According to the latest report, Leonard withdrew from the U.S. national team due to injury, and the last member of the national team was selected by Derrick White, who had just won the championship for the Celtics, locking the last member of the U.S. team, and the final roster of the U.S. team was all determined! Next, we will have about 20 days of intensive training, and then fly to Paris, France to participate in the Paris Olympics!
Derrick White is a very inspirational NBA player, in high school because he was too thin and too short to be favored by any prestigious school, even second-rate schools sneered at him, White who was labeled as a "thin dog" fell into confusion and anxiety, and no scout paid attention to his game in the four years of high school, and in the year of graduation, White's father Although White's collection video has been done perfectly, he sent videos to 25 schools, but they were like a stone sinking into the sea without any reply, The helpless old father could only continue to contribute to dozens of second-tier leagues but still had no news, and there was a glimmer of life when his basketball road was about to be completely sentenced to death!
When White thought that his basketball career was about to end up working in a factory was the last way out, White received an invitation from Johnson & Wales University, this school is not a well-known basketball school, and it is just an inconspicuous third-rate school majoring in cooking, just like a domestic vocational and technical school, and this school has no scholarships, White still resolutely borrowed money to study, while learning to cook and play basketball, thinking that he would be a chef for the rest of his life. White meets Culver, the noble man who changed his life and is also a basketball coach at this school.
Culver admired White very much, he said, "Although White's physical condition is not good, his understanding of basketball and his ability to read the game are amazing", and it is also an affirmation of the team's White! Two years later, Culver was invited by the NCAA Division II League Springs to be the head coach, and he also brought White to the bigger stage of the NCAA, where he not only soared 20 centimeters in height, but also averaged 18.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, becoming a veritable big devil in the NCAA Division II league, and White's career road officially rose!
In the 2017 NBA Draft, Derrick White was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 29th place in the first round, and he has grown up in the Spurs and won the old man Popovich, during his time with the Spurs, he was almost the boss of the team, but in February 2022, he really changed his life and brought him to a whole new height.
On February 11, 2022, the Boston Celtics officially announced that the team has officially reached a deal with the Spurs, and they sent Romeo Langford, Josh Richardson and a 2022 first-round pick to get Derrick White. Since then, White has been a member of the Celts. In the first year of joining the Celtics, they helped the Celtics reach the Finals, but in the Finals they met Curry, who was rebellious and was ruthlessly reversed by the Warriors with a 2-0 lead, and finally fell to the runner-up!
Derrick White joined the Celtics for three years and reached the Eastern Conference Finals three times, reached the Finals twice, and won the championship once, with his blessing, the Celtics completed the transformation step by step, he helped the double tanhua complete the battle of redemption and proof, he is an important piece of the puzzle on the way to the Celtics to win the championship, is a vital link!
Derrick White has excellent defensive ability, he can limit the opponent's backcourt combination to the maximum, and he has been selected to the best defensive second team this season, he not only has defense, but also excellent scoring ability and three-point shooting ability, he is an indispensable member of the Celtics' desperate five!