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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-02-sp-prince2-story.html JUNE 2, 2006 12 AM PT BY JERRY CROWE - TIMES STAFF WRITER MIAMI — Never mind the Olive Oyl physique. Tayshaun Prince, the pride of Compton’s Dominguez High if not Muscle & Fitness magazine, is one of the NBA’s most durable and dependable players. The spindly, freckle-faced Detroit Pistons forward was the Prince of the Palace on Wednesday night in scoring a playoff career-high 29 points that kept the Pistons alive against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. Prince has not sat out a game because of injury or illness for as far back as he can remember. After his rookie season three years ago, he has played in all 82 regular-season games for three seasons, as well as all of the Pistons’ 65 playoff games during that time. In this year’s playoffs, no other Piston has played more minutes than Prince, who spends nearly 42 minutes a game on the floor, averages 16.8 points and often is assigned to guard t...

https://www.uky.edu/Alumni/web/2016/magazine/TayshaunPrince.pdf By Robin Roenker - SPRING 2016  You don’t get to be a 13-year NBA veteran, much less the owner of both an NBA championship ring and an Olympic Gold Medal , without raw, unquestionable talent.  And while Tayshaun Prince’s talent is undeniable — his celebrated court awareness and 7-foot-2 wingspan make him play much taller than his lanky, 6-foot-9 build — there’s something else, too, behind his long, enviable basketball career.  Call it humility. Call it intellect. Call it integrity. Call it determination or love of the game — or all of the above. The package that Tayshaun Prince brings to the court is something special.  “As a kid I just set the bar to get to the NBA,” Prince, 35, said by phone after a practice with his team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, earlier this season. “I didn’t have the goal of, ‘I want to do this or that.’ I just wanted to get to the NBA. And when I got here, my main focus was j...