Welcome Derrick White

timpiker · Post #561 » by **timpiker** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:01 pm

What a blessing this guy is....great, great trade. This is a Red-type trade.

Hal14 · Post #562 » by **Hal14** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:09 pm

timpiker wrote:What a blessing this guy is....great, great trade. This is a Red-type trade.

Brad's a shark.

June 2021 - Brad flips a 1st rounder for Al Horford
February 2022 - Brad flips a 1st rounder for Derrick White
July 2022 - Brad flips a 1st rounder for Malcolm Brogdon

Adding 3 pieces like that in basically a 12 month span of time. And basically giving up nothing except 3 late 1st round picks.

Masterclass in taking a team from good to REALLY good.

Post #563 » by **shackles10** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:37 pm

Scoonie wrote:I thought White was fantastic in last night's game. I feel very comfortable with the ball in his hands, and would much rather he have it at the end of games as opposed to Tatum.

Uncharacteristic of him, but odd timing for this post imo. The 2 turnovers White had were bad and he looked uncomfortable under pressure at times, and I’m a big DWhite fan.

exculpatory · Post #564 » by **exculpatory** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:41 pm

shackles10 wrote:
Scoonie wrote:I thought White was fantastic in last night's game. I feel very comfortable with the ball in his hands, and would much rather he have it at the end of games as opposed to Tatum.

Uncharacteristic of him, but odd timing for this post imo. The 2 turnovers White had were bad and he looked uncomfortable under pressure at times, and I’m a big DWhite fan.

He has his down moments, but INVALUABLE ADDITION!

zoyathedestroya · Post #565 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:00 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #566 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:26 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

Read on Twitter

That thread is a must-read for Celtics fans. Eye-opening, even for those of us who've liked this guy from the beginning.

Post #567 » by **shackles10** » Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:40 am

Especially since he’s been a starter already half the year and we have enough guys with injury risk or we’ll just flat out load manage he’ll start a lot more, I think it’ll help his case to get the votes. DWhite deserves it!

ConstableGeneva · Post #568 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:04 am

Derrick White is the secret sauce to make the Brogdon-Brown bench pairing work:
• Browngdon w/o DWhite: -10.1 netrtg (676 poss)
• Browngdon w/ DWhite: +12.0 netrtg (289 poss)

Just another smart, fundamentally-sound player who can act as a connector, raise the pace when needed, and make sure our half court possessions don't become stagnant. And of course he makes our defense that much stouter.

Hal14 · Post #569 » by **Hal14** » Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:40 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Derrick White is the secret sauce to make the Brogdon-Brown bench pairing work:
• Browgdon w/o DWhite: -10.1 netrtg (676 poss)
• Browgdon w/ DWhite: +12.0 netrtg (289 poss)

Just another smart, fundamentally-sound player who can act as a connector, raise the pace when needed, and make sure our half court possessions don't become stagnant. And of course he makes our defense that much stouter.

Interesting. I have noticed that Brogdon and White do seem to have good chemistry out there, the way they play off each other.

zoyathedestroya · Post #570 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:14 am

Read on Twitter

He hasn't missed a game with Cs except when his baby was born.

This bums me out so much. Hope it's nothing serious or long-term. Neck injuries can be scary.

zoyathedestroya · Post #571 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:05 pm

Tatum is our most impactful player on offense.
White is our most impactful player on defense.

Welcome to my TED Talk.

JaMarco · Post #572 » by **JaMarco** » Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:47 pm

Huge that White improved his 3pt shooting this year, needs to keep it up.

zoyathedestroya · Post #573 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Jan 17, 2023 7:04 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Halfway thru the season, DWhite’s current block percentage is 3.0%. DWade, considered among the best shotblocking guards of all-time, eclipsed that only once in his career (2011-12).

EDIT: Jrue Holiday, one of the best active shotblocking guards, has never reached 2.0% block percentage.

Elite shotblocker for his position/height.

Read on Twitter

Floody100 · Post #574 » by **Floody100** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:08 am

Was leaning back on his shots again tonight

Post #575 » by **shackles10** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:12 pm

Floody100 wrote:Was leaning back on his shots again tonight

I felt like he was rushing the shot and follow through was short, like he’s pulling a string. Either way it was different than when he’s confident and results are different too obviously.

31to6 · Post #576 » by **31to6** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:30 pm

shackles10 wrote:
Floody100 wrote:Was leaning back on his shots again tonight

I felt like he was rushing the shot and follow through was short, like he’s pulling a string. Either way it was different than when he’s confident and results are different too obviously.

yeah I was amazed with his shot makover coming into the season, and am almost equally impressed with how much of that makeover is almost completely gone so quickly.

Can he get a refresher over the ASBreak or such?

Post #577 » by **shackles10** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:42 pm

31to6 wrote:
shackles10 wrote:
Floody100 wrote:Was leaning back on his shots again tonight

I felt like he was rushing the shot and follow through was short, like he’s pulling a string. Either way it was different than when he’s confident and results are different too obviously.

yeah I was amazed with his shot makover coming into the season, and am almost equally impressed with how much of that makeover is almost completely gone so quickly.

Can he get a refresher over the ASBreak or such?

Wasn’t he decent to good recently before last night? I know he’s been up and down a few times this year, but maybe I’m just remembering it wrong and too lazy to look it up. Last nights game took everything out of me.

steefP2 · Post #578 » by **steefP2** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:00 pm

shackles10 wrote:
31to6 wrote:
shackles10 wrote:
I felt like he was rushing the shot and follow through was short, like he’s pulling a string. Either way it was different than when he’s confident and results are different too obviously.

yeah I was amazed with his shot makover coming into the season, and am almost equally impressed with how much of that makeover is almost completely gone so quickly.

Can he get a refresher over the ASBreak or such?

Wasn’t he decent to good recently before last night? I know he’s been up and down a few times this year, but maybe I’m just remembering it wrong and too lazy to look it up. Last nights game took everything out of me.

Last 10 games 37% from 3, last 5 43%

31to6 · Post #579 » by **31to6** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:15 pm

steefP2 wrote:
shackles10 wrote:
31to6 wrote:
yeah I was amazed with his shot makover coming into the season, and am almost equally impressed with how much of that makeover is almost completely gone so quickly.

Can he get a refresher over the ASBreak or such?

Wasn’t he decent to good recently before last night? I know he’s been up and down a few times this year, but maybe I’m just remembering it wrong and too lazy to look it up. Last nights game took everything out of me.

Last 10 games 37% from 3, last 5 43%

%s are fine, just talking about his sexy-as-hell-until-mid-November shooting form

Hal14 · Post #580 » by **Hal14** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:11 pm

31to6 wrote:
shackles10 wrote:
Floody100 wrote:Was leaning back on his shots again tonight

I felt like he was rushing the shot and follow through was short, like he’s pulling a string. Either way it was different than when he’s confident and results are different too obviously.

yeah I was amazed with his shot makover coming into the season, and am almost equally impressed with how much of that makeover is almost completely gone so quickly.

Can he get a refresher over the ASBreak or such?

it was literally only like 2 games ago that people on here were commenting in the game thread about how smooth his form was looking on his shot.