Coming out of UNLV after his sophomore year, the then 19 year-old Wood had plenty of potential and solid stats with the Runnin’ Rebels to suggest that he would be taken late in the 1st round. But then as fate would have it, his name was never announced and Wood was absolutely devastated. However, he still believed that this is what he was born to do and signed a Summer League contract with the Houston Rockets before parlaying that into a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers.
With the youngest team in the NBA, Wood found himself towards the bottom of the bench and only came into games sparingly.