According to the latest media reports, after the Celtics renewed Ju Holiday with a 4-year, $136 million contract, a 4-year $60 million contract extension was offered to Derrick White, which was directly rejected by White, and then White said in his social media statement: When they decided to renew Holiday Holiday, I knew that I would not keep the Celtics next season! Although they don't respect me, I will try my best to help them win the championship, because I love basketball more than anything! Popovich liked it below and said, homesick kid!
Derrick White
Derrick White was drafted by the Spurs with the 29th pick in the first round in 2017, and was a water cooler administrator in the first season of his career, and finally averaged 8 minutes per game and averaged 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, but in the second season, Popovich found that White trained particularly hard, after a team practice, when the other teammates left, White was still pulling the assistant coach to teach his defensive skills, Popovich saw it in his eyes, and gave White a lot of playing time in the second season, and White did not live up to Popovich's care for him, and called out a comprehensive data of 10.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game in the second season.
Popovich and White
And this season in the Celtics, White played the best season of his career, he averaged 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, and on the defensive end, his height of 193 can average 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game, and once sent 2 blocks in 10 consecutive games in the regular season this season, and the Celtics have him and Holiday that their backcourt defense has become the first level in the league, and if White can return to the Spurs next season, then the master and apprentice are reunited, and the team has a once-in-a-century genius Wembanyama, then next season's Spurs will be a playoff powerhouseAnd without White, the Celtics will probably not have the current dominance next season!
Popovich and Wembanyama