Boston Celtics guard Derrick White has agreed on a four-year, $125.9 million contract extension, sources advised ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal features a participant possibility.
Boston acquired White, who turns 30 on Tuesday, on the commerce deadline in 2022, sending a first-round decide and a future first-round swap to the San Antonio Spurs to land the versatile guard. White went on to assist the Celtics attain the 2022 NBA Finals, the place they misplaced to the Golden State Warriors in six video games.
After primarily enjoying in a sixth-man position down the stretch and within the playoffs for Boston in his first half-season with the Celtics, White moved into the beginning lineup for every of the previous two seasons, incomes second-team All-Defensive honors in every year and establishing himself as one of many league’s premier two-way guards.
That fame was enhanced, largely, by White making important beneficial properties as a shooter throughout the previous two seasons, hitting 38.1% and 39.6% of his triples within the common season, respectively, and making greater than 40% of them in each of Boston’s previous two playoff runs. He averaged 13.8 factors, 48 rebounds and shot 39.5% from lengthy vary within the Finals because the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 4-1 to win the franchise’s report 18th NBA title.
By extending White, the Celtics have secured all their core gamers on long-term contracts as they attempt to hold the league’s defending champions collectively for the foreseeable future.
ESPN’s Tim Bontemps contributed to this report.