Jack White is set to join Bayern Munich for the rest of the season, marking his first stint in European basketball, sources tell BasketNews and ESPN's Olgun Uluc. However, he will only be eligible to compete in the German Bundesliga due to the EuroLeague registration deadline.
NBA and NBL champion Jack White is set to take on his first European basketball experience, with the 27-year-old forward expected to join Bayern Munich, sources tell BasketNews and ESPN's Olgun Uluc.
Jack White
Jack White
Position: SF
Age: 27
Height: 201 cm
Weight: 102 kg
Birth place: Australia
White is set to sign with the reigning German champions for the remainder of the season, per sources.
Most recently, White played for Melbourne United, helping the team reach the 2024-25 NBL Championship Series.
He averaged 13.3 points (59.3% 2FG, 36.1% 3FG), 8.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.8 steals per game before declining his player option for the 2025-26 season.
Bayern currently sits in the EuroLeague's top five with two rounds left in the regular season. However, since the player registration deadline has passed, White will only be eligible to compete in the German Bundesliga, where Bayern leads the standings.
From 2022 to 2024, White appeared in 21 NBA games with the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies, averaging 1.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in 6.2 minutes per game.
He won an NBA championship with Denver in 2023 and an NBL title with Melbourne in 2021.
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Donatas Urbonas is an award-winning Lithuanian basketball journalist, recognized as the best sports journalist in Lithuania in 2016 and the top basketball journalist in 2018. A Vilnius University journalism graduate, Urbonas has reported on major global sports events, including the Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 Olympics, FIBA World Cups, EuroBaskets, NBA Summer League, and NBA Draft.
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