Taj McWilliams-Franklin retired from the WNBA after the 2012 season.
24 Facts About Taj McWilliams-Franklin
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Josey High School in Augusta, Georgia, Taj McWilliams-Franklin attended Georgia State University in 1989 and played on the school's basketball team for one season.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin enrolled at St Edwards as a Rhetoric major.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was named to the USA national team in 1998.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was drafted in 1996 and played two seasons for the Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was a member of the 1997 All-ABL second team.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin has had a long and successful WNBA career, earning two titles and recognition as one of the all-time great post players in league history.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was selected by the Orlando Miracle in the third round of the 1999 WNBA draft.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin starred for the Miracle for four years and remained with the franchise even when the it relocated to Uncasville, Connecticut, and was renamed the Connecticut Sun prior to the 2003 season.
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From 1999 to 2008, Taj McWilliams-Franklin played in six WNBA All-Star Games.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was a member of the starting team of the 2004 WNBA All-Star squad that played against a select group of players from the USA Basketball team.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was the recipient of the 2005 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was targeted as a key free agent acquisition by Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve prior to the 2011 season.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin started 33 of 34 games during the regular season, and during the playoffs led her team in points once and assists three times, the last despite playing with a knee sprain.
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On October 4,2012, Taj McWilliams-Franklin played in her 59th postseason game, the most of any player in league history.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin retired at the end of the 2012 season, though in a 2013 interview, she said she had not completely ruled out a comeback as a player in 2014.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin played in Wolfenbuettel, Germany ; Contern, Luxembourg ; and Galilee, Israel.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin played half a season in Spartak Region, Moscow, Russia, then returned to the Ansan Shinhan Bank S-Birds in Korea for the Women's Korean Basketball League in 2006.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin won the Korean title and was MVP of the finals in 2007 Winter League, beating the Yongin Samsung Bichumi and Lauren Jackson.
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In May 2012, it was announced that Taj McWilliams-Franklin would join the Rice University coaching staff as an assistant to head coach Greg Williams.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was to join the team after the conclusion of the WNBA season.
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In March 2013, after formally retiring, Taj McWilliams-Franklin joined the New York Liberty as an assistant coach under Bill Laimbeer.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin has three daughters, and is married to Reginald Franklin.
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Taj McWilliams-Franklin was a vegan during some of her time as a player.