Rory Wilbur White (born August 16, 1959) is an American former professional

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player. A 6'8" (2.03 m) and 210 lb (95 kg)

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, he played collegiately at the

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, 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

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. He averaged 11.7 points and 0.99 steals per game with the

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in 1985–86, arguably his best season. 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).Rory White NBA coach file
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Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 22 , , 2 , , 14.0 , , .479 , , .000 , , .571 , , 2.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 7.4 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

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, 8 , , 0 , , 5.6 , , .412 , , .000 , , .400 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

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, 6 , , 0 , , 3.2 , , .444 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.3 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

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, 80 , , 14 , , 13.8 , , .516 , , .000 , , .692 , , 2.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 4.7 , - , align="left" , 1985–86 , align="left" ,

, 75 , , 30 , , 23.5 , , .519 , , .111 , , .739 , , 2.4 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 11.7 , - , align="left" , 1986–87 , align="left" ,

, 68 , , 35 , , 22.7 , , .480 , , .000 , , .653 , , 2.9 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 9.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 324 , , 81 , , 16.7 , , .506 , , .077 , , .681 , , 2.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 7.4

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" ,

, 3 , , - , , 13.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 3 , , - , , 13.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .500 , , 3.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.3

College

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South Alabama South Alabama is the various parts of southern Alabama. Although it is not a strictly defined geographic region, it generally includes all Alabama counties south of the Black Belt. In that view, ''South Alabama'' consists of just the two counties ...

, 28 , , - , , 19.2 , , .539 , , - , , .635 , , 4.4 , , 0.3 , , - , , 0.5 , , 8.1 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" ,

, 27 , , - , , 31.7 , , .553 , , - , , .670 , , 8.4 , , - , , - , , - , , 19.0 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 2 , , - , , 5.0 , , .750 , , - , , .000 , , 0.5 , , - , , - , , - , , 3.0 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 31 , , - , , 33.3 , , .589 , , - , , .721 , , 6.6 , , 0.5 , , - , , - , , 16.4 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

, 28 , , 24 , , 33.5 , , .562 , , - , , .703 , , 6.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 16.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 116 , , 24 , , 29.1 , , .564 , , - , , .686 , , 6.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 14.9

References

External links

Rory White NBA coach file
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