The Amazing Derrick White

[Silas]

From a reddit post...

Derrick White 4th quarter
These are all stats from just the 4th quarter:
In the 2023-2024 regular season, he shot 50% overall and 45.7% from 3.
In the 2024 playoffs, he shot 51.1% overall and 55.2% from 3.
So far this season, he is shooting 48.8% overall and 46.2% from 3.
KING OF THE 4th!

[ozgod]

From zero to hero tonight for sure 

[mobilija]

Pick Swap!

[Donoghus]

Pick Swap!

Remember all the hand wringing on here about that?

[SHAQATTACK]

Worth 3X Marcus Smart

[SparzWizard]

Josh Richardson, Romeo Langford, 2022 first round pick and 2028 pick swap. That all it took

[86MaxwellSmart]

We woulda spanked the Warriors in 2022 if THIS D.White had showed up.

[Indocelts]

But I don't recall if White has taken any last second shot in the 4th quarter (except for the miracle shot 2 seasons ago).

Maybe Joe just doesn't like analytics. 🙄

[Vermont Green]

I am all for giving White an appreciation thread.  Yeah, a lot of people were questioning the trade when he was shooting 30% from 3 and 41% overall that first half season.  But somehow, he was generating good +/- stats and good NRtg numbers even then.  My call on the trade was I liked it, liked the player, but felt we overpaid some.  Doesn't seem like an overpay now.

Derrick White has been a great player for the Celtics.  It took him a while to get acclimated, but once he did, he has been terrific.  The blocks, 40% from 3 overall, always seems to be better when we need it most, perfectly happy in his role.  Coach's dream, fan's dream, dream teammate.

[Surferdad]

Olympian and top shot-blocking guard in the NBA.

[bello_man09]

Olympian and top shot-blocking guard in the NBA.

is it me did he look bigger muscle wise during the Olympics...hes our most underrated player. 

[timpiker]

Red would have been so proud of this trade.

[jambr380]

We woulda spanked the Warriors in 2022 if THIS D.White had showed up.

Yeah, I don't like to think about that. This Derrick White is more than we all could have hoped for. He actually was lowkey great the next season, as he started for much of it with Rob's health issues. That rebound put back in game 6 against Miami should have been it. Luckily it all worked out last season, but it doesn't mean that we didn't blow a couple of great opportunities the couple of years before.

I know his stats aren't totally there, but I hope he makes the All-Star team this season. He deserves to be there. With KP coming back, his stats could take even more of a hit, though.

[Phantom255x]

We woulda spanked the Warriors in 2022 if THIS D.White had showed up.

Yeah, I don't like to think about that. This Derrick White is more than we all could have hoped for. He actually was lowkey great the next season, as he started for much of it with Rob's health issues. That rebound put back in game 6 against Miami should have been it. Luckily it all worked out last season, but it doesn't mean that we didn't blow a couple of great opportunities the couple of years before.

I know his stats aren't totally there, but I hope he makes the All-Star team this season. He deserves to be there. With KP coming back, his stats could take even more of a hit, though.

White had gone off in Game 1 of the 2022 Finals if people remember. He was actually "Derrick Curry" that night and dominated especially the 2nd half.

I know I'll get hate for saying it, but I do think Smart leaving opened the door for guys like Pritchard and White and they've made the most of their opportunities. White was a much better fit and a better player than Smart to build around the Jays.

[Roy H.]

We woulda spanked the Warriors in 2022 if THIS D.White had showed up.

Yeah, I don't like to think about that. This Derrick White is more than we all could have hoped for. He actually was lowkey great the next season, as he started for much of it with Rob's health issues. That rebound put back in game 6 against Miami should have been it. Luckily it all worked out last season, but it doesn't mean that we didn't blow a couple of great opportunities the couple of years before.

I know his stats aren't totally there, but I hope he makes the All-Star team this season. He deserves to be there. With KP coming back, his stats could take even more of a hit, though.

White had gone off in Game 1 of the 2022 Finals if people remember. He was actually "Derrick Curry" that night and dominated especially the 2nd half.

I know I'll get hate for saying it, but I do think Smart leaving opened the door for guys like Pritchard and White and they've made the most of their opportunities. White was a much better fit and a better player than Smart to build around the Jays.

... and then the Jrue trade came along, and we acquired a player that had all of Smart's strengths and none of his weaknesses.  It couldn't have played out better for us in terms of our guard rotation.