Mike Taylor (basketball player)

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Mike Taylor
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Taylor playing for Turów Zgorzelec in 2014
Personal information
Born (1986-01-21) January 21, 1986 (age 38)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school John Marshall
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
College
NBA draft 2008: 2nd round, 55th overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career2007–2020
Position Point guard
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
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

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

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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. [1]

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. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4]

Europe

Taylor signed a contract until the end of the 2009–2010 season with Serbian Crvena zvezda on November 20, 2009. [5] 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. [6]

After playing with the Iowa Energy, he signed with the Italian team Tezenis Verona. [7] 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. [8] He averaged 13.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2 assists over 22 games in the Greek championship for them.[ citation needed ]

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." [9] [10] He left Nymburk in January 2013.[ citation needed ]

Return to America

On January 30, 2013, Taylor was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders. [11]

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. [12]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008–09 L.A. Clippers 51515.1.412.325.6911.72.1.7.05.7
Career51515.1.412.325.6911.72.1.7.05.7

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References

  1. ↑ Arrests lead Iowa State to dismiss top scorer Taylor
  2. ↑ DraftExpress NBA Draft prospect profile
  3. ↑ Clippers sign DeAndre Jordan, Mike Taylor
  4. ↑ Perrin, Steve (July 31, 2009). "Mike Taylor Waived by the Clippers". Clips Nation. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ Red Star sign Mike Taylor (in Serbian) Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Mike Taylor leaves Crvena Zvezda". Sportando. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Mike Taylor moves to Tezenis Verona". Sportando. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Kavala tabs Mike Taylor". Sportando. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  9. ↑ Carchia, Emiliano. "CEZ Nymburk signs Michael Taylor". Sportando. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  10. ↑ "CEZ Nymburk tabs playmaker Taylor". Euroleague . Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  11. ↑ D-Fenders Acquire Morris Almond and Mike Taylor
  12. ↑ "Michael Taylor signs with Zamalek". February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
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