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Spanish team Lagun Aro made official the signing of Jermaine Taylor for the season. The American guard with NBA experience spent last season in D-League with Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Sportando

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Lagun Aro is close to a deal with Jermaine Taylor. El Mundo Deportivo

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Jerry Zgoda: Btw, the Wolves waived guard Jermaine Taylor after the game to get their roster down to 17 players. Twitter @JerryZgoda

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Twolves sign six plyrs to complete tc roster: Will Conroy, Mike Harris, Chris Johnson, Phil Jones, Seth Tarver & Jermaine Taylor. Twitter

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Alex Kennedy: Jermaine Taylor will play for the Bulls in the Las Vegas Summer League. He's also hoping to play for the Magic in the Orlando Summer League. Twitter

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Andy Vasquez: Nets three day free agent mini camp starts today. They'll work out 21 players including: Al Thornton, Adam Morrison & Jermaine Taylor Twitter

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This week, the Suns worked out a number of shooting guards and small forwards including Jermaine Taylor, Michael Finley and Al Thornton among others. Yesterday, the Clippers held a workout of their own that was attended by Taylor, Finley and Bobby Simmons. Both teams will continue to evaluate players and weigh their options in the coming weeks. HoopsWorld

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Marc J. Spears: Former NBA guard Jermaine Taylor to workout for Clippers on Friday, source said. Twitter

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Alex Kennedy: Jermaine Taylor failed his physical with the Houston Rockets due to ankle injury. He'll likely sign with HOU once he's healthy in two weeks. Twitter

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Alex Kennedy: Jermaine Taylor is heading back to Houston. Sources close to the situation say he has agreed to a deal with the Rockets. No details yet. Twitter

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Alex Kennedy: Jermaine Taylor (@Jermaine Taylor) has signed a one-year deal with Liaoning in China. Taylor, like others in China, doesn't have an NBA-out. Twitter

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Jermaine Taylor: No progress in N.B.A Labor Talks means im going to China.... Twitter

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Alex Kennedy: Jermaine Taylor (@Jermaine Taylor) has turned down several lucrative FIBA deals because he wants to join an NBA team after the lockout ends. Twitter

Lockout, Jermaine Taylor 

Central Florida Future: Since the NBA lockout is in full effect, what have you been up to? Jermaine Taylor: I'm just enjoying the time that I have off, training every day. There's a gym right across the street from my apartment in Miami, I have a personal trainer there that I train with every day. No one really knows where this lockout is going. Right now I might go overseas. There are a lot of great offers. I just need to make my decision, and I'm waiting on what happens with the lockout. Central Florida Future

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CFF: There's a lot of NBA players that will go the foreign route because of the lockout. What do you think of that? Taylor: No one wants to sit around and not do anything. We're basketball players; this is what we've been doing our whole lives. I don't want to take a break from basketball. I think everyone who has the opportunity (to play overseas) whether they are getting paid a lot of money or not, just for the experience will play. Central Florida Future

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CFF: So you think you're going to follow the trend? Taylor: Oh yeah. Once September comes and if there isn't any progress with the NBA season, then I'm going to look to play overseas. Central Florida Future

Free Agency, Lockout, Jermaine Taylor 

CFF: You're a free agent now so you're free to sign where you please. How do you think that will go? Taylor: I think it's going to go really well. When I was released by the Kings, right when teams were able to communicate with me, 16 teams hit me up that were interested. So I feel really good about being a free agent. I'm really just looking to play. I've been in the league two, going on three, years, and no one has really given me a chance. I just want to produce. I'm really just waiting on someone to give me a chance. I'm a small-town kid so no one knows what I can do. With being a free agent, I can look for that opportunity. That's why I'm so excited. Central Florida Future

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CFF: The Kings waived you at the end of the season; how did that go down? Taylor: With Sacramento, I told the owner, "If I'm not in your plans for next season, if I'm not going to play 20-30 minutes a game, then let me go so I can find some place I can place where I can prove myself." CFF: Is that the main thing that you will be looking for when looking to sign with a team? The ability to play 20-30 minutes a game? Taylor: That's got to be the first thing. How many guards they have, if I'm going to get playing time. I cannot, can't, don't want to sit on the bench another year. It's really frustrating for me. Whatever team that can give me the best opportunity to play is where I'm going to go. Central Florida Future

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In a business as calculated and fast paced as the NBA, nothing is ever guaranteed. For former UCF star and Central Florida raised Jermaine Taylor, that truth might not ever ring louder to him than it does right now. The shooting guard was waived by the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, playing there since a December 15th trade sent him from Houston after being a Rocket for a year plus. He had two years remaining on his deal, but they were non-guaranteed if he was let go before August 1st. “I wasn’t surprised at all,” said Taylor on his release. “It’s something that I asked for during the exit meeting. I got a sure opportunity to play and just like that it was taken away from me. I started to see myself next season, the way things were looking; it was going to be the same thing with Marcus Thornton and just the entire roster.” ESPN.com

Sacramento Kings, Jermaine Taylor 

The Sacramento Kings today requested waivers on guard Jermaine Taylor, according to Kings’ President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie. Taylor averaged 7.1 points (.476 FGs, .300 3FGs, .727 FTs) in 26 games (started eight) with Sacramento. Cowbellkingdom.com

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