Derrick White should be very accustomed to being unheralded at this point in his basketball journey.
The Celtics star—a designation he’s earned despite his relative lack of brand recognition—began his college career playing Division II ball before transferring up to Colorado, where he became an All-Pac-12 performer. After he was drafted in the late first round, he spent time in the G League as a rookie, before carving out a role in the Spurs’ rotation in his second year. And even as he’s emerged as an irreplaceable part of a Celtics team that captured the 2024 NBA title, and looks to compete for one again this year, the casual NBA fan may not realize just what a huge impact White has made on the league.
