Tyson Wheeler
Appearance
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Fairfield Stags | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | New Britain, Connecticut | October 8, 1975
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | New London (New London, Connecticut) |
College | Rhode Island (1994–1998) |
NBA draft | 1998: 2nd round, 47th overall pick |
Selected by the Toronto Raptors | |
Playing career | 1998–2008 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 5 |
Coaching career | 2010–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1998–1999 | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
1999 | Denver Nuggets |
1999–2000 | Quad City Thunder (CBA) |
2000–2001 | Los Angeles Stars (ABA) |
2001 | Metropolitanos de Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic) |
2001–2002 | Bnei HaSharon (Israel) |
2002 | Southern California Surf (ABA) |
2002–2003 | Yakima Sun Kings (CBA) |
2003 | Great Lakes Storm (CBA) |
2003–2004 | Pallacanestro Cantù (Italy) |
2004–2005 | Teramo Basket (Italy) |
2005–2006 | BCM Gravelines (France) |
2006–2007 | Le Mans Sarthe (France) |
2007 | Benfica (Portugal) |
2007–2008 | APOEL (Cyprus) |
2008 | CSU Asesoft Ploiești (Romania) |
As coach: | |
2010–present | Fairfield University (asst.) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Tyson Aaron Wheeler (born October 8, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach at Fairfield University. A 5'10" (1.78 m), 165 lb (75 kg) point guard, he played four years at the University of Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team from 1994 to 1998. Along with teammate Cuttino Mobley, Wheeler led the Rams to the Elite Eight in the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[citation needed]
Wheeler was selected with the 18th pick of the 2nd round in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. His NBA career consisted of one game with the Denver Nuggets in the lockout-shortened 1999 season, where he scored four points and had two assists in only three minutes of play.
External links
- College & NBA stats @ basketball-reference.com
- Fairfield Coaching bio
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
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- American expatriate basketball people in Portugal
- American expatriate basketball people in Romania
- American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American men's basketball players
- APOEL B.C. players
- Basketball players from Connecticut
- BCM Gravelines players
- Denver Nuggets players
- Fairfield Stags men's basketball coaches
- Fenerbahçe men's basketball players
- Le Mans Sarthe Basket players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Point guards
- Quad City Thunder players
- Rhode Island Rams men's basketball players
- S.L. Benfica basketball players
- Sportspeople from New Britain, Connecticut
- Teramo Basket players
- Toronto Raptors draft picks
- Yakima Sun Kings players