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- Tre White scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in Sundays double-OT win.
- He played 26 minutes off the bench and made two 3s in four attempts.
- White was not selected in the 2026 NBA Draft and is trying to make the Heat roster.
Former Kansas guard Tre White scored in double figures in his first game as a professional basketball player Sunday at Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
White, a 6-foot-7, 23-year-old wing from Dallas, did not play (coachs decision) in the Miami Heats 88-87 victory over San Antonio on Friday in the first game of the California Classic summer league event.
But he scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in Miamis 93-91 double-overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
He had two blocks, one steal and two turnovers (against no assists) in 26 minutes off the bench.
His first shot for the Heat was a 25-foot step-back 3 that gave Miami an 18-8 lead.
White hit two 3s in four attempts.
White, by the way, on Sunday benefited from a free-throw rule being implemented by the NBA in the summer league.
He was awarded five points off free throws despite actually sinking two in two tries.
The NBA this summer is having a player shoot just one free throw when fouled.
If fouled on a 3-pointer, he shoots one free throw.
If the free throw is made, he is awarded three points instead of one.
If fouled on a 2-point basket, the player shoots one free throw.
If made he is allotted two points instead of one.
This is designed to speed up games.
White was not selected in the 2026 NBA Draft and is trying to make the Heat roster as a free agent.
He capped his four-year college career by averaging 13.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game his senior season for the Jayhawks (24-11).
Earlier hed attended USC, Louisville and Illinois.
At KU He hit 45.0% of his shots including 40.3% from 3 while averaging 31.3 minutes a game in 35 games (all starts).
It has been a quiet summer league thus far for a few former Jayhawks, including White and KJ Adams, who is hopeful to find a landing spot after an injury derailed his first pro season.
The second game of former Kansas forward Adams pro basketball career Sunday was quite similar to his first in a Golden State Warriors summer team uniform.
Adams, a 6-foot-7, 24-year-old forward from Austin, Texas, committed one turnover (with no other stats) while playing the final 2 minutes, 34 seconds of the Warriors 98-69 victory over San Antonio at the California Classic summer league event in San Francisco.
Adams he spent the 2025-26 school year at KU working on coach Bill Selfs support staff while rehabbing from a torn Achilles had one blocked shot Friday while playing the final 1:47 in the Warriors 104-72 victory over the Lakers.
Meanwhile, former KU player Tyon Grant-Foster, a 6-7, 26-year-old wing who concluded his college career at Gonzaga, made his summer league debut Sunday for San Antonio.
Grant-Foster, a graduate of Kansas Citys Schlagle High School, scored two points while picking up one foul while playing the final 4 minutes, 54 seconds in a loss to Golden State.
Golden State will next meet the Miami Heat at 9 p.m.
Central on Monday.
San Antonio will play the Lakers at 6:30 p.m.
Monday.
The teams then will travel to Las Vegas for four games in the Vegas summer league, which starts Thursday.