Former NBA Player Johnny Tylor playing for Ahli Club of Bahrain
1 Comments Published by Salawi on Friday, March 13, 2009 at 3/13/2009 05:40:00 pm.
Ahli Club American pro this season 2008-2009 is Johny Tylor. below is his bio. (from Wikipedia)
Johnny Antonio Taylor (born June 4, 1974, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. A 6'9" small forward from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Taylor was selected 17th overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. In his brief NBA career he played with the Magic (1997-98 and 1999-00) and the Denver Nuggets (1998-00); his last appearance in an NBA game was in April 2000.
He was under contract for a brief period with Chicago Bulls (2000 preseason) and Portland Trail Blazers (2001 preseason), but has not played in NBA games for these clubs. He has played professionally in Italy for Adecco Milano (2000-2001) and in the Philippine Basketball Association.
In 2007, Taylor played professionally in Belgium with Dexia Mons Hainaut.
You can find his official NBA page here
If you look at the NBA 1997 draft you will notice that he was picked before:
it's actually a surprise for me to know that .
Usually AlAli brings unknown players with no skills just for thier length.
thanks for the useful info