Education
Wood originally attended Knight High School in Palmdale, California before transferring to Findlay College Preparatory in Henderson, Nevada prior to his senior year.
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He played college basketball for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Runnin" Rebels. Wood was ranked as the Number. 36 overall player in the class of 2013 (no 8 at his position) by Rivals, Scout listed him at Number.
10 at his position and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network listed him as the Number.
71 prospect overall.
Wood played at University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2013 to 2015. As a freshman, he played in 30 games with two starts and averaged 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
As a sophomore, he played in 33 games and averaged 15.7 points, 10 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, earning second-team All-Mountain West honors. After the season, he declared for the 2015 National Basketball Association draft.
Philadelphia 76ers (2015–present)
Wood was originally projected to be drafted early in the first round before his stock dropped, which led to more consistent second round projections.
Wood ultimately went undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft, and subsequently joined the Houston Rockets for the 2015 National Basketball Association Summer League. On September 27, 2015, he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. On October 28, he made his debut for the 76ers, recording two rebounds in five minutes off the bench in a loss to the Boston Celtics.
During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Delaware 87ers of the National Basketball Association Development League.
On January 4, 2016, he was waived by the 76ers. On January 6, 2016, Wood was acquired by the Delaware 87ers.
On March 4, he returned to the 76ers, signing a 10-day contract with the team However, his stint last just three days as he was waived by the 76ers on March 7.
Two days later, he was reacquired by Delaware.
