Randy White (basketball)
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Personal information | |
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Born | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | November 4, 1967
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Huntington (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
College | Louisiana Tech (1985–1989) |
NBA draft | 1989: 1st round, 8th overall pick |
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
Playing career | 1989–1999 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 33, 52 |
Career history | |
1989–1994 | Dallas Mavericks |
1994 | Peristeri |
1994–1995 | Pfizer Reggio Calabria |
1995–1996 | Joventut Badalona |
1996 | Oklahoma City Cavalry |
1996–1998 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1998–1999 | CSKA Moscow |
1999 | Aris |
1999 | Near East |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Randy White (born November 4, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of 6'8" (2.03 m), and a weight of 240 pounds (109 kg), he played at the power forward position. He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
College career
[edit]White was a star at Louisiana Tech University, where he averaged 21.2 points and 10.5 rebounds as a senior, and earned the nicknames "Mailman II",[1][dead link] and "Mailkid"[1] (a reference to NBA legend and Louisiana Tech alumnus Karl "The Mailman" Malone), who White was often compared to, since they shared many traits, such as starring for Louisiana Tech University.
Professional career
[edit]White was then selected by the Dallas Mavericks, with the eighth pick of the 1989 NBA draft, and played five seasons with them, averaging a career-high 9.7 points per game in 1992–93. He later played in the CBA, and in the international leagues, including a stop with European powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv, and in Italy with Pfizer Reggio Calabria, in the 1994–1995 season.
NBA career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1989–90 | Dallas | 55 | 2 | 12.9 | .369 | .071 | .562 | 3.1 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 4.3 |
1990–91 | Dallas | 79 | 29 | 24.1 | .398 | .162 | .707 | 6.4 | .8 | 1.0 | .6 | 8.8 |
1991–92 | Dallas | 65 | 12 | 15.7 | .380 | .148 | .765 | 3.6 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 6.4 |
1992–93 | Dallas | 64 | 20 | 22.4 | .435 | .238 | .750 | 5.8 | .8 | 1.0 | .7 | 9.7 |
1993–94 | Dallas | 18 | 3 | 17.8 | .402 | .300 | .576 | 4.6 | .6 | .6 | .6 | 6.4 |
Career | 281 | 66 | 19.2 | .401 | .193 | .707 | 4.9 | .6 | .7 | .4 | 7.4 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1990 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0.0 |
Career | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Hank Hersch (June 26, 1989). "As the NBA draft nears, Randy White of Louisiana Tech is pumped to make a name for himself—and to shed his image as a Karl Malone clone". Sports Illustrated. CNN. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012.
External links
[edit]- nba.com/historical/playerfile
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Player Profile - Eurobasket.com
- Player Profile - Legabasket.it
- Player Profile - ACB.com
- 1967 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American men's basketball players
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Dallas Mavericks draft picks
- Dallas Mavericks players
- Israeli Basketball Premier League players
- Joventut Badalona players
- Liga ACB players
- Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Near East B.C. players
- Oklahoma City Cavalry players
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Peristeri B.C. players
- Power forwards
- Viola Reggio Calabria players