At 1:42 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 11, 12 hours have passed since NBA star Shams Charania announced a two-team trade. Boston Celtics active player Derrick White posted on his own Instagram to thank the Spurs and everyone in San Antonio and expressed hope that he would start a new chapter with the new team. At this time, on Xiao Bai's ins homepage, the first is this thank-you post, and the second is a photo of himself in this season's preseason hands buckle, with the words "The fifth season is coming". Unfortunately, this season is not yet halfway through, Derrick White, the older rookie who has become famous, the hair volume is touching the hairline and the team brain, the role on the court is completely greater than the Spurs second in the data, and the journey in San Antonio has come to an end.
This end is indeed rushed. Little White Ben had flown with the team to Atlanta, where the Spurs' next away game was, before Bobo knocked on the door of his hotel room and said, "You're traded." In an interview, Xiao Bai said that he cried, "shocked, completely unexpected", and did not "start to feel excited about the new chapter" until he landed and learned that he could play tonight. It seems to be a fateful arrangement, and at the draft meeting on the evening of June 22, 2017, it was also a call from Bobo, and the rookie Xiaobai received a welcome from the team. That day, he was also crying, listening to Bobo's voice and nodding frequently.
The college veteran, an older rookie who spent five years at the spurs, led the Austin spurs to a development league championship in their first season. In the second grade, it gradually entered the field of vision of the thorn honey. On January 10, 2019, the Spurs beat the Thunder in 154-147 double overtime, Xiaobai scored a career-high 23 points, as well as 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 block and 2 steals, the only one of which covered Grant when less than two minutes left in the second overtime, and Xiaobai was accidentally hit out of the corner of the eye when he landed, but only dealt with it and returned to the court. Mills told an interview after the game that the Spurs needed Little White as they needed Duncan before.
The Spurs ended up seventh in the West that season, playing the Nuggets in the first round. Xiao Bai contributed a famous dunk in G1, dunking the Nuggets' Millsap in front of his hometown father. He then scored a career-high 36 points at G3 to help the Spurs pull the score 2-1 at home. In the end, the Spurs lost 3-4 to the Nuggets, but Xiao Bai's offseason was not idle at all. He was first selected for the sparring team of the U.S. men's national basketball team, then entered the big list, and finally came to China in the summer of 19 to participate in the men's basketball World Cup.
The story behind may be more familiar to everyone. In the 2019-20 season, the new crown epidemic swept the world, and the league was forced to suspend and can only resume in Disney's "bubble". In the 2020-21 season, Xiao Bai stopped due to various injuries, and the Spurs and Xiao Bai renewed their contracts in advance, but then the new crown was positive, the plantar fasciitis injuries were repeated, and the state fell sharply. At about noon on March 22, 2021, Beijing time, there was a hot spot that Xiao Bai's Twitter account "does not exist", and it is suspected that it has been continuously @ and sprayed to cause the mentality to collapse. The hedgehogs went to his Instagram to check it out again, and found that XiaoBai had also turned off the ins comment area, and only his friends who followed could comment on his posts. This situation continued until the end of the Spurs' season, and Xiao Bai's account came back. Commenting on this, I just want to quote a quote that I posted on my Twitter at the time: "I'm well for all criticism, but if you @ a player and insult him that's loser behavior. " (Just criticize OK, but don't @ a player is insulting, that's loser behavior.) ）
Then came the Spurs' youngest season, with a young roster and a "Jasmine White" combination that continued to play side by side. The partner of Jasmine and Xiao bai is impeccable on the defensive end, but after all, both are point guards, in order not to overlap on the court, Xiao Bai more often plays the role of the second position, but his scoring efficiency this season, especially the three-point efficiency, has not met expectations. In addition, the team management also needs to consider the salary space, player development space, and the problem of the opposite quotation in the trading market, and when all the problems are kneaded together, it becomes an official announcement that makes the thorns all fry.
Maybe you in front of the screen have a day of precipitation, plus last night's victory of the Green Army Spurs, plus after reading the articles of professionals, you have accepted the technical aspects of the team. As the editor of the Spurs public account, this may be the only time I have written Xiaobai in a proper name. At the same time as a white honey, write him again, give him again, and give you a quiet hug to see here in front of the screen.
No one doesn't like Little White. Cute big eyes, sometimes juvenile tone and sometimes subwoofer voice, gentle and kind character, plus the ability to do anything and an impeccable attitude. The referee whistled, he threw himself on the floor of the stadium, the commentators shouted "offensive foul" in different language, and he pointed at the opposite player and stood up to prepare for the next round. He can break one front tooth in order to create a fifth offensive foul in a single game; he can spill blood on the pitch first, but pass the ball out before then. I repeat, no one doesn't like Derek White. I'd have a hard time thinking of some of the more unacceptable Spurs deals. Xiao Bai is undoubtedly a model of the Spurs' success in training. Admittedly, he could thrive more in Boston than he is now, and after analyzing all the reasons, I understand why The Thorn Tube should be an "evil man." I know that Green Army head coach Uduka and assistant coach Hardy are both disciples of Bobo and can read Xiao Bai's instructions, and I also know that Xiao Bai's father is a Bostonian and has always been a Celtics fan. But it's always a little strange to see him in a shirt of a different color; it's always a little sad to think that he's back to the village as a player again as a guest. Perhaps the most fortunate thing about all this is that the Spurs have never missed Xiaobai, and Xiaobai has not failed the Spurs.
Derek White, I'm finally in the mood to say a word to you. Thank you to this special Spurs man for spending more than four years with us, thank you for the sweat and blood you shed, thank you for all your dedication to San Antonio, thank you for the traces you have left in the history of the Spurs. I am grateful to have become your fan and thank you for all the strength you have brought me. Wherever you go, the Holy Village is your eternal home. Those reluctances, those breakdowns, those incoherent words and tears, will remain on that day, in our memories of the last day of "Spurs White." Wiping away tears, Spurs coaches and players are preparing for the second away game of the Cowboys trip, Spurs staff are preparing equipment for the next game and the work of welcoming new players, and Xiaobai is leaving for Boston for a medical examination and then quickly learning tactics to prepare for the game. The domestic squirrels had to sleep for a while and go to work the next day; I, who was in the United States, had to hurry up and play a song, finish my physics homework, and go to the evening class. It's a foregone conclusion and life goes on.
This orange leather ball, and the basketball circle it brings, may be humane, but most of the time it is a business. Especially for a team like the Spurs, hoarding defenders and cultivating them, when they are all grown, someone is doomed to not be able to continue to the same road. The GDP trio is only once in the 75 years of the alliance, no matter where it is, there will be people, things, things, for various reasons, there is no way to accompany you to the end. Of course, the bald run is a fairy tale, but the really beautiful story is that every player who enters the team with a pure heart can have his own radiance after stepping out of this gate. If it's a meeting on the championship field, you may as well hug and greet each other, and then go their own way.
They have superstars, such as DeRozan, who has played phenomenal performances in the Bulls this season. There are key players, such as the Nets' important veteran Mills and Aldridge. There are slowly evolving young players such as Anderson of the Grizzlies, Metu of the Kings, and Witherspoon has also performed very well in the Warriors this season. Of course, there are countless Spurs players scattered in various leagues overseas. Yesterday's game, spurs against the Hawks, Jasmine 32 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, crowned the first place in the Spurs' history triple-double list, the Spurs went on a rampage, and won 136-121 in the case of not being optimistic before the game; Celtics against the Nuggets, Xiaobai came off the bench, debuted 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and the Green Army finally reversed in the second half. Teenagers, meet at the top.