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Legendary Former Sixer Royce White Wins Minnesota Senate Primary
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Royce White, who had a sip of coffee with the Process Sixers, won Minnesota’s Republican Senate primary:
JUST IN: Royce White, a former NBA star and current devotee of ex-President Donald Trump, won the Minnesota Republican Party’s Senate primary on Tuesday. https://t.co/y9682g9Agh
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) August 14, 2024
The Huff Post is getting dragged for calling White “a former NBA star,” and the dragging is warranted considering he played three NBA games in which he scored zero points. If you’re a basketball sicko, you may recall that White was a good player at Iowa State, got drafted by the Rockets in 2012, then was traded to the Sixers for future draft considerations. He played five preseason games in 2013 but was released three months after the trade along with Vander Blue, Mac Koshwal, and Khalif Wyatt. White had an anxiety issue and fear of flying and his NBA career never got off the ground. He did find some success later in the Canadian league.
As for politics, apparently he’s a MAGA guy now. Going up against Amy Klobuchar in the general election. Would be a huge upset if he could take her out. In basketball terms, it would be like the 2015 Sixers winning 20 games instead of 10. Totally unexpected.
Republican Senate candidate Royce White, who just won his primary:
“Donald Trump could get up on stage, pull his pants down, take a shit up at the podium, and I still would never vote for you fucking Democrats again.” pic.twitter.com/scQ4jSsHvP
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) August 14, 2024
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com