Taz Sherman

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Taz Sherman
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1999-07-19) July 19, 1999 (age 26)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Thurgood Marshall
(Missouri City, Texas)
College
NBA draft 2022: undrafted
Playing career2022–present
Career history
2022–2023 Budapest Honvéd
2023–2024 Kobrat
2024–2025 Lavrio
2025 Reales de La Vega
Career highlights
  • Second-team All-Big 12 (2022)
  • Second-team NJCAA DI All-American (2019)
  • NTJCAC Player of the Year (2019)
  • 2× First-team All-NTJCAC (2018, 2019)
  • NTJCAC Freshman of the Year (2018)

Tajzmel Sherman (born July 19, 1999) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Collin Cougars, and later for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

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High school career

Sherman played basketball for Thurgood Marshall High School in Missouri City, Texas. As a senior, he helped his team reach the Class 5A state title game. [1] Despite meeting academic requirements, he received no scholarship offers from NCAA programs, even those in the Division II and Division III. [2] He signed with Collin College, one of two junior colleges to offer him. [3]

College career

As a freshman at Collin College, Sherman averaged 15.2 points per game, earning First Team All-North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) and Freshman of the Year honors. [4] [5] In his sophomore season, he scored a career-high 47 points against Grayson College. [6] As a sophomore, Sherman averaged 25.9 points, 4.8 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game. [7] He was named a Second Team NJCAA Division I All-American and NTJCAC Player of the Year. [8]

For his junior season, Sherman transferred to West Virginia over offers from SMU, Utah and Texas Tech. [4] He averaged 5.3 points in 13.1 minutes per game as a junior. [9] On March 2, 2021, Sherman scored a senior season-high 26 points in a 94–89 overtime loss to Baylor. He posted 21 games in double figures scoring during the season, starting six games. [10] As a senior, he finished third on the team in scoring with 13.4 points per game, and helped West Virginia reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Sherman earned All-Big 12 honorable mention recognition. He declared for the 2021 NBA draft before returning to West Virginia for a fifth season of eligibility, granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] On November 18, 2021, Sherman scored 27 points in an 87-68 victory over Elon. [12] He was named to the Second Team All-Big 12. [13]

Professional career

Sherman went undrafted in the 2022 NBA draft. On October 22, 2022, he was selected with the 19th pick of the first round in the 2022 NBA G League draft by the Long Island Nets, but he was waived a week later. On October 31, he was acquired by the Birmingham Squadron, but was waived 4 days later. On November 15, was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors, but was again waived 5 days later without appearing in a game.

On November 27, 2022, Sherman was signed by Budapesti Honvéd SE in Hungary. He then spent the 2023–2024 season with Kobrat in Finland, before signing with Greek club Lavrio on June 12, 2024. [14]

Career statistics

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  GPGames 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

College

NCAA Division I

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2019–20 West Virginia 31413.1.383.333.864.8.8.6.25.3
2020–21 West Virginia 28624.3.413.359.8731.81.4.9.113.4
Career591018.4.403.349.8711.31.1.7.29.1

JUCO

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2017–18 Collin .471.388.80715.2
2018–19 Collin 2928.490.393.8754.84.81.6.225.9
Career

References

  1. McDaniel, Jason (February 22, 2018). "Once overlooked, Marshall's Tajzmel Sherman shines at Collin College". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  2. Jackson, Justin (August 1, 2019). "How Taz Sherman went from unwanted to landing at West Virginia". West Virginia MetroNews . Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  3. Cummings, Keenan (August 5, 2019). "West Virginia guard Sherman overcomes odds to make it to 'big stage'". Rivals . Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "WVU basketball: Huggins signs 2 guards from junior college ranks". Charleston Gazette-Mail . April 17, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  5. "NTJCAC All-Conference Basketball Teams". NJCAA Region 5. March 4, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  6. Antonik, John (January 21, 2021). "Life as a Mountaineer – Taz Sherman". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  7. Smith, Brad (April 17, 2019). "Taz Makes His Decision". Mountaineer Sports. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  8. "NTJCAC All-Conference Men's Basketball Team" (PDF). NJCAA Region 5. March 12, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  9. Withrow, Lauren (June 2, 2021). "Taz Sherman Is First Piece To WVU's Offensive Puzzle". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  10. Kinder, Kevin (June 1, 2021). "Taz Sherman To Return To WVU". Blue Gold News. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  11. "Guard Taz Sherman returning to West Virginia". USA Today . Associated Press. June 1, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  12. "Sherman leads WVU over Elon, Bob Huggins ties Roy Williams". ESPN . Associated Press. November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  13. Bock, Ethan (March 6, 2022). "Taz Sherman, Sean McNeil Earn All-Big 12 Honors for West Virginia". WV Sports Now. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  14. "Lavrio adds Sherman to their roster, ex Kobrat". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2025-04-23.