Will McDowell-White

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William McDowell-White
No. 7–New Zealand Breakers
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 25)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Listed height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight89 kg (196 lb)
Career information
High school
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014; 2016–2017Brisbane Spartans
2016–2017 Sydney Kings
2017–2019 Brose Bamberg
2017–2019→Baunach Young Pikes
2019Southern Districts Spartans
2019–2020 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2020RedCity Roar
2021Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2021–present New Zealand Breakers
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
FIBA Asia Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Jakarta

William McDowell-White (born 13 April 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He debuted in the NBL in 2016 with the Sydney Kings before playing two seasons in Germany and then two seasons in the NBA G League. He joined the Breakers in 2021.

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Early life and career

McDowell-White was born in Brisbane, into a family of Indigenous Australian (Arrernte) descent. His father, Darryl White, played Australian rules football for the Brisbane Bears/Lions, where he won three AFL premierships. McDowell-White grew up playing Australian rules football for Coorparoo and was placed in the Brisbane Lions talent academy at the age of 13. At age 15, he decided to focus on basketball. [1]

In 2014 and 2016, McDowell-White played in the SEABL for the Brisbane Spartans. [2] He re-joined the Spartans in 2017 with their move to the QBL. [3]

After failing to get academically eligible to play for the Fresno State Bulldogs in 2016, McDowell-White returned to Australia. [4]

Professional career

Sydney Kings

In December 2016, McDowell-White joined the Sydney Kings of Australia's NBL as a development player for the rest of the 2016–17 season. [5]

Brose Bamberg / Baunach Young Pikes

McDowell-White signed a four-year deal with Brose Bamberg, of the Basketball Bundesliga, which is Germany's top division, in July 2017. He was later assigned to Baunach Young Pikes, the farm team of Brose Bamberg, for the 2017–18 season's German 2nd Division season. [6] He was recalled to Brose Bamberg, on 17 December. In the 2017–18 season, while playing for Baunach, he was named the ProA Young Player of the Year. After testing the waters for the 2018 NBA draft, McDowell-White returned to Brose Bamberg for the 2018–19 season. He spent most of the season with Baunach again.

In May 2019, McDowell-White had a one-game stint with the Southern Districts Spartans in the QBL. [3]

Rio Grande Valley Vipers and RedCity Roar

After failing to be drafted in the 2019 NBA draft, McDowell-White signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Houston Rockets, and would go on to play for the Rockets in the 2019 NBA Summer League. [7] He later had his contract converted to a two-way deal, [8] a decision that was later reversed. On 27 September, McDowell-White was waived by the Rockets to make room on their training camp roster for Ryan Anderson. [9] [10] McDowell-White was then added to the roster of the Rockets' NBA G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. [11] He suffered an injury in November and was inactive for several weeks. [12]

McDowell-White played for the RedCity Roar of the Queensland State League during the 2020 season. [13]

McDowell-White turned down multiple offers from NBL teams to return to the NBA G League for the 2020–21 season. [14] After another quick stint with the Rockets in December 2020, [15] he played for the Vipers in the G League hub season between February and March 2021. [16]

New Zealand Breakers

On 13 March 2021, McDowell-White signed with the New Zealand Breakers. [17] On 16 April 2021, he recorded 13 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds in a 91–71 win over the Brisbane Bullets. [18] He became just the second player in Breakers' history to record a triple-double, joining Cedric Jackson. [19]

On 26 June 2021, McDowell-White re-signed with the Breakers for the 2021–22 NBL season. [20]

On 25 May 2022, McDowell-White re-signed with the Breakers for the 2022–23 NBL season. [21]

On 11 April 2023, McDowell-White re-signed with the Breakers on a two-year deal. [22] [23] He missed the start of the 2023–24 NBL season with a hand injury. [24] On 17 November 2023, he was ruled out for six weeks with a fractured fibula. [24] [25]

National team career

In 2013, McDowell-White represented Australia at the FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship. Two years later, he played for Australia at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. [26]

In June 2022, McDowell-White was named in the Boomers' World Cup Qualifiers team. [27]

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References

  1. ↑ How William McDowell-White fell into arms of Sydney Kings thanks to his AFL star dad Darryl White.
  2. ↑ "Player statistics for William Mcdowell-White". SEABL. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Player statistics for William Mcdowell-White". QBL. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Australian guard William McDowell-White will enter the NBA draft.
  5. ↑ "WILLIAM MCDOWELL-WHITE JOINS THE SYDNEY KINGS". sydneykings.com. 28 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016.
  6. ↑ William McDowell-White signs four-year deal with Brose Bamberg, will play for ‘farm’ team, Baunach - sources.
  7. ↑ "Roster Update: Rockets GM Daryl Morey announced today the team has signed rookie free agent guards Chris Clemons, Shamorie Ponds and William McDowell-White. All three players will represent the Rockets at NBA Summer League 2019, which begins on Friday". Houston Rockets on Twitter. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rookie guards Ponds, McDowell-White land Rockets' two-way deals". Rockets Wire. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Adams, Luke (5 September 2019). "Rockets Adjust Contracts For Ponds, McDowell-White". HoopsRumors. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Rockets Waive William McDowell-White To Make Roster Room For Ryan Anderson". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Vipers Finaliz Training Camp Roster". NBA.com . 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "William McDowell-White: Dealing with injury". CBS Sports . 11 December 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "2020 QSL Teams – RedCity Roar". basketballqld.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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  16. ↑ "William McDowell-White". gleague.nba.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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  22. ↑ "Star Guard Confirms Commitment to Breakers". NBL.com.au. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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  24. 1 2 "Major McDowell-White setback". NBL.com.au. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  25. ↑ "New Zealand catches big Break". NBL.com.au. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  26. ↑ "William McDowell-White". fiba.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  27. ↑ "Boomers Team Named for World Cup Qualifiers". NBL.com.au. 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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