Jay-R Taganas

{{Short description|Filipino basketball player (born 1987)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}

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| name = Jay-R Taganas

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| position = Power forward / Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

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| number = 3

| team = Pangasinan Abono Reapers

| league = MPBL / PSL

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|1}}

| birth_place = San Mateo, Isabela, Philippines

| nationality = Filipino

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| college = San Beda

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| career_start =

| years1 = 2015–2016

| team1 = Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants

| years2 = 2018–2020

| team2 = Bulacan Kuyas

| years3 = 2021

| team3 = Basilan Peace Riders / Jumbo Plastic

| years4 = 2022–2023

| team4 = Nueva Ecija Capitals / Rice Vanguards

| years5 = 2024–present

| team5 = Pangasinan Heatwaves / Abono Reapers

| highlights =

• MPBL champion (2022)
• 2× MPBL All-Star (2019, 2020)
• 3× MPBL Sportsmanship award (2019, 2022, 2023)
• FilBasket champion (Summer 2022)
• PBA D-League champion (2011 Foundation)
• 3× NCAA Philippines champion (2006–2008)

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Jay-R Taganas (born September 1, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Pangasinan Heatwaves franchise of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and Pilipinas Super League (PSL).

In his college career, Taganas played for San Beda College and has played in stints in the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL) and the PBA D-League.{{Cite web |last=Terrado |first=Reuben |date=2014-12-04 |title=Maynilad employee Jay-R Taganas in D-League comeback as he pursues shelved PBA dream |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/d-league/jay-r-taganas-ama-basketball-san-beda-nlex-pba-d-league-aspirants-cup |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}} In 2011, he won a PBA D-League title with the NLEX Road Warriors, and from 2015 to 2016, he was part of the Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants team that won back-to-back PCBL championships.{{Cite web |last=Agcaoili |first=Lance |date=2018-08-15 |title=Multi-titled D-League vet Taganas insists Che'Lu can complete job |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/d-league/jay-r-taganas-che-lu-d-league-go-for-gold-foundation-cup-a2522-20180815 |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

In 2018, he joined the Bulacan Kuyas of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League in its inaugural season,{{Cite web |last=Terrado |first=Reuben |date=2018-06-05 |title=Bulacan Kuyas bolster core with Canada and Co. in bid to atone for MPBL playoff letdown |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/bulacan-kuyas-look-to-improve-last-years-performance-mpbl |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}} where he earned two all-star selections before moving to the Basilan Peace Riders of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup,{{Cite web |last=Leongson |first=Randolph B. |date=2021-04-04 |title=Baloria, Taganas, Bitoon, Mabulac, Siruma beef up Basilan for VisMin Cup |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/basilan-beefs-up-roster-ahead-of-maiden-vismin-cup-season-a2437-20210404 |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}} which itself returned to the MPBL as part of the 2021 MPBL Invitational. In 2022, he would move to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise where he won two championships, one in FilBasket and one in the MPBL. In 2024, Jay-R joined the expansion Pangasinan Heatwaves.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-01 |title=MPBL: Pangasinan, Abra eye impact; Tarlac keeps buildup under wraps |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/04/01/2344492/mpbl-pangasinan-abra-eye-impact-tarlac-keeps-buildup-under-wraps |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Philstar.com}} Taganas also won the MPBL Sportsmanship award three times.