Yousef S. Taha (born July 8, 1988) is a Filipino-Palestinian professional basketball player for the

Blackwater Bossing The Blackwater Bossing is a professional basketball team owned by Ever Bilena, Inc. that is playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) beginning in the 2014–2015 season. The franchise began as one of the founding teams in the PB ...

of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA). He was selected 11th overall in the

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by the Air21 Express.

Professional career

In the middle of the 2012–13 Philippine Cup, Taha was traded from the Air21 to Ginebra. Then before the 2013 Governors' Cup, Taha was again traded, this time to the

GlobalPort Batang Pier The NorthPort Batang Pier is a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team that first played in the 2012–13 PBA season. The team took over the franchise of the Powerade Tigers in 2012 after it was sold to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Besides Nor ...

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, got him in a trade with the Batang Pier which gave them the Blaze Boosters' 5th overall pick in 2013 PBA draft In the middle of 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs which

San Miguel Beermen The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with the Magnolia Hotshots and Barangay Ginebra ...

is eliminated by Air21 Express, Taha was again traded to

in exchange for Justin Chua and he will make return in GlobalPort. On June 4, 2014 Taha was again traded by

San Mig Super Coffee Mixers The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc., San Miguel Food and Bever ...

in exchange for Yancy De Ocampo and Val Acuña. On November 28, 2016, Taha announced on a letter that he will be going back to his hometown country of Kuwait for personal reasons, thus ending his short career in the PBA. The leave was only for a short while, however, as he returned to the Philippines to play with the team again in 2017–18 PBA season. On November 29, 2017, exactly a year and a day after his "retirement", he officially signed a two-year contract with GlobalPort. On April 3, 2018, Taha, along with

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, was traded to the

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for Moala Tautuaa and two future draft picks. On February 19, 2021, he signed a one-year deal with the Alaska Aces. Exactly one year later, he signed a one-year extension with the team. On May 21, 2022, Taha was traded to the

for Kurt Lojera. Two days after, he signed a one-year extension with the team.

PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2021 season''
Real GM

Season-by-season averages

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Barangay Ginebra The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.), a subsidia ...

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taha, Yousef 1988 births Living people Air21 Express players Barako Bull Energy players Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players Centers (basketball) Filipino men's basketball players Filipino people of Palestinian descent NorthPort Batang Pier players Kuwaiti emigrants to the Philippines Mapúa Cardinals basketball players San Miguel Beermen players Magnolia Hotshots players Air21 Express draft picks Alaska Aces (PBA) players Blackwater Bossing players