Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones
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| No. 5 – Valmiera Glass ViA | |
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| Position | Small forward |
| League | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League European North Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 5 January 2001 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St Patrick's College (Wellington, New Zealand) |
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| NBA draft | 2025: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019 | Wellington Saints |
| 2025–present | Valmiera Glass VIA |
| Career highlights | |
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Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (born 5 January 2001) is a New Zealand basketball player. He plays for Valmiera Glass VIA of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and European North Basketball League. He played college basketball for the UC San Diego Tritons and the Hawaii–Hilo Vulcans. He previously played for the Wellington Saints of the NBL.
Tait-Jones attended St Patrick's College in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] After graduating, Tait-Jones played for the Wellington Saints for a season, before committing to play college basketball in the United States at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.[2] After three seasons with Hawaii–Hilo, he transferred to the University of California, San Diego.[3] In his second season with the Tritons, he was named the Big West Player of the Year and selected in the 2024-25 All Big West First Team.[4][5][6]
Professional career
On June 27, 2025, after going undrafted in the 2025 NBA draft, Tait-Jones signed an NBA Summer league contract with the Toronto Raptors.[7] On August 26, 2025, he signed a contract with Valmiera Glass VIA in Latvia.[8]
