Jo Jo White

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee basketball player human point guard

Jo Jo White was an American Hall of Fame point guard best known for leading the Boston Celtics to two NBA championships in the 1970s and earning NBA Finals MVP in 1976.

Aliases (1)

Jo Jo ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee → basketball player → human → point guard →
allStarSelectionCount	7 →
awardReceived	NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award →
awardSeason	1976 NBA Finals →
birthName	Joseph Henry White →
causeOfDeath	dementia →
college	University of Kansas →
collegeTeam	Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball →
competition	1968 Summer Olympics →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1946-11-16 →
dateOfDeath	2018-01-16 →
draftedBy	Boston Celtics →
draftLeague	NBA →
draftPickNumber	9 →
draftRound	1 →
draftYear	1969 →
givenName	Joseph →
hallOfFame	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	2015 →
height	6 ft 3 in →
heightInMeters	1.91 →
highSchool	McKinley High School →
highSchoolLocation	St. Louis, Missouri, United States →
jerseyNumber	10 →
knownFor	being named 1976 NBA Finals MVP → leading the Boston Celtics to two NBA championships in the 1970s →
league	National Basketball Association →
name	Jo Jo White →
nationalTeam	United States men's national basketball team →
NBAChampionships	2 →
NBAChampionshipSeason	1973–74 → 1975–76 →
nickname	Jo Jo →
notableGame	1976 NBA Finals Game 5 triple-overtime game →
numberRetired	10 →
OlympicMedal	gold medal →
OlympicSport	basketball →
placeOfBirth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
playedFor	Boston Celtics → Golden State Warriors → Kansas City Kings →
positionPlayed	point guard →
selectedTo	NBA All-Star Game →
teamRetiredNumberBy	Boston Celtics →
wonNBAChampionshipWith	Boston Celtics →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jo Jo White ("Jo Jo") → Jo Jo White →	nickname
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball → McKinley High School →	notableAlumnus
1976 NBA Finals →	MVP
Jo Jo White →	name
1976 NBA Finals →	notablePlayer
Boston Celtics →	retiredNumberHonoree