Overview
- Bleacher Report’s Greg Swartz cast Derrick White as an ideal two-way partner for Stephen Curry and a potential boost to Golden State’s title hopes.
- White’s defensive profile remains elite as a two-time All-Defensive Second Team selection with multi-positional versatility and rim protection from the guard spot.
- Early numbers show 20.0 points and 4.0 assists through two games but poor efficiency at 31.6% from the field and 29.2% from three, below his career shooting baseline.
- Celtics executive Mike Zarren said there has been nothing close to serious about trading White, and Jake Fischer reported Boston would only consider a blockbuster return on the scale of the Mikal Bridges deal.
- Golden State has up to four tradable first-round picks and matching contracts, including Jonathan Kuminga, keeping the door open ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline should Boston’s stance change.