Via the Boston Herald:
What a difference a year makes for Derrick White.
The Celtics guard was admittedly tentative when he arrived in Boston at last season’s trade deadline. He didn’t want to step on any toes. But he got over those initial jitters. He was confident and comfortable this season, and it showed in his performance as he became a full-time starter, one of the Celtics’ most important players and an All-Defensive team selection.
What better way to show that growth than on Saturday night, when his miracle tip-in at the buzzer saved the Celtics’ season in epic fashion?
“If you don’t know who D-White is, you know who he is now,” Marcus Smart said. “I mean, that dude has been phenomenal for us this whole, whole year. You know, just playing the way that we knew he could play when we picked him up.
“It’s been refreshing for us, and it’s been a joy to watch and a joy to be on the court with him.”
White’s humility has always stood out. The sixth-year guard has never been an attention-seeker. He doesn’t say much. He lets his play do the talking.
