turning the Taipans around". ESPN. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  17. ^ Cheshire, Jeff (April 23, 2022). "Nuggets announce their third US import". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  18. ^ Cheshire, Jeff (June 13, 2022). "Join us in wishing Tahjere all the best as he heads to the US after being invited to a NBA summer training camp". facebook.com/otagonuggetsnbl. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  19. ^ "Taipans re-sign Tahjere McCall". Taipans.com. May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  20. ^ "Tahjere McCall joins Fos Provence". Sportando. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  21. ^ "Taipans produce late rally to defeat 36ers". NBL.com.au. December 9, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  22. ^ "Tahjere McCall moves to Israel for the rest of the season". eurohoops.net. February 25, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  23. ^ "Taipans waiting on player availability". NBL.com.au. October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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