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Medal record Men’s basketball Competitor for 
United StatesFIBA U21 World Championship Gold 2001 Saitama Team competition Marcus Taylor (born November 25, 1981 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player.
He was a Naismith All-American, McDonald's All-American, two-time Parade All-American and USA Today 1st-team All-American. He also went on to win Mr. Basketball of Michigan Award in 2000. He attended Michigan State University, where he played for Tom Izzo for two seasons. In just his sophomore season he became only the second player in Big Ten history to lead the league in scoring and assists, and the first in MSU history. He won a gold medal on the FIBA Under-21 World Championship in Saitama, Japan. Marcus was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves(NBA) in 2002.[1] Since then he has played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA), ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (France), MENT BC Vassilakis (Greece), the Southern Crescent Lightning (WBA), the Albuquerque Thunderbirds (NBDL), the Tulsa 66ers (NBDL), TBB Trier (Germany), and the Anaheim Arsenal (NBDL).
References
- ^ 2002 NBA Draft. NBA.com
2002 NBA Draft First round Yao Ming · Jay Williams · Mike Dunleavy, Jr. · Drew Gooden · Nikoloz Tskitishvili · Dajuan Wagner · Maybyner "Nenê" Hilario · Chris Wilcox · Amar'e Stoudemire · Caron Butler · Jared Jeffries · Melvin Ely · Marcus Haislip · Fred Jones · Boštjan Nachbar · Jiří Welsch · Juan Dixon · Curtis Borchardt · Ryan Humphrey · Kareem Rush · Qyntel Woods · Casey Jacobsen · Tayshaun Prince · Nenad Krstić · Frank Williams · John Salmons · Chris Jefferies · Dan Dickau
Second round Steve Logan · Roger Mason · Robert Archibald · Vincent Yarbrough · Dan Gadzuric · Carlos Boozer · Miloš Vujanić · David Andersen · Tito Maddox · Rod Grizzard · Juan Carlos Navarro · Mario Kasun · Ronald Murray · Jason Jennings · Lonny Baxter · Sam Clancy · Matt Barnes · Jamal Sampson · Chris Owens · Peter Fehse · Darius Songaila · Federico Kammerichs · Marcus Taylor · Rasual Butler · Tamar Slay · Mladen Šekularac · Luis Scola · Randy Holcomb · Corsley Edwards
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Albuquerque Thunderbirds players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Anaheim Arsenal players
- Basketball players from Michigan
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players
- Tulsa 66ers players
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