Derrick White is not going to be testing NBA free company in the summertime of 2025. The veteran guard is sticking with the Boston Celtics.
White and the Celtics have agreed to a four-year, $125.9 million contract extension, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Monday. The contract features a participant choice, per Wojnarowski. The deal will start in the course of the 2025-26 season as a result of White nonetheless has another 12 months left on his present contract.
This is the year-by-year wage breakdown, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks:
The Celtics acquired White in a commerce with the San Antonio Spurs earlier than the 2022 NBA commerce deadline. The C’s gave up Romeo Langford, Josh Richardson, a 2022 first-round choose and a 2028 first-round choose swap (top-one protected).
From the day he arrived, White has turn out to be a fan favourite in Boston along with his wonderful two-way play and hustle.
White averaged 15.2 factors, 4.1 assists, 3.5 rebounds, 0.9 blocks and 0.8 steals per recreation in the course of the 2023-24 common season. He additionally shot 46.1 p.c from the sector and a career-high 39.6 p.c from 3-point vary.
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White’s protection was stellar all season, and his effort was rewarded with a spot on the league’s All-Defensive second staff for the second consecutive 12 months.
The 29-year-old guard was implausible within the playoffs, too, averaging 16.7 factors, 4.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per recreation, whereas taking pictures 40.4 p.c from past the arc. White scored 15-plus factors in 12 of the staff’s 19 playoff video games en path to successful the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks.