LAS VEGAS -- Okaro White has a real chance to earn a spot on the Cavaliers, but ask him about it and he'll talk instead of being frustrated about his foot.

White suffered a broken left foot in November and it totally derailed his season. He started four of the six games he played with the Miami Heat before the injury, and didn't see another minute in the NBA.

The Heat traded White to the Atlanta Hawks for Luke Babbitt on Feb. 8, and he was waived right away. The Cavs signed him to a 10-day contract, knowing he was not near ready to play in a game, and inked him to a two-year deal at the end of the regular season with a spot on the playoff roster to keep him in house.

Thus, White's first real action since the injury has been this week at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. He had his best game of the summer so far on Wednesday with 13 points and seven rebounds in Cleveland's 96-84 win over Sacramento.

"I didn't think I had a nice game," White told cleveland.com. "I thought I finally hit a 3 but I haven't been taking many shots. I thought I was bad on defense, but that's just me being hard on myself. I know what I can be and I'm just struggling from the injury."

White is 25 and would earn about $1.5 million this season. His entire NBA career spans 41 games over the last two years. He's played in the "G" League and collegiately at Florida State. The 6-8 wing is averaging 2.9 points and 2.3 rebounds for his pro career, and scored 13.6 points per game as a senior with the Seminoles.

White said his broken foot is fully healed, but he's "babying" the injury. He said he's tentative to push off the foot when he jumps or slides.

"I just gotta get through," White said. "I'm old enough, I'm not young anymore, so I gotta get over it (mentally) and try to find a way to showcase my ability."

When he's well, White is a defense-first, energy player who could fit somewhere on the Cavs' bench. He's averaging 7.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in four games this summer.

"He's been solid for us," Cavs Summer coach James Posey said, addressing White's performance at Summer League and not his future in Cleveland. "He's been playing big for us and taking advantage of the opportunity, making plays at both ends. He's doing a good job."

White and the Cavs both think he's been tentative at times, but team observers also say White will benefit this fall when he's surrounded by NBA players (as compared to the mostly G Leaguers who compete in Summer League).

White is thankful to be with the Cavs now, but he still speaks with a trace of whiplash lingering from being traded last year.

He said his left leg was still in a walking boot he was keeping elevated at night when his agent phoned him at 2 a.m. to let him know he had been shipped to Atlanta.

"I was like 'OK, Atlanta's not bad,' and he was like, 'ah, it's a trade/waive,'" White said, recalling the conversation. "I was just sitting there like 'damn what did I do?' I had the boot on, but that was in the past. God made a way and I ended up signing with the Cavs at the end of the season.

"But it was a weird trade, it was obviously my first time dealing with that. It's part of the business, part of the business we play in and gotta be ready for it, I guess."