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Taylor is bidding to become the first D-League player selected in the NBA draft. Taylor was dismissed from the Iowa State team before his senior season last July, a few weeks after the 2007 draft. So the 6-1 point guard is draft-eligible this year, and he's coming off a D-League season in which he averaged 14.5 points (on 48.2 percent shooting) and 4.3 assists.

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