Rory Wilbur White is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

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 player. A 6'8" (2.03 m) and 210 lb (95 kg) forward, he played collegiately at the University of South Alabama

University of South Alabama

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, and was the Sun Belt Conference

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 Player of the year in 1979. He was selected with the 17th pick of the fourth round of the 1982 NBA Draft

1982 NBA Draft

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 by the Phoenix Suns

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

Los Angeles Clippers

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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).

External links

• Rory White NBA coach file, nba.com
• Rory White NBA stats, basketballreference.com