ANTHONY WHITE

Diablos stopper Anthony White has earned the nickname "Rooftop" for his ability to fly higher than any other player in Slamball and dunk right over people. White is the best two-way stopper in the league, leading his team in both stops and points in season 2.
This offensive skill will probably lead to a position change for White next year. "I am probably going to move to the gunner spot next year because I'm very good at scoring." The Diablos only need to acquire a good stopper to take over for White and allow him to start scoring at will, which will be trouble for the other Slamball teams, none of which were able to stop him.

White may have been the most successful college basketball player in Slamball. White was voted Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year at Southern Cal and was beginning to generate interest from professional teams. "I was recruited by the Warriors my junior year at SC which made me work harder during the off season going into my senior year." But White's senior year ended before it even began. "I didn't play my senior year because I broke my fifth metatorsal (the small toe bone) in my right foot." Soon after, White found his way to Slamball. "I was introduced to Slamball by a guy named Rob Smith, who runs a summer league for college athletes during the off season," White said of his introduction to the sport. Diablos coach Mark Ellis selected Anthony White in the Season 1 draft, but did not know the impact he would get from the 6'8" stopper. Originally, White was behind now-gunner Ray Ross for the starting stopper position. But by playoff time, White was one of the most feared players in the league, demonstrated by Rumble stopper Dion Mays' televised halftime speech telling his teammates to go after A-White in the championship game, which the Rumble won.

White averaged around 9 points and 4 stops a game that first season, but in Season 2, with Diablos struggling, White's game really took off. “As for myself and my skills in Slamball, I did alot of good things to help the Diablos. I didn't have that many people challenging me at the stopper spot because they were scared. That wasn't a skill I needed to work on being that I worked at it in practice to earn that respect." Instead, White worked on his offense, and revolutionized Slamball as the first truly-offensive stopper since Dion Mays and others in the days before televised games. White not only averaged 13.7 stops, but led the Diablos with 16.2 points, averaging almost 5 slams a game, also tops on

the team. Despite White carrying the team late in the year, the Diablos lost to the Slashers in their last game, and failed to make the playoffs. But there is hope for next year.
“The Diablos need more hard working and talented players to be the best," said White of his team. "I work hard during the season as well as the off season. I want to win every time I step up to a challenge.”