Joe Wylie

Joe Wylie

Personal information
Born	(1968-02-10) February 10, 1968 Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	224 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Woodrow Wilson (Washington, D.C.)
College	Miami (Florida) (1986–1990)
NBA draft	1991: 2nd round, 38th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career	1991–2005
Position	Power forward
Career history
1991	CB Collado Villalba (Spain)
1991–1992	Columbus Horizon (CBA)
1992–1993	Nasaş (Turkey)
1993–1994	CB Guadalajara (Spain)
1994	Chorale Roanne Basket (France)
1994	Vaqueros de Bayamón (Puerto Rico)
1995	Peñarol de Mar del Plata (Argentina)
1995	Vaqueros de Bayamón
1995–1996	Besiktas (Turkey)
1996	Gigantes de Carolina (Puerto Rico)
1996–1997	Basket Rimini Crabs (Italy)
1997	Vaqueros de Bayamón
1997-1998	A.P.L. Pozzuoli (Italy)
1998	Hapoel Holon (Israel)
1998	Bnei Herzliya (Israel)
1998	Vaqueros de Bayamón
1999	Benfica (Portugal)
1999	San Miguel Beermen (Philippines)
1999	Leones de Ponce (Puerto Rico)
1999-2000	Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
2000	Leones de Ponce
2000-2001	Hapoel Holon
2001	Brujos de Guayama (Puerto Rico)
2001-2002	CSK VVS Samara (Russia)
2002	Cajasur Córdoba (Spain)
2004-2005	Debreceni Vadkakasok (Hungary)
2005	Kaposvári KK (Hungary)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Joseph Jay Wylie, Sr. (born February 10, 1968), is an American retired professional basketball player. Born in Washington, D.C., he is listed at 6'9" and weighed 220 lbs. Wylie played collegiate ball with the University of Miami Hurricanes from 1988 to 1991), where he earned the names, "Wylie's World", and "Jumping Joe Wylie", because of his ability to leap over his opponents. Wylie entered the 1991 NBA Draft and was picked 38th in the second round by the Los Angeles Clippers. On July 4, 1991, almost a week after the draft, the Clippers traded him to the New York Knicks for a 1993 second round pick. The Knicks were enthusiastic of getting such a player of his calibre; In 1992, Wylie was invited to the Minnesota Timberwolves training camp but he was eventually cut from the roster during the preseason. In 1993 Wylie played in 6 preseason games with the Detroit Pistons and was the last cut before contracts became guaranteed. He eventually played his professional basketball career mostly overseas in Italy, Spain, France, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Argentina, Israel, Portugal, the Philippines, Germany, Russia, the Dominican Republic and Hungary. He also played in CBA with the Columbus Horizon during the 1991–92 season. He retired in 2009. Wylie has a son, Joseph Micheal Wylie, Jr., who played collegiate football at his alma mater but later transferred to Tennessee State University.