I am not sure there are any D White trades that make this team better. D White is a guy with more on-court value than trade value. If we were to trade him, trading him for youth / prospects / picks would likely be the best path but that is a rebuilding trade not a contending trade.
D White is a great glue guy. Teams tend not to give up stars for glue guys. Yet, D White is much more valuable than most other glue guys. It is hard to get an equal return for him.
Knocked it out of the park, Who. White was also named by his peers as the most underrated player in the NBA. Not someone I would trade.
Yeah, I think I just rate White a lot higher than others. I started a thread last night (which unfortunately didn't get a lot of engagement outside of Who and DWC) basically comparing White's and Brown's on court value using on/off and how White is basically one of the best in the league in this category.
I know he's older, I know he's not necessarily flashy, but he is from the same draft class as Tatum (so less mileage) and his game seems like it will age incredibly well. I do hope he can get his 3-ball right again, but even without that, he was still an incredible positive for the Celtics this year. And, imo, the biggest reason outside of Mazzulla why the team performed so well.
The only packages I would trade White in would make me sound delusional.
Stevens has liked players like this. The on-off numbers favored Zinger, Jrue, and Horford too.
I've been going through the league trying to identify similar players as a way to anticipate what Stevens may do this summer. Guys with meh counting stats, but excellent on-off numbers.
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