Mike Taylor (basketball)

Michael Rene Taylor (born January 21, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Zamalek of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He played college basketball for Chipola College and Iowa State.
College basketball.
Collegiately, Taylor played three seasons for Chipola College (NJCAA-FCCAA, 2004-05 to 2005-06) 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 2009-10 season with Serbian [[KK Crvena zvezda|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 Basketball|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 [[Scaligera Basket Verona|Tezenis Verona]]. He averaged 7,3 points and 4 rebounds over 4 games in the [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian League]]. In September 2011, he signed a one-year contract with [[Kavala B.C.|Kavala]]. He averaged 13.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2 assists over 22 games in the [[Greek Basket League|Greek]] championship for them.
On July 9, 2012, Taylor signed with [[ČEZ Basketball Nymburk|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 SC (Benghazi, basketball)|Al-Nasr Benghazi]] from Libya in the [[2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments]]. In February 2020, Taylor signed with [[Zamalek (basketball)|Zamalek]] of Egypt to play in the BAL and the remainder of the 2019–20 [[Egyptian Basketball Super League|Super League]].
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