[1] Taylor played basketball with his older brother, Kerek, in their garage in the backyard of their home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Their father, Kenneth, kept the garage pitch black so the brothers would learn to dribble without seeing the ball.
[2] He attended North Community High School where he played basketball, football and tennis.
Taylor was an honorable mention all-conference pick as a junior with the Wisconsin Badgers, when he averaged 14.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
After struggling late in the season, he improved his diet and entered his senior year more muscular.
He later left Keravnos after 2 games and joined Guerreros de Bogotá for the 2011 Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano season.