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Taylor Rochestie

Taylor Rochestie
Rochestie with Maccabi Tel Aviv
Free agent
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1985-07-01) July 1, 1985 (age 39)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Montenegrin
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolSanta Barbara
(Santa Barbara, California)
College
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010BG Göttingen
2010–2011Galatasaray
2011Alba Berlin
2011–2012Le Mans Sarthe
2012–2013Caja Laboral
2013Angelico Biella
2013–2014Montepaschi Siena
2014–2015Nizhny Novgorod
2015–2016Maccabi Tel Aviv
2016–2017Lokomotiv Kuban
2017–2018Crvena zvezda
2018–2019Tianjin Gold Lions
2019Anhui Dragons
2019–2020Olympiacos
2020Crvena zvezda
2020–2021Hapoel Haifa
2021Le Mans
2021–2022Tianjin Pioneers
2022–2023Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin
2023–2024Tianjin Pioneers
Career highlights and awards

Taylor Campbell Rochestie (born July 1, 1985) is an American-born naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player who last played for the Tianjin Pioneers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team internationally. Standing at a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he plays at the point guard position.

Early life

Rochestie was born to Howard Rochestie, a Trenton, NJ native of Jewish descent, and Christina Campbell in Houston, Texas.

High school career

Rochestie attended Santa Barbara High School in California, where he started playing basketball, and graduated as the all-time leading scorer of his high school's history.

College career

In 2004, Rochestie attended Tulane University, where he played one year of college basketball, with the Tulane Green Wave. He then transferred to Washington State University, where he sat out the 2006 academic year, due to NCAA rules. He then played with the Washington State Cougars from 2007 to 2009.

Professional career

Rochestie went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. On July 30, 2009, he signed his first professional contract with BG Göttingen of Germany for the 2009–10 season.[1] He helped his team to win the 2010 EuroChallenge title,[2] and was also named the Final Four MVP.[3]

On June 23, 2010, he signed a one-year deal with Galatasaray Café Crown of the Turkish Basketball Super League.[4] On February 8, 2011, he parted ways with Galatasaray.[5] Nine days later, he returned to Germany, and signed with Alba Berlin for the rest of the season.[6]

On August 2, 2011, he signed a one-year deal with Le Mans Sarthe Basket of the French LNB Pro A.[7]

On July 20, 2012, Rochestie signed a two-year deal with Caja Laboral of the Spanish Liga ACB.[8] On January 8, 2013, he parted ways with Laboral.[9] The next day, he signed with Angelico Biella of the Italian Serie A for the rest of the season.[10]

On August 26, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena.[11][12] On January 5, 2014, he left Siena and signed with Nizhny Novgorod of Russia for the rest of the season.[13] On July 30, 2014, he re-signed with Nizhny for one more season.[14] On May 5, 2015, he was awarded with the Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, an annual award given to the EuroLeague's top scorer of the season.[15] Nizhny Novgorod's season in their national domestic league (VTB United League) ended, after they were eliminated by CSKA Moscow, with 3–0 sweep in the league's semifinal playoff series.

On June 21, 2015, Rochestie signed a two-year deal, with an option for another one, with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[16] On September 3, 2016, he parted ways with Maccabi.[17] Two days later, he signed a one-year contract with Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban.[18]

On September 8, 2017, Rochestie signed with Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the 2017–18 season.[19]

On August 19, 2018, Rochestie inked with Tianjin Gold Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.[20] On March 26, 2019, he signed with NBL team Anhui Dragons to continue his career in China. [21]

On October 26, 2019, Rochestie officially signed with Greek club Olympiacos, making his return to the EuroLeague.[22] He averaged 4.6 points, 1.0 rebound and 3.6 assists per game.

On October 7, 2020, Rochestie returned to Crvena zvezda and signed a 2-month contract with an option to extend it until the end of the 2020–21 season.[23][24] The extension was not exercised, leading Rochestie to leave the club in December 2020.[25]

On December 18, 2020, Rochestie signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Basketball Premier League.[26]

On October 4, 2021, Rochestie signed with Le Mans of the French LNB Pro A.[27]

On December 14, 2021, Rochestie returned to Tianjin Pioneers.[28]

On February 23, 2023, he signed with Le Mans of the French Pro A.[29]

National team career

Rochestie is a member of the senior Montenegrin national basketball team. With Montenegro's national team, he played at the qualifying tournament for EuroBasket 2013, and the qualifying tournament for EuroBasket 2015.[30]

Career statistics

Legend
  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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Baskonia 4 0 7.6 .182 .250 .333 .3 .3 1.0 — 1.5 -0.8
2013–14 Mens Sana 10 0 16.7 .403 .391 .857 1.5 1.7 .5 — 6.5 3.4
2014–15 Nizhny Novgorod 21 17 30.0 .511 .500 .925 1.6 5.7 .6 — 18.9 21.0
2015–16 Maccabi 10 5 29.3 .429 .404 .920 2.1 5.5 .2 — 14.0 13.5
2017–18 Crvena zvezda 30 29 26.0 .494 .407 .891 2.3 5.0 .8 .1 13.4 14.4
2019–20 Olympiacos 21 0 14.3 .418 .412 .850 1.0 3.6 .3 — 4.6 5.0
2020–21 Crvena zvezda 9 0 11.2 .519 .455 1.000 .7 2.0 — .1 3.9 3.6
Career 105 51 21.9 .472 .433 .896 1.6 4.2 .5 .0 10.9 11.2

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Göttingen BBL 38 26.8 .502 .395 .841 2.8 3.2 1.2 .1 15.1
2010–11 Galatasaray BSL 16 23.3 .423 .405 .842 3.5 3.1 .9 .0 7.9
Alba Berlin BBL 27 24.3 .460 .381 .766 2.7 3.9 .8 .0 8.7
2011–12 Le Mans Pro A 37 35.2 .564 .428 .893 3.4 6.4 .9 .1 16.3
2012–13 Baskonia ACB 7 16.6 .529 .545 1.000 .7 2.6 .1 .0 6.1
Biella LBA 16 31.8 .570 .279 .921 2.1 2.6 1.2 .0 13.4
2013–14 Montepaschi Siena 13 18.8 .569 .222 .941 1.6 3.0 .5 .0 7.1
2014–15 Nizhny Novgorod VTB 31 29.1 .543 .388 .899 3.2 5.3 .6 .0 14.7

References

  1. ^ "MEG Gottingen adds rookie Taylor Rochestie". Sportando.com. July 30, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Göttingen Win EuroChallenge In Thrilling Final". Fibaeurope.com. May 2, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "Rochestie Wins EuroChallenge MVP". Fibaeurope.com. May 2, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "Galatasaray inks Rochestie, Sanli and Mahmutoglu". Sportando.com. June 23, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Galatasaray and Taylor Rochestie parted ways". Sportando.com. February 8, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Alba Berlin adds Taylor Rochestie". Sportando.com. February 17, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "Le Mans tabs Taylor Rochestie". Sportando.com. August 2, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  8. ^ "Taylor Rochestie, base para el Caja Laboral". Acb.com (in Spanish). July 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  9. ^ "Taylor Rochestie, Caja Laboral part ways". Sportando.com. January 8, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  10. ^ "Angelico Biella announced Taylor Rochestie". Sportando.com. January 9, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  11. ^ "Mens Sana Siena announced Rochestie, Green, Hunter and English". Sportando.com. August 26, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  12. ^ "MONTEPASCHI SIENA announces Rochestie, Hunter". Euroleague.net. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  13. ^ "Taylor Rochestie leaves Mens Sana to join Nizhny Novgorod". Sportando.com. January 5, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  14. ^ "Nizhny Novgorod re-signs Rochestie". Euroleague.net. July 30, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  15. ^ "2014-15 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy: Taylor Rochestie, Nizhny Novgorod". Euroleague.net. May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  16. ^ "Taylor Rochestie Signs with Maccabi". maccabi.co.il. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  17. ^ "Taylor Rochestie officially released from Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv". maccabi.co.il. September 3, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  18. ^ Тэйлор Рочести подписал контракт с "Локомотивом-Кубань". lokobasket.com (in Russian). September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  19. ^ "KK Crvena Zvezda signs Taylor Rochestie to a contract". Sportando.com. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  20. ^ "Taylor Rochestie confirms he has signed in China with Tianjin". Sportando. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  21. ^ "Taylor Rochestie sign with Anhui Wenyi". Sportando. March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  22. ^ "Taylor Rochestie joins Olympiacos". Sportando. October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  23. ^ "Taylor Rochestie returns to Crvena zvezda mts". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Rochestie returns to Crvena Zvezda". euroleague.net. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Zvanično: Ročesti napustio Zvezdu". rs.n1info.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  26. ^ "Hapoel Haifa ink Taylor Rochestie". Sportando. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  27. ^ Skerletic, Dario (October 4, 2021). "Le Mans Sarthe inks Taylor Rochestie". Sportando. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  28. ^ "天津男篮官宣：与罗切斯特及肯尼·伯顿两位外援完成签约". Hupu (in Chinese). 14 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  29. ^ Skerletic, Dario (February 23, 2023). "Taylor Rochestie returns to Le Mans". Sportando. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  30. ^ Taylor Campbell ROCHESTIE (MNE) participated in 9 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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