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Mike Taylor

Taylor playing for Turów Zgorzelec in 2014
Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1986-01-21) January 21, 1986 (age 38) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
High school	John Marshall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
College	Chipola College (2004–2006) Iowa State (2006–2007)
NBA Draft	2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 55th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career	2007–2020
Career history
2007–2008	Idaho Stampede
2008–2009	Los Angeles Clippers
2009–2010	Crvena zvezda
2011	Iowa Energy
2011	Tezenis Verona
2011–2012	Kavala
2012–2013	Nymburk
2013	Los Angeles D-Fenders
2014	Turów Zgorzelec
2014	Yeşilgiresun Belediye
2015	Rosa Radom
2015–2016	Al Mouttahed Tripoli
2016	Al-Gharafa
2017	Anyang KGC
2019	Zhuhai Wolf Warriors
2019	Al-Nasr Benghazi
2020	Zamalek
Career highlights and awards
Korean Basketball League champion (2017) Czech League champion (2013)

Michael Rene Taylor (born January 21, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Chipola College and Iowa State. First player in NBA history to be drafted from NBA D-League

College basketball

Collegiately, Taylor played three seasons for Chipola College (NJCAA-FCCAA, 2004–2005 to 2005–2006) and Iowa State University (2006–07), leading the latter team in scoring with 16.0 points per game. However, he was dismissed from the team in July 2007 after a series of brushes with the law.

Professional career

NBA

During 2007–08, he played for the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League, averaging 14.5 points per game in 39 games. Taylor was drafted 55th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the first player in NBA history to be drafted out of the D-League. Portland acquired the 55th pick, used to select Taylor, from the Phoenix Suns trade via the Indiana Pacers. However, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night in exchange for a future second-round draft pick, and signed with the team on July 15. On March 25, 2009, he scored an NBA career high 35 points at Madison Square Garden versus the New York Knicks. The Los Angeles Clippers waived Taylor on July 31, 2009.

Europe

Taylor signed a contract until the end of the 2009–2010 season with Serbian Crvena zvezda on November 20, 2009. He was brought to serve as a replacement for Maurice Bailey, who was released. Following the injury in the last team's Eurocup game of the season, on March 13, 2012, Taylor and Red Star Belgrade reached an agreement to part ways, mainly due to the financial problems the club was facing.

After playing with the Iowa Energy, he signed with the Italian team Tezenis Verona. He averaged 7,3 points and 4 rebounds over 4 games in the Italian League. In September 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Kavala. He averaged 13.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2 assists over 22 games in the Greek championship for them.

On July 9, 2012, Taylor signed with Nymburk for one season. Nymburk's head coach was very excited with the new arrival and he said: "Mike is a young, talented player.. an excellent point guard, but can also play shooting guard.. a great defender and a very good athlete." He left Nymburk in January 2013.

Return to America

On January 30, 2013, Taylor was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders.

BAL

In October 2019, Taylor played with Al-Nasr Benghazi from Libya in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments. In February 2020, Taylor signed with Zamalek of Egypt to play in the BAL and the remainder of the 2019–20 Super League.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

See also

In Spanish: Mike Taylor para niños