Randy White (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
|name = Randy White
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|height_ft = 6
|height_in = 8
|weight_lb = 240
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|04}}
|birth_place = Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|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 = {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1993|end}}
|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 =
- Russian Championship champion (1999)
- 2× Israeli League champion (1997, 1998)
- Israeli Cup winner (1998)
- FIBA EuroStar (1996)
- American South Player of the Year (1989)
- 2× First-team All-American South (1988, 1989)
- Second-team All-Southland (1987)
|bbr = whitera01
}}
Randy White (born November 4, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of {{convert|6|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}, and a weight of {{convert|240|lb|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]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and "Mailkid"{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068532/2/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605170229/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068532/2/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2012|title=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|author=Hank Hersch|date=June 26, 1989|magazine=Sports Illustrated|publisher=CNN}} (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
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=Regular season=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
|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
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|281||66||19.2||.401||.193||.707||4.9||.6||.7||.4||7.4
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=Playoffs=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=randy_white nba.com/historical/playerfile]
- {{Basketballstats|bbr=w/whitera01}}
- [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=424 Player Profile - Eurobasket.com]
- [http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=WHI-RAN Player Profile - Legabasket.it]
- [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=AWM Player Profile - ACB.com]
{{1989 NBA draft}}
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