Quincy Davis (basketball)

Quincy Spencer Davis III (Chinese: 戴維斯; born 16 February 1983) is an American-born Taiwanese professional basketball player.

[1][2] He renounced his U.S. citizenship in June 2013 to naturalize in Taiwan so that he could play for the Chinese Taipei national team in international competition.

[2] The suggestion that Davis join the Chinese Taipei national team was first floated in January 2013 at the SBL 2012 MVP award ceremony.

At the time, Davis stated that he was open to the idea of naturalizing as a Republic of China citizen so he could represent Taiwan in international competition.

Furthermore, as Davis did not meet the ordinary residence requirements for naturalization and his case would thus be processed by special dispensation, Taiwan sports officials also had to lobby for the support of the Ministry of the Interior.

[14][15] Davis played with the Chinese Taipei team in an exhibition game against visiting National Basketball Association players from his former country on 29 June, scoring 25 points.

[16][17] He then represented the Chinese Taipei team in the 2013 William Jones Cup[15] and in the FIBA Championship 2013, where he scored an average of 14.7 points per game.

[18] Davis led the team to second place in the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup, scoring 19 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in the final game against Iran.