James White

James William White IV (born October 21, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player and current player development coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

White is well known for his athleticism and ability to dunk.

Since high school, his most famous dunk has been the between-the-legs dunk, with many variations.

He is also known for his ability to jump from the free throw line and dunk a basketball with both hands.

'Flight' White was a runner-up in two notable dunk contests: behind future University of Florida and Golden State Warriors power forward David Lee in the 2001 McDonald's High School Slam Dunk Contest, and behind North Carolina's David Noel in the NCAA College Slam Dunk Contest during the 2006 Final Four weekend.

White played his freshman year at the University of Florida in the 2001–02 season helping the Gators to a 22–9 record.

He saw action in all but two games, making a pair of starts and averaged 20.5 minutes of playing time.

He posted averages of 6.1 points and 2.9 rebounds.

He transferred to the University of Cincinnati, and after sitting out in the 2002–03 season, he became a starter for the Bearcats in his three years with them, including his senior year when he averaged 16.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.9 blocks.

White made his Cincinnati debut in mid-December 2003 vs. Middle Tennessee, playing for the first time since March 2002, scoring eight points in 19 minutes of action.

Tallied 14 points in the win over Miami (December 27, 2003), while also dishing out four assists.

Moved into the starting lineup vs. DePaul (January 11, 2004), replacing injured Armein Kirkland, and became a fixture.

Tallied 12 points, five rebounds and three assists vs. Louisville (January 21, 2004).

He had 12 points and four rebounds at Wake Forest (February 15, 2004).

He lettered in the spring for the C-USA champion UC track and field team.

Qualified for NCAA Regionals in the high jump and triple jump.

Named C-USA co-Player of the Week after averaging 14.5 points, 8.0 assists and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 69 percent from the field in a pair of UC wins (February 23–29).

Scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, both then-career highs, in the win over Saint Louis (February 25, 2004), also recording seven assists, three steals and two blocked shots.

He dished out nine assists at Charlotte (February 28, 2004).

He scored nine points, grabbed eight rebounds and had six assists in the C-USA semifinal win over Saint Louis (March 12, 2004).

He started the final 21 games of the season and took on a larger share of the ball-handling responsibilities in the final eight contests.

He became team assists leader (3.6) who averaged 4.8 assists over the final eight games.

He dished out seven assists and gathered six rebounds in the NCAA Tournament opening round win over East Tennessee State (March 19, 2004).

White scored 10 points, all in the decisive game-clinching scoring run, in the season opening win over Valparaiso on November 19, 2004.

He scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the win over Miami University on December 27, 2004.

He tallied 15 points vs. Louisville on January 15, 2005, on 4-of-5 shooting, and also recorded eight rebounds and seven assists, while holding Louisville All-American Francisco García to seven points.

He scored a career-high 25 points, on 9-of-12 shooting, and grabbed 10 rebounds in the win over Houston on January 29, 2005.

He played all 40 minutes of the Charlotte game on February 5, 2005, finishing with 18 points, five rebounds and six assists.

He tallied 14 points, leading UC's second-half comeback with 12 points, in the win over UAB on February 19, 2005.

He scored the game-winning basket vs. Memphis on March 5, 2005 when he grabbed an offensive rebound and hit a short jumper from the baseline with 16.2 seconds to play and finished with 11 points and tied a career high with 11 rebounds.

He tallied 15 points and had six rebounds in the NCAA Tournament opening round win over Iowa on March 17, 2005.

He became team leader in assists (3.1) and scored in double digits 19 times.

White scored 21 points in a win over Murray State (November 19, 2005), making a steal and dunk in the final seconds of regulation to send the game into overtime.

He scored 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting and had seven rebounds, and three steals in the win over Vanderbilt (December 10, 2005), sinking a career-high four treys.

Rallied UC from a five-point deficit in the final two and a half minutes of the win over LSU (December 23, 2005), hitting back-to-back 3-pointers at the 2:27 and 1:51 marks and a pair of clinching free throws at 0:17.

Tallied a season-high 23 points vs. North Carolina A&T (December 30, 2005), matching personal bests with four 3-point field goals and four steals.

He tallied 22 points, making 4-of-6 treys, and hit a 3-pointer to put UC in the lead with 2:57 to play in the win over Providence (February 17, 2006), and also grabbing seven rebounds.

He scored 17 points, going 3-of-5 from 3-point range, and had four assists vs. Seton Hall (February 28, 2006).

White scored a career-high 32 points, including a career-high five three-pointers, in a narrow loss to Syracuse on March 8.

He became team scoring leader (15.9) who has reached double figures in all but four games.