James White
Basketball Player
NBA journeyman small forward who also played professionally in Turkey, Russia and Italy.
He began his collegiate career at the University of Florida, then transferred to the University of Cincinatti, where he excelled in both basketball and track.
He represented the New York Knicks in the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest - his second professional slam dunk competition, after a 2008 event held in Turkey, which he won.
He was born in Washington, D.C.
In Turkey he played for one of the league's top teams, Fenerbahce, where former NBA All-Stars Bernard King also played.