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Don't sleep on versatile forward Taurean Prince, who is also headed to Cleveland.
Offensively, he tends to be a streaky chucker. He is a very long and agile athlete who basically played as a "poor man's Kevin Durant" last season as KD recovered from his achilles surgery.
He really makes his money with his high energy, switching defense.
After his parents divorced, Prince moved with his father, Anthony Prince, to San Angelo. Anthony said they lived in his mother’s house until she died.
Unable to keep up payments for the house, Anthony said they were homeless for about a month until he could save for a house.
“We lived at the Salvation Army,” Taurean said. “I was there with my father trying to make things work. We were trying to find different situations to better the one we were in. It made me and my father have a strong connection.”
Without a car, Anthony Prince walked Taurean two miles to a bus stop every morning so he could go to school. Through it all, he managed to stay positive and lift his father’s spirits.
“One day we were walking from the Salvation Army to the bus stop and I was depressed and embarrassed,” Anthony said. “I asked him how he can be so upbeat with what we’re going through.
“He said, ‘If I try my hardest, it’s the best I can do.’ He was always striving to be better. I said, ‘If you keep working, someday things are going to work out.’ ”
Offensively, he tends to be a streaky chucker. He is a very long and agile athlete who basically played as a "poor man's Kevin Durant" last season as KD recovered from his achilles surgery.
He really makes his money with his high energy, switching defense.
After his parents divorced, Prince moved with his father, Anthony Prince, to San Angelo. Anthony said they lived in his mother’s house until she died.
Unable to keep up payments for the house, Anthony said they were homeless for about a month until he could save for a house.
“We lived at the Salvation Army,” Taurean said. “I was there with my father trying to make things work. We were trying to find different situations to better the one we were in. It made me and my father have a strong connection.”
Without a car, Anthony Prince walked Taurean two miles to a bus stop every morning so he could go to school. Through it all, he managed to stay positive and lift his father’s spirits.
“One day we were walking from the Salvation Army to the bus stop and I was depressed and embarrassed,” Anthony said. “I asked him how he can be so upbeat with what we’re going through.
“He said, ‘If I try my hardest, it’s the best I can do.’ He was always striving to be better. I said, ‘If you keep working, someday things are going to work out.’ ”
