Randy White (basketball)

Randy White

Personal information
Born	(1967-11-04) November 4, 1967 (age 57) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
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
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)
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

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

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

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

1. 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

• 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