Randy White (basketball) explained

Randy White
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lb:240
Birth Date:4 November 1967
Birth Place:Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
High School:Huntington (Shreveport, Louisiana)
College:Louisiana Tech (1985–1989)
Draft Year:1989
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:8
Draft Team:Dallas Mavericks
Career Start:1989
Career End:1999
Career Number:33, 52
Career Position:Power forward
Years1:
Team1:Dallas Mavericks
Years2:1994
Team2:Peristeri
Years3:1994–1995
Team3:Pfizer Reggio Calabria
Years4:1995–1996
Team4:Joventut Badalona
Years5:1996
Team5:Oklahoma City Cavalry
Years6:1996–1998
Team6:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Years7:1998–1999
Team7:CSKA Moscow
Years8:1999
Team8:Aris
Years9:1999
Team9:Near East
Highlights:
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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

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",http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1:7693165/Mailman+II~R~+(Louisiana+Techs+Randy+White+set+to+escape+the+shadow+of+Karl+Malone).html?refid=ip_hf 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

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

Regular season

|-|align=left|1989–90|align=left|Dallas|55||2||12.9||.369||.071||.562||3.1||.4||.4||.1||4.3|-|align=left|1990–91|align=left|Dallas|79||29||24.1||.398||.162||.707||6.4||.8||1.0||.6||8.8|-|align=left|1991–92|align=left|Dallas|65||12||15.7||.380||.148||.765||3.6||.5||.5||.3||6.4|-|align=left|1992–93|align=left|Dallas|64||20||22.4||.435||.238||.750||5.8||.8||1.0||.7||9.7|-|align=left|1993–94|align=left|Dallas|18||3||17.8||.402||.300||.576||4.6||.6||.6||.6||6.4|-|align=left|Career|align=left| |281||66||19.2||.401||.193||.707||4.9||.6||.7||.4||7.4

Playoffs

|-|align=left|1990|align=left|Dallas|1||0||2.0||.000||.000||.000||.0||.0||.0||.0||0.0|-|align=left|Career|align=left| |1||0|| 2.0||.000||.000||.000||.0||.0||.0||.0||0.0

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Notes and References

  1. 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. Hank Hersch. June 26, 1989. Sports Illustrated. CNN.