[6] Graduating from Santa Barbara in 2004, she was one of the highly regarded rookies for the 2004 WNBA draft and was chosen by the Houston Comets and later traded to the Phoenix Mercury.

In total Taylor signed with four WNBA teams: the Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm (twice)[7][8] and the Washington Mystics.

In addition to her WNBA career, Taylor enjoyed great success playing overseas in Europe and Asia, especially in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA).

[10] Her grandmother, Helen Taylor (died September 2006), regularly wrote articles on the internet about Lindsay during her time playing for the UCSB Gauchos.

[3] Taylor later became famous during her NCAA career at UC Santa Barbara, playing center for the women's basketball team.

After initially redshirting her first year (1999–2000) Taylor played center for the women's basketball team UC Santa Barbara Gaucho.

The Gauchos upset Colorado and Houston to get to the NCAA Sweet 16 until losing to defending champion Connecticut, which had fellow WNBA teammate Diana Taurasi.

She only needed 500 points to break the school's highest-ever career scoring record, held by Kristi Rohr.

[15] Later on December 16 she led all Gaucho players with a game high 23 points, grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and also matching her personal best of six blocked shots.

Her collegiate career held many distinctions at the time, such as the all-time leader in points: 1,755, most blocked shots: 242, and field goal percentage: 55.8%, in UC Santa Barbara history.

She expressed admiration for Lauren Jackson, said she could learn from her, and Taylor also looked forward to the training she could expect to receive from Donovan.

An Achilles tendinitis in her right ankle had prevented Taylor from taking full advantage of her invitation to training camp.

She missed an exhibition finale against the Minnesota Lynx and spent several other games on the injured list because of her tendinitis in her foot.

[19] During her time in the Polish Women's League, Taylor expressed her desire to return and compete in the WNBA, and on April 17, 2008, she signed a training camp contract with the Washington Mystics[20] Taylor's selection on the team was considered unusual for a team noted for its average-sized post players and fast-paced style of play and gave the Mystics a completely different look.

She enjoyed great success playing overseas in Europe and Asia, especially in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA).

[9] and the Polish Women's League, where she was known by the sobriquet Lindska[24] and achieved a level of recognition comparable to that of Lisa Leslie in the WNBA,[10] Taylor won a silver medal as a member of the United States 2003 Pan American Games basketball team with fellow Guacho, Kristen Mann when they played off in the Dominican Republic against the home team.

She was considered the best player in the game and her finest effort in the tournament was six-point, four-rebound performance in quarterfinal victory over their hosts the Dominicans.

[5] Taylor spent the WNBA 2005–06 offseason in Turkey, where she averaged 16.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game for her new team, the Botașspor Adana (or Botaș as it was known for short).

The following month Taylor's team beat Galatasaray in its home gym in Istanbul, and which included four WNBA players: Loree Moore, Nikki Teasley, Tangela Smith and Chantelle Anderson.

Taylor spent the passing time recovering and resting until on September 7, 2007, she signed a contract with the Polish Women's League.

Taylor's losing streak continued when Energa Toruń lost the November 3 game against KSSSE AZS PWSZ.

Taylor was the foremost contributor in the game and played a major factor in securing Energa Toruń the victory.

[10] Taylor's dominating performance on the court and large contribution of points had all but enabled Energa Toruń to win the game.

[10][28] For her performance against Arcus SMS Taylor received the title of the Most Valuable Player of round 11 of the Ford Germaz Class of the Polish Women's League.

Energa Toruń won the match in a surprise upset over TS Wisła Can Pack Kraków with 73–68 points.

After winning CCC in a best of five series, Gorzów advanced to the Championship finals but narrowly lost against Lotos PKO BP and emerged as the runners-up.

Her former team was based in Guri just east of Seoul, South Korea and after two relocations, moved to Busan in 2019; one American teammate is Devereaux Peters, a Notre Dame 2012 graduate and later a Minnesota Lynx.

She also received potential doubts raised over her ability to be an effective center; the Washington Post criticized her and commented that she "cannot control her size" and that she often ended up "blocking her own players" in practice.

It also felt, she had not been an effective dominating force at UC Santa Barbara despite her great height and facing what it considered relatively weak Big West competition.

She has found shopping and the facilities of countries like Poland, such as toilets and baths, bothersome because they are not adequately suited for her height but did not experience the same problem in the US.