Yousef Taha
No. 55 – NLEX Road Warriors | |
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Position | TNT KaTropa |
2021–2022 | Alaska Aces |
2022–2023 | Blackwater Bossing |
2024–present | NLEX Road Warriors |
Career highlights and awards | |
Yousef S. Taha (born July 8, 1988) is a Filipino-Palestinian professional basketball player for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected 11th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by the Air21 Express.[1]
Professional career
In the middle of the
On November 28, 2016, Taha announced on a letter that he will be going back to his hometown country of Kuwait for personal reasons, thus ending his short career in the PBA.[6] The leave was only for a short while, however, as he returned to the Philippines to play with the team again in 2017–18 PBA season.[7] On November 29, 2017, exactly a year and a day after his "retirement", he officially signed a two-year contract with GlobalPort.[8]
On April 3, 2018, Taha, along with
On February 19, 2021, he signed a one-year deal with the Alaska Aces.[10] Exactly one year later, he signed a one-year extension with the team.[11]
On May 21, 2022, Taha was traded to the Blackwater Bossing for Kurt Lojera.[12] Two days after, he signed a one-year extension with the team.[13]
On February 26, 2024, Taha was traded to the NLEX Road Warriors in a three-team trade involving NLEX, Blackwater, and TNT Tropang Giga.[14]
PBA career statistics
Legend | |||||
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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 |
As of the end of 2022–23 season[15][16]
Season-by-season averages
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012–13 | Air21 | 37 | 11.7 | .341 | — | .522 | 4.1 | .7 | .3 | .4 | 2.5 |
Barangay Ginebra | |||||||||||
GlobalPort | |||||||||||
2013–14 | Petron / San Miguel | 23 | 8.8 | .400 | — | .611 | 2.1 | .4 | .2 | .2 | 1.9 |
GlobalPort | |||||||||||
San Mig Super Coffee | |||||||||||
2014–15 | Purefoods / Star | 31 | 15.1 | .500 | .000 | .560 | 4.2 | .9 | .3 | .5 | 4.2 |
2015–16 | Star | 23 | 18.9 | .525 | — | .500 | 6.0 | .9 | .4 | .3 | 4.5 |
GlobalPort | |||||||||||
2017–18 | GlobalPort
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20 | 11.5 | .466 | .200 | .533 | 3.4 | .5 | .2 | .3 | 3.2 |
TNT | |||||||||||
2019 | TNT | 40 | 12.4 | .429 | .000 | .540 | 3.4 | .6 | .3 | .4 | 3.2 |
2021 | Alaska | 16 | 23.2 | .471 | .500 | .620 | 6.4 | 1.5 | .6 | .8 | 8.1 |
2022–23 | Blackwater | 30 | 18.5 | .465 | .000 | .538 | 5.9 | 1.8 | .4 | .6 | 6.6 |
Career | 220 | 14.5 | .453 | .100 | .549 | 4.3 | .9 | .3 | .4 | 4.0 |
References
- ^ Fajardo, Abueva top 2012 PBA draft Rappler
- ^ Mike Cortez to Air 21, Yousef Taha to Ginebra trade sealed InterAKTV
- ^ GlobalPort hopes for inside presence, energy after trades for Jay Washington, Yousef Taha InterAKTV
- ^ "San Miguel Beer, GlobalPort swap young centers Yousef Taha, Justin Chua". InterAksyon.com. April 29, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "GLOBALPORT TWEAKS LINEUP". Inquirer.net. June 4, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (November 18, 2016). "Journeyman Yousef Taha bids PBA goodbye to 'return home to my family'". spin.ph. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
- ^ King, Jay (November 17, 2017). "GlobalPort drops veterans Cortez, Mamaril, Maierhofer; signs rookies Flores, Gabayni, Sargent". hoops.ph. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (November 29, 2017). "Globalport welcomes back Yousef Taha, signs big man to two-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (February 19, 2021). "Yousef Taha gets new lease on PBA career after signing Alaska contract". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Dy, Richard (February 19, 2021). "Alaska Aces, Jeron Teng agree to three-year deal". ESPN5. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 21, 2022). "Blackwater trades rookie Kurt Lojera to Converge for Yousef Taha". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (May 23, 2022). "Blackwater signs newly acquired Yousef Taha to one-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "TNT acquires Brandon GanuelaS-Rosser". pba.ph. February 26, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ [1] PBA-Online.net
- ^ [2] Real GM