Joshua Taylor Adams (born November 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys before playing professionally in Russia, Turkey, China, the NBA G League, Spain, Italy, Australia, Slovenia and Greece.
As a junior at Chaparral in 2010–11, Adams was named First-Team All-Conference and earned Second-Team All-State honors after averaging 16.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.[2]
As a senior in 2011–12, Adams led the Wolverines to a 5A state championship, including making the game-winning shot in the title game.[3] He averaged 18.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game to earn First-Team All-Conference and All-State honors. He was also named to the Denver Post's All-Colorado team.[2]
As a freshman in 2012–13, Adams began the season as the sixth man and then started the last 26 games. He scored in double figures in 10 games, including three of the last four contests to average 6.6 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He scored a season-high 15 points in his first career start against Illinois State on December 4, 2012.[2]
As a sophomore in 2013–14, Adams started 32 games for the Cowboys and averaged 12.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 32.4 minutes per game. He scored a season-high 29 points against Boise State on March 1, 2014. He later had 24 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks against UNLV on March 13.[2]
As a junior in 2014–15, Adams helped the Cowboys win the Mountain West Conference tournament title for its first NCAA tournament berth since 2001–02. He was the conference tournament's MVP and earned all-tournament honors after being named to the All-Mountain West Third Team during the regular season. He played in all 35 games and averaged 12.8 points, 3.6 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game. He scored in double figures in 26 games, including seven contests with more than 20 points, and became the 34th Cowboy to reach 1,000 career points. He scored a season-high 27 points against Boise State in the Mountain West tournament semifinals on March 13, 2015.[2]
As a senior in 2015–16, Adams averaged 24.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 36.9 minutes per game. His 24.7 points per game led the Mountain West and ranked third in the NCAA, as he scored 30 or more in nine games, 20 or more in 21 games and reached double figures in all 30 games he played in. His 96 3-pointers ranked second in UW single-season history. He had 37 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in 38 minutes against Marshall on December 21, 2015,[4] and scored a career-high 38 points against New Mexico on January 16, 2016.[5][6] He was subsequently named Mountain West Player of the Year and earned first-team All-Mountain West.[7][8] He also earned AP Honorable Mention All-American for the 2015–16 season,[9] becoming the first Cowboy to be named an All-American since 2002.[4] His 740 points in 2015–16 broke Flynn Robinson's school record of 701 during the 1964–65 season.[4]
Adams finished his career fifth in Wyoming history with 1,819 career points, as well as sixth in assists (398) and fifth in steals (144). His 189 career 3-pointers also ranked second in school history, while his 122 games started were third and his 131 games played tied for first with Eric Leckner.[4]
On July 19, 2019, Adams signed a one-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja.[18] He was named the ACB Most Spectacular Player for the 2019–20 season.[19] He averaged 12.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in ACB play.[20]
In August 2024, Adams signed with Greek club Promitheas.[26] He appeared in one game for Promitheas before joining Maroussi in mid October.[27] He left Maroussi in late November.[28]
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