Education
Woodrow Wilson High School.
Woodrow Wilson High School.
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, he is listed at 6"9" and weighed 220 lbs. Wylie entered the 1991 National Basketball Association 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 College of Business Administration with the Columbus Horizon during the 1991-1992 season.
He retired in 2009. Wylie has a son, Joseph Micheal Wylie, Junior., who played collegiate football at his alma mater but later transferred to Tennessee State University.