B. J. Tyler

Basketball, Basketball Player

1971 –

18

Who is B. J. Tyler?

Brandon Joel Tyler is an American former professional basketball player.

Tyler, a 6' 1" point guard, attended DePaul University for his freshman year and the University of Texas at Austin for his final three college years before being taken twentieth overall in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He played 55 games for them in 1994-95, averaging 3.5 points and 3.2 assists per game.

Prior to the 1995-96 NBA season, Tyler was selected by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 expansion draft. According to journalist Chris Young's book Drive, Tyler accidentally fell asleep with a pack of ice on his knee, severely damaging it and thus losing all the speed for which he was famed, and subsequently had to retire.

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Born
Apr 30, 1971
Galveston
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • DePaul University
Lived in
  • Galveston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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