Derrick White Rumors

Looking at Boston’s highest-paid players, Brown and Tatum won’t be going anywhere, which leaves Derrick White as the only player making a considerable salary next year that the Celtics could move. White, 31, will make $30.3 million next year and two years from now, he has a $34.8 million player option for the 2028–29 season when he will be 34 years old. White has been a huge part of the Celtics’ success since his arrival in 2022 and he played a big part in Boston’s title run in ‘24.

Sports Illustrated

Oh No He Didn't: Nick Nurse: "(VJ) kind of came out of the halftime saying I got (Derrick) White and I'm gonna do better on him because White was cooking. I think White might have had 2 points in the 3rd quarter...and a lot of that was VJ"

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StatMuse: Celtics 3-point shooting in Game 7. Jaylen Brown: 3-9 3P Derrick White: 5-16 3P Baylor Sheierman: 0-3 3P Payton Pritchard: 2-7 3P Hugo Gonazlez: 0-3 3P Jordan Walsh: 0-2 3P Ron Harper Jr: 0-1 3P Luka Garza: 0-2 3P Sam Hauser: 3-6 3P Mazzulla ball.

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You’ve also coached the U.S. men’s Olympic team. Celtics fans want to know why you didn’t really play Jayson Tatum, one of the league’s superstars, in the 2024 Olympics. You said that it was a “math problem.” What did you mean? We had LeBron James and Kevin Durant ahead of him. Both guys had incredible F.I.B.A. experience. They’re two of the greatest players of all time. Jayson happened to be playing the same position as them. If I had just said, “I'm going to play the best five guys” or whatever, then, yeah, Jayson’s probably out there. But you’re trying to put together a team. And so, ironically, the guys I played ahead of him were also Boston Celtics: Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. We needed guys who were on-ball defenders, facilitators, who would make Steph and LeBron and Kevin better. Jayson wasn’t really suited for that role as well as those other guys. And that’s the whole point of U.S.A. Basketball: take twelve of the best players on earth and try to make it work.

The New Yorker

The conspiracy theorists claim you were trying to foment discord among the Celtics. Steve Kerr: Yeah. The 2020 election was rigged, too.

The New Yorker

Gary Washburn: #Celtics get a gritty 108-100 win over the #76ers, Jayson Tatum with a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:57 to seal it. BOS leads series 2-1. Tyrese Maxey scored 31 for PHL but just 2 in the final 8:42. He looked exhausted. Jaylen Brown 25, Payton Pritchard 15, Nikola Vucevic 11, Derrick White 11.

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NBA Communications: Boston Celtics guard Derrick White has been named the 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner, earning the Joe Dumars Trophy. Presented annually since the 1995-96 season, the NBA Sportsmanship Award honors a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court.

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Colorado native Derrick White, an Olympic champion, NBA champion, and current member of the Boston Celtics, as well as a two-time All-American during a three-year career at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, is one of seven individuals set to be inducted to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.

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Anthony Edwards, Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels have been together for six seasons, an eternity in the turnstile NBA. They have played 382 regular-season games together since uniting in 2020, 113 more than the next closest active trio: Boston’s Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard and Derrick White (269 games), according to Elias Sports Bureau. They’ve reached two straight Western Conference finals, unprecedented success for a franchise that has spent most of its existence toiling in dysfunction and self-pity. “It’s pretty cool. It’s like going to high school freshman year with your friends and just sticking together the whole way, building each year,” McDaniels said. “Each year we’ve been together, we’ve gotten better and went further (as players) than we have the previous season.”

New York Times

Damichael Cole: Jahmai Mashack mentioned Lu Dort, Kris Dunn, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday as players he watches. He said shooting is the biggest thing he wants to improve this summer, and he has a plan to do that.

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When Derrick White was acquired in an Auerbachian heist by Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens from the Spurs in February 2022, he came across as uncommonly shy for an NBA player. He was just about the last Celtic you’d think someday would have his own podcast. Yet here he is now, four seasons later, an NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and quintessential Celtic — one with a remarkably high approval rating among the fan base. And not only does he have a podcast, but it’s as illuminating and entertaining as any of the other player pods. “He says, ‘I think I’ve come a long way,’ ” says Alex Welsh, White’s best friend and former college teammate, who co-hosts the podcast titled White Noise. “We did a crossover episode with Tommy Alter, who’s one of the co-hosts of Old Man and the Three, which he started with JJ Redick back in the day. He asked Derrick, ‘I’ve known you for a while, and I would have never really thought you’d have your own podcast.’ And Derrick’s like, ‘Man, [expletive], me either.’ ”

Boston Globe

Zach Cox: Officially out for the Celtics today: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard, Nikola Vucevic, Hugo Gonzalez

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Bobby Marks: Here are the 4 that have earned bonuses so far: - Khris Middleton: $1.79M (games played) - Derrick White: $1.75M (games or minutes) - Kevin Durant: $1.43M (All-Star) - Saddiq Bey: $111K (games played) Middleton and Bey were deemed unlikely before the season.

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Ira Winderman: Nice choice ESPN: For their nationally televised game against the Magic on Sunday, the Celtics, locked into No. 2 in East, announced they are sitting Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, with three other rotation pieces (Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard and Nikola Vucevic) doubtful.

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