Jack White, 26, was chosen No. 1 total by the Texas Legends within the 2023 NBA G League Draft. The 6-foot-7 small ahead went undrafted within the 2020 NBA Draft out of Duke College. White spent all 4 years (2016-2020) with the Blue Devils.
In fact, the Legends are the G League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks and will probably be White’s second G League workforce. Final season, the ahead performed for the Grand Rapids Gold, the Denver Nuggets’ G League affiliate.
In accordance to a couple NBA betting websites, the Mavericks maintain Tenth-shortest odds to win this season’s 2024 championship. Sportsbooks are exhibiting higher odds for the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Los Angeles Clippers.
NBA champion Jack White goes No. 1 total to the @texaslegends within the 2023 NBA G League Draft! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/i5doGj3E79
— NBA G League (@nbagleague) October 28, 2023
White, a local of Traralgon, Australia, additionally performed basketball on the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, the place he obtained affords from a number of NCAA Division I faculties.
In 2016, he was recruited by Cairns Taipans of the Nationwide Basketball League (NBL) as an damage alternative.
White was primarily a bench participant with Duke, making solely 10 begins in 103 video games. Throughout 4 NCAA seasons, he averaged 2.7 factors, 3.0 rebounds, and 13.6 minutes per recreation whereas capturing 38.4% from the ground.
Former Duke ahead Jack White chosen No. 1 total by the Texas Legends within the 2023 NBA G League Draft
Throughout his junior 2018-19 season with Duke, he averaged profession highs of 4.1 factors, 4.7 rebounds, 1.1 blocks, and 20.5 minutes per recreation. The ahead completed fifteenth in blocks that season (37), sixth in defensive score (93.1), and eighth in block proportion (5.0).
On July 15, 2020, White signed a three-year cope with the NBL’s Melbourne United. The Duke product helped Melbourne United win the 2021 NBL Finals in opposition to the Perth Wildcats.
In 11 appearances of the 2020-21 NBL season, White averaged 9.1 factors, 5.9 rebounds, 1.0 help, and a pair of.0 blocks per recreation. Additionally, he shot 49.4% from the sphere.
The #SBLakers have traded the draft rights to Teafale Lenard Jr., a 2024 first-round decide, and a 2024 second-round decide for the draft rights to Jack White. pic.twitter.com/le9YKLGU7g
— South Bay Lakers (@SouthBayLakers) October 28, 2023
In July 2022, the ahead signed a two-way contract with the Denver Nuggets. White went on to win an NBA championship when the Nuggets defeated the Miami Warmth within the 2023 NBA Finals.
With Grand Rapids within the G League final season, he averaged 20.9 factors, 9.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Plus, he shot 54.4% from the ground and 40.9% from 3-point vary.
White inked a cope with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder this previous July. Nevertheless, he was waived throughout coaching camp.
