Tyler Dorsey

Professional

Birthday February 18, 1996

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Pasadena, California, U.S.

Age 28 years old

Nationality American

Height 196 cm

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1923

Despite being considered the 23rd-best player of his age group, he was not selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game.

1996

Tyler Quincy Dorsey (Greek: Τάιλερ Κουίνσι Ντόρσεϊ, Tailer Kouinsy Ntorsey; February 18, 1996 ) is an American-Greek professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish BSL and the EuroLeague.

He is also a member of the Greek national basketball team.

He plays at the shooting guard position.

After graduating from Maranatha High School, in Pasadena, California, he played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks.

Dorsey initially attended Ribét Academy in his freshman season.

He then transferred to St. John Bosco High School, in Bellflower, California.

In his sophomore season, he began to establish himself as a solid scorer, with a 17.0 points-per-game scoring average.

He made a big impact afterwards, where, as a junior, he managed to help his team win the state championship, and was the star of the team, averaging 21.4 points per game, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game.

In his senior year, he decided to transfer to Maranatha, due to his desire to return to his hometown of Pasadena.

He was a standout player there, where he dazzled with his scoring and athletic abilities.

He averaged 34.0 points per game, to go along with 10.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.9 steals per game.

2015

Together with his second state championship win, he earned the 2015 Gatorade State Player of the Year for California award.

He had many impressive games, like the one where he scored 52 points, in an 85–60 win.

He was able to be efficient in every game, shown by the fact that he finished in double figures in scoring all 30 of his games played.

He initially committed to play college basketball at the University of Arizona, but he changed his mind, and then committed to Oregon, instead, on February 2, 2015.

Dorsey played his first official game as an Oregon Duck, in the season opener against Jackson State, where Oregon won; and he was declared the MVP of the game, after scoring 20 points for his team, in an 80–52 win.

Dorsey missed two games in the middle of the season, due to an injury, but he soon came back into form.

He scored a career-high 25 points against rivals Oregon State, in a 91–81 win.

2016

The Ducks won the Pac-12 regular season and 2016 Conference tournament.

In the tournament final against the University Of Utah, Dorsey's team, Oregon, dominated, and beat Utah by a score of 88–57.

Oregon's 31-point margin of victory was the largest in the Pac-12 Championship game's history.

Dorsey had a stellar performance, being the top scorer, with 23 points, and having also grabbed 9 rebounds.

He was picked for the All-Tournament Team, and was the tournament's top scorer.

Oregon earned the top seed in the West region, and went as the number one team of their conference into March Madness.

After the season, Dorsey was one out of 162 early-entry candidates that initially declared for the 2016 NBA draft.

However, he ultimately withdrew before the draft withdrawal deadline.

Dorsey helped the Ducks to the finals of the Pac-12 conference tournament, and he was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Later, in the NCAA tournament, Dorsey hit numerous shots down the stretch against the University of Rhode Island and the University of Michigan, to lead his team to the Final Four.

Oregon was finally defeated by the eventual champions, the North Carolina Tar Heels.

2017

Dorsey was selected by the Atlanta Hawks, in the 2nd round of the 2017 NBA draft, with 41st overall pick of the draft.

He then signed a 2-year contract with the Hawks.

On November 12, 2017, Dorsey was sent by Atlanta to the Erie BayHawks, of the NBA G League, on assignment.

2018

By the end of the 2018–19 season, Dorsey was regularly playing crunch-time minutes for the Grizzlies.

2019

On February 7, 2019, Dorsey was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Shelvin Mack.

He was assigned to the Memphis Hustle on February 8 and made his debut that evening.

On August 17, 2019, Dorsey joined Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague, signing a one-year deal with an option for another one.

On November 1, 2019, Dorsey recorded a EuroLeague career-high 19 points, shooting 7-of-12 from the field, along with four rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 90–65 win over Olympiacos.

On August 20, 2021, Dorsey joined Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague, signing a one-year deal.

On July 23, 2022, Dorsey signed with the Dallas Mavericks under a two-way contract.