Brian Taylor

Brian Dwight Taylor (born June 9, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player who competed in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6'2" point guard, he graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1969 and played collegiately at Princeton University.

Taylor was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1972 NBA draft, but began his professional career with the New York Nets of the ABA. He played four seasons for the Nets, appearing in two ABA All-Star Games. When the Nets joined the NBA in 1976, they traded Taylor, along with Jim Eakins and two first-round draft picks, to the Kansas City Kings in exchange for Hall of Famer Tiny Archibald. He averaged a career-high 17 points per game in the 1976–77 season.

He later played for the Denver Nuggets and San Diego Clippers. During the 1979–80 NBA season—the first in which the league implemented the 3-point line—Taylor led the NBA in 3-point field goals made, with a total of 90. A torn achilles tendon forced his retirement in 1982.