Tai Wynyard

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tai Wynyard
Occupation	New Zealand Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1998(1998-02-05)
Age	26
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Aquarius

Tai Wynyard Biography

Tai Wynyard is one of the most popular and richest New Zealand basketball player who was born on February 5, 1998 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Wynyard is the child of world-class woodchoppers Jason Wynyard and Karmyn Wynyard. His mother was also a college player basketball with the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves from 1992 until 1995. Her grandfather Pae Wynyard also was a winner of world championships at the sport and his uncles also competed.

After playing at the Super City Rangers’ first three games of the 2014 New Zealand NBL season, Wynyard traveled into in the United States to participate in the 2014 Jordan Brand Classic held on 18 April. The forward scored two points as well as took one rebound when Wynyard was out of the game in 11 minutes. After the incident the player returned home to New Zealand and re- joined the Rangers for a second time, playing six games with the club . He finished the season with an average in the range of 4.6 scores and 2.4 Rebounds per game.

On 16 December 2015, Wynyard departed Auckland and the New Zealand Breakers, moving to the United States to join the Kentucky Wildcats. He redshirted the 2015–16 season in order to retain four full years of college eligibility at Kentucky starting in 2016–17.

On 24 August 2015, Wynyard reacquired his development player spot with the New Zealand Breakers, maintaining a non-payment contract status in order to continue protecting his amateur status ahead of joining Kentucky in December

2015. On 3 October, Wynyard helped Rangitoto College win the 2015 Secondary Schools National Championships, as his performance earned him All-Tournament Team selection and MVP honours. On 16 November, he signed a National Letter of Intent with Kentucky, the last official act required before joining coach John Calipari’s squad in December.

On the 15th of July, 2014 Wynyard made history as the youngest Tall Black when he took the court in a match against South Korea in Wellington. Wynyard later fell short of making the final roster of this year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain and went on to coach in the Junior Tall Blacks in December at the 2014 Oceania Championships in Fiji.

Tai Wynyard Net Worth

Tai Wynyard is one of the richest New Zealand Basketball Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tai Wynyard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tai Hikuroa Wynyard (born 5 February 1998) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League (NBL). Prior to his move to Kentucky in December of 2015, Wynyard was a professional player in his country of birth with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL as well as the Super City Rangers of the New Zealand NBL. In April of 2018 Wynyard ended his time at Kentucky following a turbulent two- year period during which he was involved in a gun controversy. In 2019, he came back in New Zealand to play for the Southland Sharks.

On August 15, 2014. Wynyard was signed by the New Zealand Breakers as a non- contracted development player in order to maintain his amateur status as well as NCAA eligibility. Wynyard made his debut with the Breakers in only one game in the season 2014-15 on October 17th with one block and an assist within 44 seconds against Adelaide 36ers.

Born in Auckland, Wynyard attended Rangeview Intermediate School and then Rangitoto College where he helped the school’s basketball team win the Auckland premier championship in September 2014, recording 24 points and seven rebounds in the final over Auckland Grammar.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tai Wynyard height 6 ft 9 in Tai weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Tai Wynyard Dating?

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In May 2018, Wynyard transferred to Santa Clara to play for coach Herb Sendek. However, he ultimately opted to return to the NBL without playing a game for the Broncos.

Facts & Trivia

Tai Ranked on the list of most popular New Zealand basketball player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Tai Wynyard celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.

In September 2019, Wynyard signed with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian NBL as a development player for the 2019–20 season.