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Rory Wilbur White (born August 16, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" (2.03 m) and 210 lb (95 kg) power forward, he played collegiately at the University of South Alabama, and was the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1979. He was selected with the 17th pick of the fourth round of the 1982 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.[1] He averaged 11.7 points and 0.99 steals per game with the Los Angeles Clippers in 1985–86, arguably his best season.

College career

White played college basketball at the University of South Alabama from 1977 to 1982. At South Alabama, he won numerous awards, including the Sun Belt Conference player of the year award in 1979. Additionally, White was named to the All-Conference team three times and was named to the 1982 Sun Belt All-Tournament team.

In 1979, White helped South Alabama to the Sun Belt regular season title and a trip to the 1979 NCAA tournament, where the Jaguars lost in the first round to Louisville University.

White would suffer a serious knee injury in 1980, causing him to miss nearly the entire 1979-80 season, playing in only two games.

Professional career

After his career at South Alabama, White became just the second player from South Alabama at the time to be drafted into the NBA (after Ed Rains in 1981).

White spent five seasons in the NBA playing for various teams, including the Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, and San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers.

After his NBA career ended in 1987, White played in the CBA (with Santa Barbara, Rapid City, Oklahoma City and Fargo-Moorhead) and overseas (Argentina, Belgium, Israel, Italy and Spain).[2]

Career statistics

Legend
  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

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982–83 Phoenix 65 0 9.6 .543 .000 .642 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 5.0
1983–84 Phoenix 22 2 14.0 .479 .000 .571 2.8 0.6 0.6 0.1 7.4
1983–84 Milwaukee 8 0 5.6 .412 .000 .400 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 2.0
1983–84 San Diego 6 0 3.2 .444 .000 .000 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
1984–85 Los Angeles 80 14 13.8 .516 .000 .692 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 4.7
1985–86 Los Angeles 75 30 23.5 .519 .111 .739 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.1 11.7
1986–87 Los Angeles 68 35 22.7 .480 .000 .653 2.9 1.2 0.7 0.3 9.2
Career 324 81 16.7 .506 .077 .681 2.3 0.7 0.6 0.2 7.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982–83 Phoenix 3 - 13.3 .500 .000 .500 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3
Career 3 - 13.3 .500 .000 .500 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1977–78 South Alabama 28 - 19.2 .539 - .635 4.4 0.3 - 0.5 8.1
1978–79 South Alabama 27 - 31.7 .553 - .670 8.4 - - - 19.0
1979–80 South Alabama 2 - 5.0 .750 - .000 0.5 - - - 3.0
1980–81 South Alabama 31 - 33.3 .589 - .721 6.6 0.5 - - 16.4
1981–82 South Alabama 28 24 33.5 .562 - .703 6.5 1.0 0.8 0.4 16.9
Career 116 24 29.1 .564 - .686 6.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 14.9

References

  1. ^ 1982 NBA Draft, basketballreference.com
  2. ^ Rory White NBA coach file, nba.com
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