Pacers guarantee Terry Taylor's 2022-23 contract

Second-year Pacers shooting guard Terry Taylor‘s $1,563,518 contract for the 2022-23 season has been fully guaranteed by Indiana, per Tony East of Forbes.

Taylor, now 22, went undrafted out of Austin Peay State University in 2021. He first latched on with Indiana on an Exhibit 10 deal during the 2021 offseason. The team waived him in October before inking him to a two-way contract. The 6-foot-5 wing was subsequently promoted to the team’s 15-man roster this spring, alongside two-way point guard Duane Washington.

Across 33 games in 2021-22, Taylor enjoyed a robust rookie season off the bench for a lottery-bound Pacers club. He averaged 9.6 PPG, 5.2 RPG, and 1.2 APG across 21.6 MPG. He connected on 61.4% of his 6.7 field goal looks and 70.6% of his 1.5 charity stripe attempts.

In 14 contests with the Pacers’ NBAGL affiliate club, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Taylor’s numbers were even more impressive. He averaged 18.9 PPG, 12.1 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.4 SPG and 1.0 BPG, while making 67.4% of his field goals and 77.3% of his free throws.