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Mike Taylor
	Taylor playing for Turów Zgorzelec in 2014
Personal information
Born	January 21, 1986 (age 38); Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school	John Marshall; (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
College	Chipola College (2004–2006); Iowa State (2006–2007);
NBA draft	2008: 2nd round, 55th overall pick
	Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	2007–2020
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
	Korean Basketball League champion (2017); Czech League champion (2013);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

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.^[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
GP	Games 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