UNC Basketball: Coby White cracks NBA Top 100 players list
After a breakout season with the Chicago Bulls in 2023, former UNC Basketball guard Coby White is receiving high praise in the sports media world.
The 2019 NBA draft lottery pick landed at No. 70 on Hoopshype’s list of the top 100 players in the NBA for the 2024-25 season. His 19.1 points, 5.1 assists, and 4.5 rebounds per game in 2023 pushed him past NBA stars like Bradley Beal, Klay Thompson, and Khris Middleton on Frank Urbina and Raul Barrigon’s rankings.
“With so much quickness, off-the-dribble scoring prowess and such solid rebounding and playmaking, we think White will - at the very least - be able to hover around the production he posted last season, which would be huge in comparison to the slow start he got off to in his career.”
After having the least productive year of his career in the 2022 season, finishing with just under ten points per game with 2.8 assists, White made an incredible leap in his fifth NBA season. The Tar Heel alumni was the second-highest scorer on the Bulls, behind only Demar DeRozan, and led the team in three-pointers made (128).
#Bulls Coby White breakout season highlights. Most Improved candidate. pic.twitter.com/eHabob3T9I
— Die-Hard Chicago Bulls Fans (@DieHardCBfans) December 16, 2023
His 2023 season landed him in the running for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award, where he finished second in voting.
The fifth-year guard helped lead Chicago to the NBA play-in tournament earlier this Spring, but the team unfortunately fell short of their playoff aspirations, losing to the Miami Heat in an April elimination game.
White will return to the Bulls for the 2024-25 season, hoping to build on his breakout campaign and continue to move up the ranks of the NBA’s top players.
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