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After all, he was a member of the Nuggets championship. The Australian forward s scoring ability is a bit bad?

1:58am, 14 August 2025Basketball

In the previous quarter-finals of the men's basketball team in the Asian Cup, Australia defeated the Philippines 84-60. After this game, Australia successfully advanced to the semi-finals, and they will compete with the winners between Iran and Chinese Taipei for a finals; while the Philippines was eliminated.

Although the Australian team won very easily in this game, the team's substitute forward Jack White was actually quite average. White played 17 minutes and 48 seconds in the game, made 3 of 4 shots and 2 of 3 from outside the three-point line, and scored 8 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks, including 3 frontcourt rebounds, 1 turnover and 1 foul, with a plus-minus value of +7. White did not perform much on the offensive end, he still did not show particularly outstanding scoring ability, and his presence on the offensive end is still relatively limited. White has a very outstanding performance on the defensive end. He is an all-round defender. He has excellent defensive ability, has a large defensive coverage, and he even has a certain ability to protect the frame. White still has a certain role on the court, but with his personal abilities, everyone may hope that he can do better.

Since the start of the Asian Cup, White has averaged 18.2 minutes in the first four games, with averaging 5.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.8 blocks, and 0.8 turnovers and 0.8 fouls. He has 45% shooting percentage, 25% three-point shooting percentage, 100% free throw shooting percentage, and averaging plus-minus value of +12. On the one hand, White has always performed very well on the defensive end, which we must be sure of. Moreover, he is willing to do dirty work and tiring work on the court, and his attitude towards the game is also quite good. But on the other hand, as a former NBA player, White's performance on the offensive end was too terrible. His ability in scoring was too limited, and he was completely unable to assume more responsibilities and tasks on the offensive end, which disappointed everyone.

White was born in August 1997. He just turned 28 years old, 198cm tall and weighed 102kg. He was the undraft in the 2020 NBA Draft. In the NBA, White has played for the Denver Nuggets and the Memphis Grizzlies, and he was also one of the members of the Nuggets winning the championship in 2023. Even though he performed poorly in the NBA, White has played in the NBA after all, and his performance in the NBL arena has always been very good. With White's ability and resume, he should have been one of the best players in the Asian Cup, but he hasn't done that. I don’t know if he can show stronger competitiveness in the next more important game.

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