page_title: Nick Taylor (basketball)
section_title: Wheelchair basketball
hierarchical_section_title: Nick Taylor (basketball) / Wheelchair basketball
caption_attribution_description: English: Nick Taylor (basketball)
context_page_description: Nick Taylor is a wheelchair basketball player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics playing for the South Africa men's national wheelchair basketball team. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball, being part of the men's team that won silver.
context_section_description: Taylor is a wheelchair basketball player, playing in the shooting guard position. He started playing wheelchair basketball in 2002.  He earned the  2010 Frank Ponta Trophy.
  Taylor played wheelchair basketball for the University of Texas in 2002 with future Australian national team teammate Brad Ness.
  Taylor played for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in 2005. In 2012, he was still with the Roller Hawks, which won the National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2012. In his team's 75-59 semi-final win over the Wentley Wheelcats, he scored fourteen points. In the Grand Final, he scored fourteen points in a game that was played before a crowd of 500.
  Taylor played for the South African men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
  Taylor first made the Australian national team in 2009, making his debut at the Rollers & Gliders World Challenge. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.  The Games were his first.  Going into the London Paralympics, his team was ranked number one in the world.  He had to earn his spot as fourteen men had been vying for spots on the team.
  At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.  He was a member of the Rollers team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships .
caption: Taylor at a game in Sydney
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