[5] In April 2009, despite a commitment to the University of Louisville, he chose to bypass not only college, but his senior year of high school as well.

[6] In April 2009, Tyler announced his intentions to skip his senior year of high school to play professionally abroad.

[8] On March 19, 2010, he parted ways with Maccabi due to personal matters and headed home to San Diego.

[16] For most of his rookie year he received minimal playing time, but on March 21, in a game against the New Orleans Hornets, he was named the Warriors' starting center.

[19] On March 18, 2013, Tyler was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors[20] as he played out the rest of the 2012–13 season in the D-League.

[22] After being reacquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors on November 1, 2013, three days later, Tyler was traded to the Erie BayHawks.

On August 6, 2014, he was traded, along with Wayne Ellington and a 2016 second-round pick, to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Quincy Acy and Travis Outlaw.

In July 2015, Tyler joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2015 NBA Summer League where he averaged 11.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals in six games.

In March 2018, Tyler signed with the TNT KaTropa of the Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

[42] Tyler played for Atléticos de San Germán of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional league during the 2019–20 season.