SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have assigned guard/forward James White to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.
White, who has yet to see any time with the Spurs, was signed by San Antonio on November 3 after attending training camp with the Indiana Pacers. In eight preseason games with Indiana he averaged 3.8 points and 2.0 rebounds in 17.5 minutes of action. White also averaged 12.5 points with Indiana’s entry to the Pepsi Pro Summer League in Orlando.
White attended the University of Cincinnati where he led the Bearcats in scoring (16.3) and free throw percentage (.838) during the 2005-06 season. An honorable mention All-Big East selection, he finished second on the Bearcats in steals (1.2), assists (2.0) and blocks (0.9) and third in rebounding (5.1) on the year. White scored a career-high 32 points, including a career-high five three-pointers, in a Big East Tourney loss to Syracuse on 3/8.
White is expected to be in uniform when the Toros take on Sioux Falls on Sunday.
Nice. Should be interesting.
The Toros play five of their next six games at home. They're 0-8 at the moment, so this'll be a good test to see if White is a difference maker on this level.
Hopefully he isn't forced into playing point guard and can play more of a swingman role.
Additionally, the Spurs have until January 10th to guarantee his contract or release him. I'm guessing they'll have him play these six games and then come back to the Spurs on Jan. 1. At which point they'll give him a couple practices and make a decision around that point.
So will this put to rest the "will he play" threads?
He's going to blow the sunglasses right off chumpdumper's face with a viscious dunk.
Can someome keep me updated on his progress please?
Isn't that where Jay Williams plays?
Lets hope he can do something besides make viscious dunks. There's more to playing in the NBA than being a human pogo stick.
You beat me to the punch.
Toros web site
Why does everyone here expect people to do their work for them? A complicated, almost impossible Google search of the string "austin toros" yielded the link above.
[waits for Buddy Holly's comment]
look exstatic, I wasn't thinking.
From Ludden's blog:
The Spurs have liked what they've seen from White during practice, but with a veteran-heavy roster they would have a hard time getting him minutes. They can recall him at any time.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/specials/weblogs/courtside/
So there.
Has Jay Williams played yet?
He played one game and had a ton of assists and a ton of TOs, the next game he was out with some mystery injury. I'll see if he's back Sunday.
Does Williams look like he has the physical tools to make it back to the NBA?
Well, unless their website is 2 games behind, his "ton" was less than 6 assists, that being the Toro high for the year, by someone NOT named Jay Williams.
It's behind. He had nine. Relatively speaking, for this season nine is a ton.
Sadly, probably not. He couldn't make the Nets roster...as their 3rd PG. He's not really a pure PG, more like a TP type of score and dish guard. Now, imagine that Tony was physically compromised, maybe 75-80% of normal quicks and moves...
Fantastic news for James White. It sounds like the Spurs are confident he's absorbed the team philosophy and deserves some time on the court. I really like this, and I'm sure he does, too. Plus he's just up the road an hour away.
"Flight" is a guy that spent four years at college and yet the lightbulb never really came on. Maybe a change of scenery from Cincinatti paired with some considerable playing time will prompt him to keep moving forward. I like this move because it gives him more (up from none) playing time but also keeps him nearby in case of injuries to the Spurs team.
What is the maximum amount of times that a player can be sent back and fourth to the D-League per year? 3?
Last edited by Darkwaters; 12-16-2006 at 11:26 PM.
Yes.
chump, how is the attendance at toros games?
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