Derrick White
Derrick White was born in Parker, Colorado, United States on July 2nd, 1994 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 30, Derrick White biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Derrick White (born July 2, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He played three years of college basketball in Division II for the Colorado–Colorado Springs Mountain Lions before transferring to the Division I Colorado Buffaloes for his final season.
High school career
White, a 2012 graduate of Legend High School in Parker, Colorado, was a six-foot combo guard at the time of his graduation.
College career
White was barely recruited out of high school and had no scholarship offers from any four-year colleges. He was just 6 foot tall at the time of his high school graduation, about two months before his 18th birthday, after growing two inches during his senior year. Jeff Culver, then the head coach at Johnson & Wales University's Denver campus, a non-scholarship NAIA member better known for its culinary program, was the only head coach at a four-year school with a demonstrated interest in White. Culver was hired as head coach at NCAA Division II Colorado–Colorado Springs, Colorado, and gave White a bed and board stipend for his freshman season by the time White was set to make his college decision. Culver was only expecting White to become a starter late in his college career. He was aware that White's father had a late growth spurt in college, and that doctors had expected White to reach 6'5". White had already hit his potential height by the time he enrolled at Colorado–Colorado Springs, as it turned out. White made a name for himself in UCCS, starting every game of his three-year career and ending as the school's career leader in points (1,912) and assists (343). He averaged 25.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 5.2 assists for the Mountain Lions in his junior season, leading the team to the 2015 NCAA tournament. He was named an All-American.
Following this season, White decided to play for Tad Boyle and put his knowledge in the Pac-12 Conference to put his skills in the top college leagues in the country. White excelled in his lone season with the Buffaloes, averaging 18.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game after being suspended out of NCAA service in 2015-16. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a member of the five-man All-Defensive team.
Professional career
White was one of 60 NBA players invited to the 2017 NBA Draft Combine. He was one of only 15 combine invitees not to be Rivals top-150 prospects in high school, and one of only three students not to enroll in Division I classes outside of high school.In addition, according to Yahoo!
Jeff Eisenberg, a sports writer, was also "the only one" who will use a portion of his first NBA contract to pay off student loans because he was still paying for tuition at UCCS as a freshman."With the 29th pick of the 2017 NBA draft, the San Antonio Spurs selected White for the 29th time. White was later added to the Spurs' 2017 NBA Summer League roster. White signed with the Spurs on July 6, 2006.
In a 107-99 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 18, 2017, White made his NBA debut by coming off the bench. He was sent by the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League on October 31, 2017. During a G League match against the Texas Legends, White suffered a fractured right wrist. He was then recalled to San Antonio several days later. In a 93-109 loss to the Houston Rockets on March 12, 2018, White scored a career-high 14 points, one assist, and a block.
In a 92–113 loss to the Golden State Warriors on April 14, 2018, White made his NBA debut, coming off the bench with seven points, an assist, a block, and a block.
White had a left plantar fascia tear on October 12, 2018. In a 95-88 loss to the Miami Heat, White made his season debut on November 7, posting one rebound and three assists. In a 120-111 victory over the Boston Celtics on December 31, White scored his career-high 22 points, three assists, two blocks, and a steal. In a double-overtime 154-147 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 10, 2019, White scored his second career-high 23 points, five rebounds, two steals, and a block. White scored a career-high 26 points against the Brooklyn Nets on January 30, 2019. White scored another career-high of 36 points against San Antonio in the first round of the 2019 playoffs on April 18, 2019.
The Spurs announced on December 21, 2020, that they had signed White to a four-year, $73 million rookie scale extension.
On February 10, 2022, White was traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Josh Richardson, Romeo Langford, a 2022 first-round pick, and the right to trade 2028 first-round picks. A day later, White played his first game with the Celtics and ended with 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists.
In May 2022, White scored 22 points on 7-for-14 shooting against the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, along with 5 assists and 3 steals, defeating the Miami Heat 111-103. The Celtics will reach the Heat after losing White their first Finals appearance in his career. In Game 1 of the Finals, he scored 21 points and three assists in a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors. In six games, the Celtics lost the series.
National team career
White was part of the US national team's final roster for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup on August 24, 2019.