@ 138 in one game.. 109 in another. Kobe and LeBron have mad respect saying that game, or Wilt Chamberlain is one they wanna see..... But it has nothing to do with race or height... Hmm
@ He finished the season as the nation's leader in points per game (28.8) and three-pointers per game (5.38). He was named to the All-Midwest Conference Second Team. In Taylor's senior year, he scored 52 points in a 118-109 loss to Beloit College on November 22, 2014.[43] He again led the nation in scoring (28.4) and three-pointers (5.04), and was second in free throws made (185). He was a first-team All-Midwest Conference selection, was voted to the All-Central Region Second Team... That's college stats. but not NBA material... Why??
@@jasonm6231well, he wants to be known for something else. When he dies, he doesn’t want “that guy who scored 138 points in college” to be the only thing written on his tombstone. He wants to accomplish more
Even if his teammates passed only to him, hitting more than most nba score lines even get to undoubtedly showed his quality, i mean to even hit over 50 points is nuts, let alone almost TRIPLE that, nuts.
What he doesn't want to be defined as is the only thing he's known for. Being rejected by every team but recognized and respected by pro players is depression on steroids.
@Max Power no skill do you know how much stamina you need to put up 50 and he got over that do you know how much skill and athleticism you need to put up 50 points ya he could be just gifted but no one is gifted enough to score 100 points you probably don’t even play ball
@Max Power Yeah it may not take an insane amount of skill but it still takes skill and most people can’t do that. Not any varsity HS bball or even college player can do that and there’s a good amount of HS and college players that plenty of people including scouts think are “skilled” and I bet a lot of them couldn’t even do this. The way they did it doesn’t take the most skill but regardless it still does take skill. Also what flavor of paste?? Who’s out here eating toothpaste or tomato paste or any paste for that matter?? He probably didn’t have a fav paste flavor cuz he don’t eat that nasty shit. You might’ve gotten a definitive response had you asked him something noteworthy like what his favorite flavor of ice cream or Gatorade is dummy dum dum
I guess the further we get from that game, the more people are going to forget or ignore how Grinnell played, which facilitated the crazy score. The offense was literally just ‘get steals and shoot as soon as you can’
@@endocry the point is it had more to do with the style and pace of play than the player. This video glosses over that. Grinnell would sellout for steals and then just let the opponent shoot/score. So the number of possessions per game was sky high. I guess to put this in perspective, if Steph Curry played for Grinnell back then, he would have scored 200 points in a game, probably more than once.
It wasn’t because he was hogging the ball his team literally had a strategy in place and he was in the right place at the right time enough time to score 138 points
I’m a Grinnell College alum and they utilize a mathematical, full court hustle defense called THE SYSTEM. The NBA barely acknowledges this game play even though Grinnell continues to be the leading scoring team in the United States. “The Grinnell System, sometimes referred to as The System, is a fast-tempo style of basketball developed by coach David Arseneault at Grinnell College. It is a variation of the run-and-gun system popularized by coach Paul Westhead at Loyola Marymount University in the early 1980s.[1] The Grinnell System relies on shooting three-point field goals, applying constant pressure with a full-court press, and substituting players frequently…Through 2012, Grinnell won five conference championships, advanced to the postseason 11 times, and led the nation in scoring at all levels of college basketball in 17 of the past 19 seasons.”
@@Cliquityklack There must be a reason The System isn’t used in pro ball, I won’t pretend to have a clue what that reason is but no pro team is going to pass up a winning strategy. As a very team orientated athlete I would not have been happy on that team regardless of the outcome.
Grinnell plays basketball weird. They literally don’t play defense, their entire strategy is just drain threes. 120+ point games arent uncommon from the team. 138 from one guy is still crazy tho
@@BEAUTYnIQ lol I truly miss game of zones. Idk why they cancelled it. They could have charged for it or put it on ESPN+ and ppl would have paid. Weird decision to not keep it going IMO
For those wondering how this happened, the coach went wild and implemented a strategy that we all secretly wondered what it would look like, but he actually did it. Basically every person played man to man defense full court and when a pass was made they would double team the person about to catch the ball. Then on offense they had something like 5 seconds or less to shoot a 3 pointer, or find an open 3 point shooter. And this did this apparently every game the entire season. Extra info: This play style was extremely rough and wore out the players fast so each player wouldn't play more then 20 minutes per game, however the coach made an exception for Jack when he would get hot from 3.
@@Bird.Lover6000 Grinnel plays in a way that basically just skips on defense. Their entire strategy is to sink threes all game so they'd often have 100, 110, 120+ point games.
I thought it was because he scored 138 points while his team scored zero. There’s no way that everyone on the college team wasn’t good enough to score 1 pont
@@zetsu4212 I’m sure that played a part in it but grinnel is also a division III school where the offense is predicated entirely on shooting as many 3s as possible, even if it means sacrificing layups at times. Not to mention the difference in the level of competition between DIII and the NBA. And with the emphasis on efficiency in todays NBA, you’re going to have to be a one in a million athlete to have a chance if you play in a system that is based solely on volume
@@hopelove897 its not about the nba taking him or not but now he's gonna be known as the person who scored 138 points in a game. Shoulda just kept grinding and maybe found a different league
@@rjb9999 I wasn’t asking you lol. Nosey much, didn’t get enough attention as a kid? I was making sure that’s what he was referring to. Your obviously too unintelligent to comprehend that’s what I was doing. Belligerent and ignorant. You must have daddy issues lmao.
@@GangMember9000 sounds like an excuse for why he didnt make it in the NBA, overseas, etc. "i DoNt wAnNa LeT oNe GaMe DeFiNe Me" Yea ok bud, you couldn't cut it.. Its okay.
@@jasonmcmillian8417 sometimes the NBA can be weird about recruiting. Some of the best in the NBA were at one point denied to join by recruiters but still found a way to play
Exactly! He said “I walked away cause I didn’t want that game to define me…” nall G, you walked away cause *NOBODY* wanted you! They knew you weren’t actually a basketball player! They seen through all of the media hype and bs!
That's the thing. What are his other stats like rebounds,assists,steals,etc. Probably a NBA coach would think that if you gonna take that many shots in a game, I would have 11 unhappy pro ballers (or a lost locker room)
that’s why you play to the coaches style ? or maybe the coach has a playbook where the players can follow it for a more organized style of play and OUUU then he could learn those plays and then be apart of the team in anyway the coach needs, like spot up shooting maybe ? spacing the floor ? idk juss a thought for change
oh yeah makes sense, he definitely will never pass considering he left the game bc he didn’t want to be defined by his high scoring games, and somebody even said the way his school played was they played tight defense and tried to score as soon as possible your ONLY scoring that much if you have the best shot onna team, i can 99.99% guarantee he’d pass the ball lmao, he doesn’t play to score, he played bc he loved the game, you have to mesh into a coach’s play style and if it requires you to pass the ball they’d pass the ball, if he wanted to play and a team drafted him whether it’s here or overseas he’d be playing to whatever the coach’s play style was
@@SpaceRanger187 idk never heard of him but could of been by design? Like everyone could agree let this guy just score for us. Other wise he would got benched right? Anyways that many points is insane and has the potential to be at least a scorer off the bench. But I'm assuming the real reason he didn't go pro is cause his defense was trash and handles were just average
Bro, people don't understand how near to impossible a 138 point game is. A 20-50 point game is tiring asf especially in College where u meet physical and tall players, but this dude almost tripled it. When you really let it sink in, 138 is insane even in college. I bet some NBA players can't score that much against a College Team.
Lol you should really read the comments of people who actually know the team and watch the game. They specifically designed it so that he could break a record. He sat on the 3 point line(no defense) and was passed the ball at every opportunity. Man literally took 71 threes.
His 138 points came off 71 three point attempts, he made only 29 of them. He took a 108 shots, made 52 of them. The rest of his teammates combined took 20-25 shots. Plenty of star potential kids could do this if their team just lets them hog the ball and shoot every single shot. There was a kid on the other team named David Larson, he scored 70 points on 34/44 shooting.
Imagine not wanting to be defined by your game and then as a result being defined by that game. 38% from 3 and 48% from the field isn't horrible, but the amount of shots he put up in that game tells you the other team was absolutely trash which is why it wasn't Elite Point Scoring that made him that record.
So I got curious and found a reddit comment I'll quote here: ''I'm watching this game right now. This is the most despicable display I think I have ever seen in sports. Right from the top, the game announcer says that the team is going to try to get a scoring record in this game for Jack Taylor. Grinnell intentionally scheduled a horribly over-matched team for the express purpose of trying to break records against them. Grinnell routinely passes up open layups so they can pass the ball to Taylor Taylor basically never crosses halfcourt, just waiting at the offensive end for his next chance to score Once Faith Baptist gets into the bonus, Grinnell routinely subs in the end of their bench to intentionally foul so that they can get the ball back for Taylor for more points. This is when they are up 50+ points in the first half. Grinnell set the opponent on "easy," passed it to one guy the whole game, and had him score as many as he could. An video game tactic in real life, against a real opponent. Very mature. If I'm a player on Faith Baptist, there is no way I make it through the game without getting myself ejected for something. I got angry just watching that garbage.'' No wonder this dude didn't get picked up if his crowning achievement was that pre-planned.
@@Immor7alBG Idk who made that comment but just based on the film I watched it’s still impressive. Almost every shot was fully contested and sometimes he was double teamed. I think his downfall might’ve just been his size and lack of athleticism to compensate. His jumper is good tho
@@GD6345. mainly because of his lack of knowledge of what the NBA defines as "real playbooks" his college uses a playbook that the NBA teams don't approve of.
@@GD6345. I agree with you, there is a taboo sort of thing about teams taking people from places that play like they do, one major issue is the fact that the playbook wears down players physically and they have injury problems within a few years, they also don't usually have the stamina to play more than 20mins a game.
@@GD6345. because he was not NBA level talent. he wasn't even NCAA D2 talent. in this 138 pt game he never came out. his 29 other teammates rotated a new 4 every dead ball. they turned down wide open layups to pass back out to Jack. this happened multiple times. Jack barely crossed half court to play defense the entire game. on top of all that they played a 7 man roster bible college where future pastors just wanted to have fun and play competitive basketball. Jack's team doesn't do this every game. they specifically targeted this school so they could try and break a record. their system is specifically designed to bring notoriety and that's it. it's not impressive, it's offensive to the sport and I'm glad his career wasn't boosted by this shit show of a program.
He doesn't really have a choice lmao They didn't want him, they aren't gonna change their mind the year later If you don't get drafted, it's kinda over, that's why I hate most of the US sports Hard to get a second chance
@@tdot415 yeah I l know that, but the deeper meaning behind the quotes is people don’t want to live their entire life being defined by what their best at.
Lolol, found a comment on Reddit that was written 9 years ago. Anyone who thinks this 138 point game is anywhere near legit, anyone who is genuinely surprised or shocked that he went undrafted, this one is for you 😂😂😂😂 I'm watching this game right now. This is the most despicable display I think I have ever seen in sports. Right from the top, the game announcer says that the team is going to try to get a scoring record in this game for Jack Taylor. Grinnell intentionally scheduled a horribly over-matched team for the express purpose of trying to break records against them. Grinnell routinely passes up open layups so they can pass the ball to Taylor Taylor basically never crosses halfcourt, just waiting at the offensive end for his next chance to score Once Faith Baptist gets into the bonus, Grinnell routinely subs in the end of their bench to intentionally foul so that they can get the ball back for Taylor for more points. This is when they are up 50+ points in the first half. Grinnell set the opponent on "easy," passed it to one guy the whole game, and had him score as many as he could. An video game tactic in real life, against a real opponent. Very mature. If I'm a player on Faith Baptist, there is no way I make it through the game without getting myself ejected for something. I got angry just watching that garbage.
Well that’s in Sweden the competition there isn’t close to what it is here. But it definitely means that guy needs to get over here n play for real tho lol
@@jeremytaft8247 You're literally going against what Kobe said when he didn't care what level Jack did it at. And it's actually 272 points by a 13 year old in a regional tournament in 1974. Still insane no matter what level with the strain scoring that much would be.
Does anyone actually know how this happened? Grinnell College hired a coach to get them back to the top, he made a system to score at will, have players cherry picking instead of playing defense, and give up a layup if u can get the ball down court quickly. One game, Jack Taylor started well and at halftime they realised it was a special night and he could do something there. So they fed him the ball and he scored 138.
Well, to score 138 there must have been a strategy for the team to make him a priority scorer. He may be great at it but no one can beperfect so he'll obviously have his drawbacks. Including his smaller build and shorter height, he won't be excelling at what he does best in the NBA. Plus, you can't expect him to be scoring as much as he does at the lower levels. Even if he scores higher than the average high scorers(which is highly doubtful), it'll be a 4.6 vs 5 when it comes to other aspects. He would just get bodied by most teams and will probably get guarded by better defenders. So him not getting picked is a logical choice in most cases.
Nah the craziest stat is he took 71 threes, that would break the nba record for an entire team. Also the fact that he shot under 50% from the field and under 40% from three. Kobe would be so proud.
No the coach said at the beginning of the game. Jacks the only one to shoot. You rebound and pass it back to Jack. Point was the publicity to the school so the coach could sell his book.
@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord They didn’t say anything about strategy they mention Soli that NBA didn’t want him because scored all by himself but it’s not a criticism of the strategy because they don’t mention the strategy
You have to put in perspective that if an individual scores 80 in high school varsity that’s insane but to score 138 points on college level that’s just mind blowing
The NBA keeps a monopoly on who gets to score the most. It's all about the shoe deals and being able to use the pro to manipulate any fans that let them.
No one wanted him because he obviously NOT a team player. He also probably didn't the whole package as a pro Basketball player. Maybe his defense sucked. It's not about how many points your score, it's over all talent that gets you places.
Well his team mates didn’t have to pass to him I think he should have been given a chance But fast forward to 2021 and the NBA just tried to shut Labron down…..
I remember this game happening and the headlines, but I’m just going off of what I read in the comments. His other teammates took like 20-25 shots, and some other kid on the opposing team shot 34/44 and scored 70. This kid shot something like 27/71 for 3s. I guess the team took a very unorthodox style of play for years, and their entire strategy was full court man to man coverage, double team whoever got the ball, aggressively go for a steal, and either pass to the closest free guy at the 3pt line, or throw it up within the next few seconds. I read something like no player ever played more than 20 min a game because of how aggressive the play style. They basically spent 90% of the game just getting steals and throwing them directly to this dude so he could put up a 3 as fast as possible 🤷🏻♂️
Or he’s just not a good player and anyone that puts up 108 shots is going to score that number of points? This nigga was playing 1 on 5 while NBA teams play 5 on 5. NBA is not D5 basketball, it’s the real deal.
@@BestGranny10 yeah if i’m being 💯 here i gotta say that i don’t rly like him, he’s overrated and prolly wasn’t playing a good team at the time and rly seems like he wouldn’t get along w ppl
"I don't want to be defined by my 138 point game" i.e. "I'm salty that I never got to play professionally but still want to look like the bigger person"
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Grinnell college, they run an insane offense. They only send 3 people down on defense and the other two Cherry pick. They throw up the first shot they get. They’re actually really fun to watch. After the first half the team realized how many points he had and just started feeding him.
I don’t want to be defined by my 138 point game. Proceeds to quit basketball to live a normal life. Makes sense the record will likely stay but otherwise he’ll be forgotten.
Imagine being his teammate and watching him shoot 71 threes
Most games don’t even have that many 3pa for both teams let alone one player
His teammates are just bots from 2k at that point
@@dad6147 bro he shot 71 threes he went 27/71
@@360gunner lol Yea😂😂
@@dad6147 *It litteraly shows he shot 27/71 3's & 52/108 FG.*
it seems as though leaving the game of basketball makes it even more apparent that his life has been defined by 138 pts
And his career was defined by the fact he isn't tall and black... Nobody drafted him??
@ Bad=138 points in a game??
@ 138 in one game.. 109 in another. Kobe and LeBron have mad respect saying that game, or Wilt Chamberlain is one they wanna see..... But it has nothing to do with race or height... Hmm
@ He finished the season as the nation's leader in points per game (28.8) and three-pointers per game (5.38). He was named to the All-Midwest Conference Second Team.
In Taylor's senior year, he scored 52 points in a 118-109 loss to Beloit College on November 22, 2014.[43] He again led the nation in scoring (28.4) and three-pointers (5.04), and was second in free throws made (185). He was a first-team All-Midwest Conference selection, was voted to the All-Central Region Second Team...
That's college stats. but not NBA material... Why??
@ I didn't say anything about racism.. all YOU saw was the word black, so you wanted to attack me for it...
I don't want to be defined by 138 point game
Everyone : hey that's that dude who scored 138 points in a game.
Exactly. He doesn't want people to do that.
@@ten9119 who doesn't? The 138 point guy?
@@ten9119 Hey, isn't that the guy that scored 138 points in a game?
@@archangel8444 No Joe Mama.
@@Fermion. You should know his name.... its Joe mama lol..?
“I don’t wanna be defined by my 138 point game” Bro talking like he committed a crime💀💀
Lol. Dude thought he was known for something else.
He did
@@brandonlogan2600 then what is it?
@@jasonm6231well, he wants to be known for something else. When he dies, he doesn’t want “that guy who scored 138 points in college” to be the only thing written on his tombstone. He wants to accomplish more
@@heytyson1quitting basketball💀
I don’t care what anyone says, dude seems genuine and a good sport. I wish him the best 🤘🏽
God Bless, Jesus loves u! He died for u so u can live! He got what we deserve so that we can get what He deserves!!
@@tobiasballester5105 Stop
How are you a “good sport” when you are that damn selfish?
@@tonyleach2521 a team full of jealousy people is also not good tho
@@tobiasballester5105 Bro it’s a basketball short and y’all shoving your religion down everyone’s throat 24/7
Even if his teammates passed only to him, hitting more than most nba score lines even get to undoubtedly showed his quality, i mean to even hit over 50 points is nuts, let alone almost TRIPLE that, nuts.
@niduoe stre u just copied and pasted a comment
Lol it's really not if you saw how they did it
@@randallsheriff3529 it honestly is because honestly how prolifically do you have to hit the target for that to happen
@@dibutime under 50%
@niduoe stre is his performance impressive? Yes. But that doesn’t mean he’s NBA good.
What he doesn't want to be defined as is the only thing he's known for. Being rejected by every team but recognized and respected by pro players is depression on steroids.
@Max Power, hard to believe that when even Kobe, one of the most realistic and smart players ever, said that it was crazy.
It’s cUz she wouldn’t survive in the NBA. He’s not good enough, point blank
@Max Power he scored 138 points
@Max Power no skill do you know how much stamina you need to put up 50 and he got over that do you know how much skill and athleticism you need to put up 50 points ya he could be just gifted but no one is gifted enough to score 100 points you probably don’t even play ball
@Max Power Yeah it may not take an insane amount of skill but it still takes skill and most people can’t do that. Not any varsity HS bball or even college player can do that and there’s a good amount of HS and college players that plenty of people including scouts think are “skilled” and I bet a lot of them couldn’t even do this. The way they did it doesn’t take the most skill but regardless it still does take skill. Also what flavor of paste?? Who’s out here eating toothpaste or tomato paste or any paste for that matter?? He probably didn’t have a fav paste flavor cuz he don’t eat that nasty shit. You might’ve gotten a definitive response had you asked him something noteworthy like what his favorite flavor of ice cream or Gatorade is dummy dum dum
Being defined by a 138 point game is a pretty awesome definition
I guess the further we get from that game, the more people are going to forget or ignore how Grinnell played, which facilitated the crazy score. The offense was literally just ‘get steals and shoot as soon as you can’
Wasn't even "get steals", "let em score" was a big part
138 points is 138 points, what’s your point?
@@endocry the point is it had more to do with the style and pace of play than the player. This video glosses over that. Grinnell would sellout for steals and then just let the opponent shoot/score. So the number of possessions per game was sky high.
I guess to put this in perspective, if Steph Curry played for Grinnell back then, he would have scored 200 points in a game, probably more than once.
@@ryanb4533 Sure thing
@@endocry There's a reason teams passed up on him, dude.
No NBA “TEAM” wanted the player who scored 138 points in a single game, in which his TEAMmates scored zero.
It wasn’t because he was hogging the ball his team literally had a strategy in place and he was in the right place at the right time enough time to score 138 points
I’m a Grinnell College alum and they utilize a mathematical, full court hustle defense called THE SYSTEM. The NBA barely acknowledges this game play even though Grinnell continues to be the leading scoring team in the United States.
“The Grinnell System, sometimes referred to as The System, is a fast-tempo style of basketball developed by coach David Arseneault at Grinnell College. It is a variation of the run-and-gun system popularized by coach Paul Westhead at Loyola Marymount University in the early 1980s.[1] The Grinnell System relies on shooting three-point field goals, applying constant pressure with a full-court press, and substituting players frequently…Through 2012, Grinnell won five conference championships, advanced to the postseason 11 times, and led the nation in scoring at all levels of college basketball in 17 of the past 19 seasons.”
Bruh 138 I'm definitely passing him the ball
@@gorillasquadelite No doubt. Teams are built around dudes like this.
@@Cliquityklack There must be a reason The System isn’t used in pro ball, I won’t pretend to have a clue what that reason is but no pro team is going to pass up a winning strategy.
As a very team orientated athlete I would not have been happy on that team regardless of the outcome.
Grinnell plays basketball weird. They literally don’t play defense, their entire strategy is just drain threes. 120+ point games arent uncommon from the team. 138 from one guy is still crazy tho
Grinnell woo th-cam.com/users/shortsSZz3MK9p_tE?feature=share
Beyond crazy
So thats why the nba didnt want him.
Henry if you knew this guy and he played on the team was he good enough to make the NBA in your opinion
so basically the golden state warriors lol but in roids.
“We’re gonna take Mario Hezonja”
“But sir, there’s a kid who made 138 points”
“I don’t care”
We’ll take the horse
@@Romanus- under-rated comment!
@@BEAUTYnIQ lol I truly miss game of zones. Idk why they cancelled it. They could have charged for it or put it on ESPN+ and ppl would have paid. Weird decision to not keep it going IMO
@@Romanus- fr
The powers that be have an agenda and he does not fit the bill one way or another.
For those wondering how this happened, the coach went wild and implemented a strategy that we all secretly wondered what it would look like, but he actually did it.
Basically every person played man to man defense full court and when a pass was made they would double team the person about to catch the ball. Then on offense they had something like 5 seconds or less to shoot a 3 pointer, or find an open 3 point shooter. And this did this apparently every game the entire season.
Extra info:
This play style was extremely rough and wore out the players fast so each player wouldn't play more then 20 minutes per game, however the coach made an exception for Jack when he would get hot from 3.
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Went to high-school with him. He is back in our home town. Crazy to see him on here
Maybe his ancestors were cursed?
@@olaoye bro get off the internet it’s melting ur brain.
And then everyone clapped
This a joke so no get mad >:(
@Max Power 🤣🤣🤣
Is this Grinnell Iowa?
I don't think one can "step away" from a game that makes it painfully clear it doesn't want you.
“I don’t wanna be defined by my 138 point game”
Aka
“No one wanted me so I’m giving up on my dream”
@@danny4081 kinda sad if you think about it
@@justafriend4215 his choice to give up. He coulda kept going
@@danny4081 how? No one wanted him lol
@@sasquatch8268 grind and get better until someone wants him. They didn’t want him where he was at but you can always improve
Bro definitely did not want his teammates to shoot 💀
"I don't want to be defined by my 138 point game"
*loops*
"JACK TAYLOR SCORED 138 POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME"
You could score 538 points at grinnel and the nba still won’t want you. They play a very specific style
I don't get it ngl
@@Bird.Lover6000 Grinnel plays in a way that basically just skips on defense. Their entire strategy is to sink threes all game so they'd often have 100, 110, 120+ point games.
I thought it was because he scored 138 points while his team scored zero. There’s no way that everyone on the college team wasn’t good enough to score 1 pont
@@zetsu4212 I’m sure that played a part in it but grinnel is also a division III school where the offense is predicated entirely on shooting as many 3s as possible, even if it means sacrificing layups at times. Not to mention the difference in the level of competition between DIII and the NBA. And with the emphasis on efficiency in todays NBA, you’re going to have to be a one in a million athlete to have a chance if you play in a system that is based solely on volume
I was thinking because he was the wrong color that's why the NBA didn't want him.
Nah man this guy should’ve kept on the grind I think by leaving, his life is now defined by that 138 pts
They were never gonna take him too short
Thinking the same thing
@@hopelove897 its not about the nba taking him or not but now he's gonna be known as the person who scored 138 points in a game. Shoulda just kept grinding and maybe found a different league
@@T2Truly Might just gotten tired of it for a while, getting shot down while your high in the air like that has to hurt.
@@dontask3033 I didn't actually think of that. Probably the case
27-71 man missed 50 shots that’s probably why they looked passed him
That's 38% from three😂 not too bad
@@frankzamlen1327 it is wen u shoot that many buh if u shoot like 7 and miss 4 its different😂
@@darealdeshaun2468 it Definitely feels different😂
Imagine curry shooting this much in single NBA game he will probably broke wilt Chamberlain record 😆😆
@@sjpmagar5800 Curry plays at the highest level possible it’s easier to score 100+ points against bums then against nba 🥷🏽’s
He's literally defined by his 138 point game.
He’s trying not to be , so quit bringing it up
@@monree6065 Oh No! We’re all shaking, wha..what are you going to do?
@@jesseford4433 dude what 😂 I’m not trying to be scary at all. Lmfao
@@jesseford4433 bruh how insecure are you
@@tristanbunke1228 literally
I'm just saying, I believe the game left him than him leaving it.
Because nobody wanted to draft him? Lol
@@All_Natural_Soda yeah, because nobody would draft him, simple. Having a hard time wrapping your pretty little head around it? Lol
@@rjb9999 bro stop
@@king_tetteh youre the smart one here
@@rjb9999 I wasn’t asking you lol. Nosey much, didn’t get enough attention as a kid? I was making sure that’s what he was referring to. Your obviously too unintelligent to comprehend that’s what I was doing. Belligerent and ignorant. You must have daddy issues lmao.
Dude had his whole team passing him the ball so he could score 138, but doesnt want to be defined by it.. 🤦🏽♂️
Lol!
Bro did good in a game once doesn’t mean that should define who he is
@@GangMember9000 sounds like an excuse for why he didnt make it in the NBA, overseas, etc.
"i DoNt wAnNa LeT oNe GaMe DeFiNe Me"
Yea ok bud, you couldn't cut it.. Its okay.
@@jasonmcmillian8417 sometimes the NBA can be weird about recruiting. Some of the best in the NBA were at one point denied to join by recruiters but still found a way to play
@@jasonmcmillian8417 Like you could buddy.
"Stepped away from the game" like he had a choice in the matter lol
Fr 😂 the league don’t want you, overseas don’t want you, and you can’t go back to college so what is he supposed to do 😂
This guy gets it
@@noaheadie503 g league
@@sagemn7376 you have to actual have some skill to even make it in the g league, or else you and me would be there.
@@noaheadie503so you’re telling me the guy who scored 138 and 109 points in a single basketball game doesn’t have skill?
I would love to be defined by a 138 point game 😂
Ans have Kobe impressed by you
Or four touchdowns in a game.
Man acting like he chose to walk. He literally never even had a career to walk away from.
I didn't even dignify the league by entering the draft.
🤣
Exactly! He said “I walked away cause I didn’t want that game to define me…” nall G, you walked away cause *NOBODY* wanted you! They knew you weren’t actually a basketball player! They seen through all of the media hype and bs!
Why didn't anyone want him?
@@Mosaic_Mind idk his stats, but also he was only 5'10 which is very short for a basketball player.
I mean if not a single team accept him, there's gotta be a huge reason.
Probably because he's not a good team player, but what do I know
His height. His height man 🤦♂️
Defense. He can't or wont play defense
Just look up how that team plays lol
This kid is the definition of "you aren't getting the ball back."
Fucking legend, even after 2 let downs he’s still logical and sensible, he’s worth a lot and he know it
Stop swearing or I’ll report this.
@@danreyes736 does your mother know you have the phone?
@@regret7548 yup your mom knows
@@danreyes736 u a lil kid get off TH-cam and do your homework
@@Fiat_Multipla69 only after you finally start wiping after going to the bathroom.
That's the thing. What are his other stats like rebounds,assists,steals,etc. Probably a NBA coach would think that if you gonna take that many shots in a game, I would have 11 unhappy pro ballers (or a lost locker room)
that’s why you play to the coaches style ? or maybe the coach has a playbook where the players can follow it for a more organized style of play and OUUU then he could learn those plays and then be apart of the team in anyway the coach needs, like spot up shooting maybe ? spacing the floor ? idk juss a thought for change
Who wants a dude that definitely doesn't pass the ball
oh yeah makes sense, he definitely will never pass considering he left the game bc he didn’t want to be defined by his high scoring games, and somebody even said the way his school played was they played tight defense and tried to score as soon as possible your ONLY scoring that much if you have the best shot onna team, i can 99.99% guarantee he’d pass the ball lmao, he doesn’t play to score, he played bc he loved the game, you have to mesh into a coach’s play style and if it requires you to pass the ball they’d pass the ball, if he wanted to play and a team drafted him whether it’s here or overseas he’d be playing to whatever the coach’s play style was
@@kevinedmunds7745 basicly, having a sniper. Would you put your money on a sniper or some jackass with a rock? If he do good, he is good.
@@SpaceRanger187 idk never heard of him but could of been by design? Like everyone could agree let this guy just score for us. Other wise he would got benched right? Anyways that many points is insane and has the potential to be at least a scorer off the bench. But I'm assuming the real reason he didn't go pro is cause his defense was trash and handles were just average
Aaaaaaand now he will forever be remembered in the Guinness book of world records for one ☝️ thing.
That's how you stay humbled. Amen Taylor
This story is incredibly sad.
Bro, people don't understand how near to impossible a 138 point game is. A 20-50 point game is tiring asf especially in College where u meet physical and tall players, but this dude almost tripled it. When you really let it sink in, 138 is insane even in college. I bet some NBA players can't score that much against a College Team.
Bruh Durant would score 500
The college cherry picks. They choose one player to not play defense and that player just is the outlet and shoots a three.
I'll break it within the next 3 years, remember my name, Risko
Its a D3 school, didn't play defense, and 5'7 so competition is different, playing in a system, and way under sized.
Lol you should really read the comments of people who actually know the team and watch the game. They specifically designed it so that he could break a record. He sat on the 3 point line(no defense) and was passed the ball at every opportunity. Man literally took 71 threes.
His 138 points came off 71 three point attempts, he made only 29 of them. He took a 108 shots, made 52 of them. The rest of his teammates combined took 20-25 shots. Plenty of star potential kids could do this if their team just lets them hog the ball and shoot every single shot. There was a kid on the other team named David Larson, he scored 70 points on 34/44 shooting.
34 of 44 is amazing.
@@jjjordan3881 and 29/71 is pretty bad that’s why he wasn’t drafted
@@born2drum1 just 27/71
The school he played against shut down.
Dude literally blasted an entire school into another galaxy.
Junior would approve
This guy had the makings of a varsity athlete
Tony would never 😂😂
Hi Jack, bye Jack....
He decided to step away from the game? I think that decision was made for him
What a shame. I'd of loved to see him working in the NBA
Just look up how that team plays and what they did to specifically get him a record
"is that jack?"
"Oh you mean the guy who scored 138 points?"
Imagine not wanting to be defined by your game and then as a result being defined by that game.
38% from 3 and 48% from the field isn't horrible, but the amount of shots he put up in that game tells you the other team was absolutely trash which is why it wasn't Elite Point Scoring that made him that record.
So I got curious and found a reddit comment I'll quote here:
''I'm watching this game right now. This is the most despicable display I think I have ever seen in sports.
Right from the top, the game announcer says that the team is going to try to get a scoring record in this game for Jack Taylor.
Grinnell intentionally scheduled a horribly over-matched team for the express purpose of trying to break records against them.
Grinnell routinely passes up open layups so they can pass the ball to Taylor
Taylor basically never crosses halfcourt, just waiting at the offensive end for his next chance to score
Once Faith Baptist gets into the bonus, Grinnell routinely subs in the end of their bench to intentionally foul so that they can get the ball back for Taylor for more points. This is when they are up 50+ points in the first half.
Grinnell set the opponent on "easy," passed it to one guy the whole game, and had him score as many as he could. An video game tactic in real life, against a real opponent. Very mature.
If I'm a player on Faith Baptist, there is no way I make it through the game without getting myself ejected for something. I got angry just watching that garbage.''
No wonder this dude didn't get picked up if his crowning achievement was that pre-planned.
@@Immor7alBG Idk who made that comment but just based on the film I watched it’s still impressive. Almost every shot was fully contested and sometimes he was double teamed. I think his downfall might’ve just been his size and lack of athleticism to compensate. His jumper is good tho
Thinking the teams that passed up on him.......they knew something we didn't!
He wouldn’t have say that if he got picked in the drafts tho….he definitely is defined by his 138 point game.
Why didn't anyone want him?
@@GD6345. mainly because of his lack of knowledge of what the NBA defines as "real playbooks" his college uses a playbook that the NBA teams don't approve of.
@@DragonSt3alth be able to put up 138 he must of had some use
He must of been able to learn nba play or am I missing something?
@@GD6345. I agree with you, there is a taboo sort of thing about teams taking people from places that play like they do, one major issue is the fact that the playbook wears down players physically and they have injury problems within a few years, they also don't usually have the stamina to play more than 20mins a game.
@@GD6345. because he was not NBA level talent. he wasn't even NCAA D2 talent. in this 138 pt game he never came out. his 29 other teammates rotated a new 4 every dead ball. they turned down wide open layups to pass back out to Jack. this happened multiple times. Jack barely crossed half court to play defense the entire game. on top of all that they played a 7 man roster bible college where future pastors just wanted to have fun and play competitive basketball. Jack's team doesn't do this every game. they specifically targeted this school so they could try and break a record. their system is specifically designed to bring notoriety and that's it. it's not impressive, it's offensive to the sport and I'm glad his career wasn't boosted by this shit show of a program.
Bro doesn’t wanna be defined by the best thing he’s done in his life cold
I am pretty sure leaving the game would make you more defined as the “138 point guy “ even more
He doesn't really have a choice lmao
They didn't want him, they aren't gonna change their mind the year later
If you don't get drafted, it's kinda over, that's why I hate most of the US sports
Hard to get a second chance
27-71 from three YIKES still 38 percent but damn
A shit ton of shot but 38 percent is pretty damn good
@@bostinobaddog2040 38% is not pretty damn good for a 3pt percentage
@@samrogers1055 for a d3 college player? Average in the damn nba is like what 34%?
@@bostinobaddog2040 40% is average for a good high school 3pt shooter
@@bostinobaddog2040 the 3pt numbers don’t really scale up by age once you get to a certain age
This reminds me of a quotes from a book in school: “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents”
Nothin wrong with being proud of yourself
You should take pride in your talents, it’s important for confidence
@@tdot415 yeah I l know that, but the deeper meaning behind the quotes is people don’t want to live their entire life being defined by what their best at.
@@mattzy6912 I understand this quote.
A famous quote by one of his teammates during that historic performance..."dude, I'm open"!
Lolol, found a comment on Reddit that was written 9 years ago. Anyone who thinks this 138 point game is anywhere near legit, anyone who is genuinely surprised or shocked that he went undrafted, this one is for you 😂😂😂😂
I'm watching this game right now. This is the most despicable display I think I have ever seen in sports.
Right from the top, the game announcer says that the team is going to try to get a scoring record in this game for Jack Taylor.
Grinnell intentionally scheduled a horribly over-matched team for the express purpose of trying to break records against them.
Grinnell routinely passes up open layups so they can pass the ball to Taylor
Taylor basically never crosses halfcourt, just waiting at the offensive end for his next chance to score
Once Faith Baptist gets into the bonus, Grinnell routinely subs in the end of their bench to intentionally foul so that they can get the ball back for Taylor for more points. This is when they are up 50+ points in the first half.
Grinnell set the opponent on "easy," passed it to one guy the whole game, and had him score as many as he could. An video game tactic in real life, against a real opponent. Very mature.
If I'm a player on Faith Baptist, there is no way I make it through the game without getting myself ejected for something. I got angry just watching that garbage.
Thank you!! I was trying to find the explanation to this.
Sounds like bs
Exactly, getting 2 amazing games in like a D3?? School ain't gonna get u into the NBA
I would of liked to see him get a chance at least. 5 day contract for the practice squad for example. But eh.
"the most unbreakable record ever"
*Meanwhile that guy in Sweden who scored 278 points*
Well that’s in Sweden the competition there isn’t close to what it is here. But it definitely means that guy needs to get over here n play for real tho lol
@@jeremytaft8247 You're literally going against what Kobe said when he didn't care what level Jack did it at.
And it's actually 272 points by a 13 year old in a regional tournament in 1974. Still insane no matter what level with the strain scoring that much would be.
^
@@jeremytaft8247 You would not be able to score 272 points in a game against elementary kids who ball.
Kinda sad how he put in all that hard work for no one to even care or notice and spend the rest of his days living a normal life
They probably said he should start his own team and be the 1 man show
I know him personally, real standup guy. Went to my church for years.
Yeah me too he’s my uncle
No way!!!!
I just saw my dad!
@@samuelvillegas7635 see you at the family reunion Samuel!
I’m happy he’s moved on and accepted the ‘rejection’ from idiots and has found his own place and peace.
He didn’t “leave the game of basketball. The game left him.
Damn y’all mad you never scored 38 points let alone 138 lol
Does anyone actually know how this happened? Grinnell College hired a coach to get them back to the top, he made a system to score at will, have players cherry picking instead of playing defense, and give up a layup if u can get the ball down court quickly. One game, Jack Taylor started well and at halftime they realised it was a special night and he could do something there. So they fed him the ball and he scored 138.
If I can create a team i will accept this guy 🥺
The word teammates is not on this man's vocabulary 😂
“He decided he wanted to step away from the game”
Nah no one wanted him, he didn’t really have a choice lol
He decided to be like Guile. He went home to be a family man. Respect
Well, to score 138 there must have been a strategy for the team to make him a priority scorer.
He may be great at it but no one can beperfect so he'll obviously have his drawbacks.
Including his smaller build and shorter height, he won't be excelling at what he does best in the NBA. Plus, you can't expect him to be scoring as much as he does at the lower levels. Even if he scores higher than the average high scorers(which is highly doubtful), it'll be a 4.6 vs 5 when it comes to other aspects. He would just get bodied by most teams and will probably get guarded by better defenders. So him not getting picked is a logical choice in most cases.
He had the ultimate green light
"He wanted to step away from the game". My dude, he wasn't in the game bc everyone passed him up lmao.
The kaepernick excuse
Making 105 attempts is more crazy lol. Did he pay his team to pass to only him the whole game or was his dad the coach?
Nah the craziest stat is he took 71 threes, that would break the nba record for an entire team. Also the fact that he shot under 50% from the field and under 40% from three. Kobe would be so proud.
No the coach said at the beginning of the game. Jacks the only one to shoot. You rebound and pass it back to Jack. Point was the publicity to the school so the coach could sell his book.
Just want to say thank you for bringing great content 😎
NBA teams are too obsessed with physical attributes. Talent is talent
If he was 6’5 he’d be in the NBA
“Decided to step away from the game”
Aka, nobody wanted him.
the reason no NBA team wanted him is because he was scoring all by himself
You make it sound like he was a ball hog but that was literally his team strategy his coach made the strategy
Is that the real reason?
It's bc he's short. Being a pro in basketball means you gotta be lucky with genetics and if youre over 6 5 you already got scouts looking at you
@@DarkPulsaterLiteGear he didn't say anything about him being a ball hog the fact is this strategy wouldn't work in the NBA
@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord They didn’t say anything about strategy they mention Soli that NBA didn’t want him because scored all by himself but it’s not a criticism of the strategy because they don’t mention the strategy
You have to put in perspective that if an individual scores 80 in high school varsity that’s insane but to score 138 points on college level that’s just mind blowing
You'll be remembered as the guy who went no where...even with a 138 point game.
This is what humbleness gets you! 🔥
NBA teams - “ Damn 138 points!! I want him in my team”
Also NBA team - “Never mind I don’t want him, he aint got the height.”
& he's white
@@jarontanner3336 what's wrong with being white?
@@thevibegod9719 nothing I'm saying nba not gonna draft him b/c he's short & white
@@jarontanner3336 oh ok makes sense
Meanwhile Julian Newman can barely score and he’s going overseas
No he's not
You could score triple digits in Iowa Single A ball too. No competition out there.... at all.
Lies
Can’t believe he didn’t make pros
The NBA keeps a monopoly on who gets to score the most. It's all about the shoe deals and being able to use the pro to manipulate any fans that let them.
So that just means basketball isn't a sport anymore but a marketing business
@@The_1Engineer yea pretty much
@@The_1Engineer basically most sports
You guys don’t know jack shit
@@mw2kingk tell me since u know
No one wanted him because he obviously NOT a team player. He also probably didn't the whole package as a pro Basketball player. Maybe his defense sucked.
It's not about how many points your score, it's over all talent that gets you places.
yesss!!!!
Well his team mates didn’t have to pass to him I think he should have been given a chance But fast forward to 2021 and the NBA just tried to shut Labron down…..
He took 108 shots in a game. Was there anybody else playing on his team? Was the coach on the other team even double or triple team this guy?
I remember this game happening and the headlines, but I’m just going off of what I read in the comments. His other teammates took like 20-25 shots, and some other kid on the opposing team shot 34/44 and scored 70.
This kid shot something like 27/71 for 3s.
I guess the team took a very unorthodox style of play for years, and their entire strategy was full court man to man coverage, double team whoever got the ball, aggressively go for a steal, and either pass to the closest free guy at the 3pt line, or throw it up within the next few seconds. I read something like no player ever played more than 20 min a game because of how aggressive the play style.
They basically spent 90% of the game just getting steals and throwing them directly to this dude so he could put up a 3 as fast as possible 🤷🏻♂️
Yo, this guy is the Al Bundy of basketball. 4 touchdowns in a single game
I don't car what level your at. Imagine him playing with the SPLASH BROTHERS?
He would only make it off the bench when they're ahead by 20 with 1:00 left
his stats say that he wouldn’t be close to that level
Guy lives a farm away from my grandparents. Hope to catch him fishing nearby
Remember he didn't step away from the game. ( NOBODY WANTED HIM ) THERE'S A DIFFERENCE 🤦🏾♂️
He’s literally defined by that no matter what 🤣
To good for the teams I guess they didn’t want him overshadowing everyone
Or he’s just not a good player and anyone that puts up 108 shots is going to score that number of points? This nigga was playing 1 on 5 while NBA teams play 5 on 5. NBA is not D5 basketball, it’s the real deal.
@@UnemploymentScrub23 you just jealous because you can’t make any shots stfu
i’m not saying i don’t like him, but i’m just saying i think he went undrafted bc he wouldn’t pass and didn’t play defense
Exactly
@@BestGranny10 yeah if i’m being 💯 here i gotta say that i don’t rly like him, he’s overrated and prolly wasn’t playing a good team at the time and rly seems like he wouldn’t get along w ppl
Damn he must of been hogging the ball the whole game. Like what did everyone on his team score, 2 or Zero points. 😆
Actually it was a really high scoring game but he just dominated
@James Walker Not great I'm just saying that it was a high scoring game for both teams the defense was non existent.
Bro was the myplayer that didn't get drafted
"I don't want to be defined by my 138 point game" i.e. "I'm salty that I never got to play professionally but still want to look like the bigger person"
I think stepping away from the game and not bashing anybody is definitely him being the bigger person.
because he is
This doesn’t even make sense 😂. Didn’t say anything bad about the NBA just stepped away and somehow people will find a way to criticize you.
Absolutely, he couldn't stand it so he said "Nah I wasn't even interested in the first place"
Nice to see my recognition coming through 😂
His shooting wasn't that great though look how many shots he took
52/108 isn’t bad at all, almost 50 percent
@@peterpiper5256 27-71 from three tho even if it’s 38% it’s still shite
38% from 3 is more than respectable😂😂
@@Swandk u do know curry is 44% so he not far off
@@simpleidea1319 college 3 point line isn’t nba 3 point line. 38% isn’t great.
hes the professor now
lmao by stepping away from the game that’s all he’s going to be remembered for 🤣🤣
God bless u guys✝️🙏🏽✝️
No way everyone passed up on him
No nba team wants someone who doesn’t pass the ball.
Imagine being him now and trying to convince someone he scored 71 3’s
He didnt. He attempted 71, he scored 27.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Grinnell college, they run an insane offense. They only send 3 people down on defense and the other two Cherry pick. They throw up the first shot they get. They’re actually really fun to watch. After the first half the team realized how many points he had and just started feeding him.
I don’t want to be defined by my 138 point game.
Proceeds to quit basketball to live a normal life.
Makes sense the record will likely stay but otherwise he’ll be forgotten.
Boy I’m sure glad I learned why no team wanted him.