Lindsay Taylor

Lindsay Corine Taylor (born May 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player and a former college player who has played in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA), Turkish Womens Basketball League, Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB), the WKBL, Polish Womens League, and the Womens Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). Currently she plays in Angolas women basketball league, for Primeiro de Agosto.In the WNBA Taylor has played for four teams: the Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm (twice) and the Washington Mystics. The last two of her terms in the WNBA were brief, with the second lasting only a week. In contrast to her short tenures in the WNBA, Taylor has enjoyed far greater success in Europe and Asia, especially in the Polish Womens League, where she is known by her sobriquet Lindska and has achieved a level of recognition comparable to that of Lisa Leslie in the WNBA, and the Womens Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). Taylor finished her first season in the Polish Womens League with the highest number of points scored, and her overall evaluation was the highest in the league. She was also awarded Center of the Year and earned a place on the 1st Team, All-Imports Team and the All-Defensive Team.Standing 6 ft and 8 in (2.03 m) tall, Taylor is one of the tallest female athletes in the world. She was the tallest player in the history of UC Santa Barbara womens basketball program, and she is tied for the second tallest player to ever to play in the WNBA. Taylor had quipped that because of her larger stature then other players she has what she describes a birds eye view of everything on the court. Literally she can see over other players.Taylor has received mixed criticism and praise. She has received criticism and potential doubts raised over her ability to be an effective center; the Washington Post criticised her and commented that she cannot control her size and that she often ends up blocking her own players in practice. In its Analysis of the prospected centers in the 2004 WNBA Draft, the Seattle Storm criticized Taylor scathing: As long as Taylor could tie her shoes and walk without tripping on her own feet, shed be a WNBA prospect. 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. Supporters however point out her fluid coordination, speed and versatile mobility as being above excellent for someone of her stature and build. Others have pointed out and praised her unlimited potential on the court, natural talent, fast learning and her passing of the ball to other team players, something almost rare for other players of her height, as contributions of her effectiveness as a player.

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