<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-derrick-white-unexpected-partnership');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Derrick White lands unexpected partnership');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-news-Derrick-White-lands-unexpected-partnership.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Derrick White lands unexpected partnership</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-15T16:35:47-08:00">November 15th, 4:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-15T16:35:47-08:00">November 15th, 4:35pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Derrick White has been a great ambassador to the city of Boston and the Boston Celtics franchise. That’s why the team <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-125-9-million-contract-extension-after-championship">rewarded him with a monster contract extension</a> after last year’s championship. In an announcement that pays homage to the Boston-centric film <i>The Town</i>, the Boston Beer Company’s flagship brand, Samuel Adams, and White launched a <a href="https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2024/11/15/celtics-derrick-white-ale-sam-adams-beer-the-town-commercial/" rel="noopener">brand new</a> beer, the (Derrick) White Ale, per Conor Roche of Boston.com.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Another Sam Adams joint for Derrick White</p><p>Every pint of (Derrick) White Ale sold raises money for the Greater Boston Food Bank <a href="https://t.co/P1CKBcGgO1">pic.twitter.com/P1CKBcGgO1</a></p><p>— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) <a href="https://twitter.com/CTabatabaie/status/1857443278829826442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>One dollar will go to the Greater Boston Food Bank for every pint sold. (Derrick) White Ale will be available on draft and in limited-edition cans at the Boston Beer Company’s downtown taproom throughout the NBA season while supplies last.</p><p>A diehard Celtics fan <a href="https://x.com/bostonianindc/status/1857441205463794152" rel="noopener">noted on social media</a> that White reached legendary status with this partnership.</p><p>“I’m never getting over the fact that my favorite Celtics player has a Sam Adams beer named after him and advertised it by filing a commercial based on The Town. Derrick White is a Boston legend forever and I’ve never been happier.”</p><h2><b>Celtics, Derrick White make for a great match</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-Derrick-White-driving-to-the-basket.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Something seems to resonate between Boston and Derrick White. Perhaps it’s the grinder’s mentality of White’s style of play–his blue-collar approach to the game.</p><p>Despite a strong 10-3 start to the season, it never seems enough for the Celtics. After a difficult loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, Jaylen Brown <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-jayson-tatum-accept-blame-hawks-loss">responded with immense disappointment</a>.</p><p>“They came out and played physical, but me and [Tatum] got to be better. We had 20 turnovers as a team, and me and him both had 11 combined,” Brown stated. “And some of those were offensive fouls and whatever but still, we got to be better at securing the ball, getting to our space, and we didn’t do that tonight. And it cost our team.</p><p>“This is a part of the journey, but we got some stuff to clean up. We’re not a perfect team,” Brown acknowledged. “It’s a new season. It’s a new journey.”</p><p>The Celtics are chomping at the bit to have Kristaps Porzingis back in action.</p><p>“Tonight, (Porzingis) was very verbal,” Brown said about Porzingis. “He was in his coaching bag, giving guys what he was seeing out there. That’s a good sign. That’s a good signal that he’s getting close. He’s getting ready. His mind, his spirit is out there with us.”</p><p>Head coach Joe Mazzulla believes that type of engagement is critical.</p><p>“It’s important — especially for a guy that’s not playing — to be as engaged as he is,” Mazzulla said. “It makes it easier, as he starts to come back, to just plug him right in because he’s been here the whole time. That’s a commitment. It’s hard to sit there day in and day out to do that.”</p><p>Porzingis is tentatively slated to return in December from his foot injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Derrick White lands unexpected partnership

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-derrick-white-credits-spurs-legends-career-success');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Derrick White credits Spurs legends for career success');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-news-Derrick-White-credits-Spurs-legend-for-career-success.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Derrick White credits Spurs legends for career success</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-09T12:48:47-08:00">November 9th, 12:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-09T12:49:18-08:00">November 9th, 12:49pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics star Derrick White, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-125-9-million-contract-extension-after-championship">signed a mega contract extension</a> this offseason, has a smothering style of play that’s all his own. White made an appearance on The Young Man &amp; The Three and discussed his <a href="https://youtu.be/c7uKooUTFy4?t=111" rel="noopener">early basketball influences</a> as a young fan, highlighting San Antonio Spurs players Danny Green and Manu Ginobili in particular.</p><p>“I think a big thing my rookie year was watching Manu offensively and watching Danny Green defensively. I think I just picked up a lot from those 2 in particular. Obviously the same position as me. Manu was 40 at the end of his career, that was the last year of his career, just the way he was able to get to the basket.</p><p>“Everybody always talks about the Euro-Step and stuff but there were just so many little things he did to get in that position. Just catching the ball on the run or setting up your defender, just the little things that he did. He didn’t have the same explosiveness that he had when he was first in the league but he was still extremely effective at doing just simple stuff. Then he obviously had his flare and everything after that but the simple was what really worked.”</p><p>Ginobili was a four-time NBA champion and two-time All-Star. He won Sixth Man of the Year in 2008 and had his No. 20 retired by the Spurs. In April 2022, he was a first ballot inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.</p><p>White was the Spurs’ 29th overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. He spent his first five seasons in San Antonio before being traded to the Celtics in February 2022.</p><h2><b>Celtics on strong 8-2 start to 2024-25 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-Derrick-White-bringing-the-ball-up-court.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In the Celtics’ 108-104 overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, Boston was down 16-2 halfway through the first quarter. Celtics head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-reveals-joe-mazzulla-smiles-adversity">Joe Mazzulla found a way to motivate his team</a> that resonates with Jayson Tatum and his teammates.</p><p>“I mean we constantly talk about it,” Tatum told reporters. “There are times when we’re down 16-2 and [Joe Mazzulla] might come to the bench smiling like, ‘This is good for us, this is what we should want.’ And you know, he’s right. Sometimes we need that. Not that we want to be down 16-2 all the time, but we got to figure out a way to win the game.”</p><p>Mazzulla certainly brings a grinder’s mindset to the game of basketball and it shows in his team.</p><p>“I just thought that we made enough plays to kind of chip away, and I think that’s a testament to the team because I think you have to find ways to win ugly,” Mazzulla complimented. “One reason why we were really good last year is because these are the type of games that you win when you’re down three rotation players. You have to find ways to win and no one cares that we have guys out.”</p><p>The Celtics will travel to Milwaukee for their next matchup on Sunday, November 10, at 3:30 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Derrick White credits Spurs legends for career success

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-derrick-white-claps-back-grant-williams-jayson-tatum-incident');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Derrick White claps back at Grant Williams over Jayson Tatum incident');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-news-Derrick-White-claps-back-at-Grant-Williams-over-Jayson-Tatum-incident.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Derrick White claps back at Grant Williams over Jayson Tatum incident</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-01T20:34:18-07:00">November 1st, 8:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-02T12:59:02-07:00">November 2nd, 12:59pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night was tightly-contested and the game was in the balance until the final minutes. At the end of the game, tempers flared on both sides as multiple ejections were handed down while the Celtics pulled away in a 124-109 win.</p><p>Former Celtic and current <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-grant-williams-ejected-foul-jayson-tatum">Hornets forward Grant Williams was ejected</a> first after he was given a Flagrant 2 foul for running over Jayson Tatum on a Boston fast break. Interestingly, there was no altercation that followed the hit, as Tatum got up immediately and walked away.</p><p>Shortly after that, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hornets-news-fans-losing-their-minds-over-grant-williams-miles-bridges-ejections">Miles Bridges was also tossed for swatting a ball into the stands</a> during a dead ball. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was also given a technical foul during the fourth quarter, so the officials were forced to keep their head on a swivel throughout.</p><p>After the game, Celtics guard Derrick White <a href="https://x.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1852529684640080266" rel="noopener">didn’t hide his frustration</a> with Williams’ hard foul on Tatum in his postgame interview on NBC Sports Boston.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The stuff at the end was BS, but we got the win"<a href="https://twitter.com/Kay_Breezy22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Kay_Breezy22</a> caught up with Derrick White after the Celtics got the win over the Hornets, and he gave his reaction to Grant Williams' cheap shot on Tatum</p><p>Presented by <a href="https://twitter.com/NEFordDealers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NEFordDealers</a> <a href="https://t.co/IDScIAPtv7">pic.twitter.com/IDScIAPtv7</a></p><p>— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1852529684640080266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“The stuff at the end was BS, but we got the win,” White said.</p><p>White later <a href="https://x.com/ByJayKing/status/1852534393694302214" rel="noopener">added more fuel to the fire</a>, according to Jay King of The Athletic.</p><p>“He’s too damn big to be doing stuff like that,” White said, per King.</p><h2><b>Celtics rolling early in 2024-25</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Joe-Mazzulla.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>One thing is for certain with this Boston Celtics team: there is no championship hangover. Joe Mazzulla and company have cruised out to a 5-1 start this season and are clearly the class of the Eastern Conference.</p><p>The other presumed contenders in the Eastern Conference are off to poor starts: the Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with injuries, the New York Knicks are building chemistry after their big trade this offseason and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-fans-clown-milwaukee-after-embarrassing-loss-to-grizzlies">Milwaukee Bucks are really struggling</a> to start the season. Even the Orlando Magic, who were a dark horse contender, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/magic-news-paolo-banchero-out-several-weeks-after-brutal-injury-diagnosis">lost Paolo Banchero to injury</a> for an extended period earlier this week. Only the Cleveland Cavaliers look like they’re up to the task so far.</p><p>Of course, that can change at any time, but they are all chasing the Celtics right now. Boston has shown that it can win with or without its best basketball. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-overreactions-dominant-opening-night-win-knicks">We saw the Celtics’ best on opening night</a>, when they tied the all-time single game three-point record in a win against the Knicks. They also nearly pulled out a win against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday after playing a very poor game, and were able to get the job done against the Hornets despite not bringing their best until late in the fourth quarter.</p><p>The Celtics’ starting five is as good as it gets, and they don’t even have Kristaps Porzingis back in the lineup yet. When their sharpshooting big man comes back, it’s going to be nearly impossible to stop this team from getting whatever they want from the three-point line. That will make them even tougher to beat.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Derrick White claps back at Grant Williams over Jayson Tatum incident

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From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Derrick White has had a whirlwind of an offseason. After winning his first championship with the Boston Celtics, White was then a part of the USA Basketball Olympics team that claimed the gold medal in France.</p><p>Aside from the countless championship and Olympics parties he was invited to, White also made it back to Boulder, Colorado, where he was being honored at homecoming during a Colorado football game. Unfortunately, things went downhill when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-derrick-white-fight-video-leaks-from-colorado-colorado-state-football">White found himself involved in a scuffle</a> and altercation with someone in the stands.</p><p>While it is unknown what exactly was said and what occurred, a fan appeared to swing at White, knocking his hat off. The Celtics guard was immediately held back and did not get involved in the fight, which was probably a good thing since he would’ve faced discipline from law enforcement and possibly the NBA.</p><p>On Tuesday at Celtics media day, White was asked about this <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1838602521872314409" rel="noopener">incident</a> and downplayed what happened, simply laughing the matter off.</p><p>“Obviously, the Colorado situation is unfortunate,” White told reporters, via ClutchPoints Celtics reporter Daniel Donabedian. “I never thought I’d be in that situation, honestly. I didn’t actually get hit. He just hit my hat off. But I shouldn’t have been there, and it’s unfortunate. Just moving on.”</p><p>The man who swung at and struck White was wearing a Colorado State hat, the rival team that Colorado defeated 31-26 in this homecoming game. With no punches being thrown back and the matter involving White being resolved right away, no police reports were filed, and there was no wrongdoing on White’s part.</p><p>As far as how the rest of the offseason has gone for White, he was recently given a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-125-9-million-contract-extension-after-championship">four-year, $125.9 million contract extension</a> that keeps him in Boston through the 2028-29 season.</p><p>The San Antonio Spurs traded White to the Celtics during the 2021-22 season, and he instantly became a focal point of their attack on both ends of the floor. This past season, the combo guard became an essential part of the Celtics’ core, which is why <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1838603286854713468" rel="noopener">the team rewarded him</a> with this contract extension.</p><p>“I didn’t want to go anywhere else,” White said of Boston on Tuesday. “I love being here, and me and my family are super excited to be here for a while.”</p><p>White was one of several Celtics players to receive a new contract this summer as the team made it a point of emphasis to reward their entire core group after the recent championship run.</p><p>The 30-year-old guard now enters his eighth NBA season and third full season with the Celtics. In a total of 73 games last season, all of which he started, White averaged 15.2 points and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 39.6 percent from three-point range. He earned All-Defensive Second Team honors for the second-straight year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Derrick White breaks silence on fight at Colorado football game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-fans-react-derrick-white-fight-video');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics fans react to Derrick White fight video');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Celtics-news-Fans-react-to-Derrick-White-fight-video.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics fans react to Derrick White fight video</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-16T16:02:52-07:00">September 16th, 4:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-16T16:02:52-07:00">September 16th, 4:02pm</time><address><a href="https://nextmanupblog.medium.com/">Jay Postrado</a>Jay Postrado is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, with expertise in covering the NBA, NFL, MLB, Tennis, and Formula 1. He is a lifelong motorsports and tennis fan. Jay's need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It has been quite an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-derrick-white-fight-video-leaks-from-colorado-colorado-state-football">eventful summer for Derrick White</a>. He won the Larry O’Brien trophy alongside the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown-led Boston Celtics squad. Just weeks after, the defensive-minded guard also replaced Kawhi Leonard’s spot on Team USA for the 2024 Paris Olympics. He also won the gold medal with some help from LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry. Now, it looks like he also made headlines when he watched the Colorado football program go against Colorado State but it was not for a good reason.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Someone took a swing at Celtics guard Derrick White during this past weekend's Colorado – Colorado State game 😳</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TMZ_Sports</a>)<a href="https://t.co/XFG3qieFJ6">pic.twitter.com/XFG3qieFJ6</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1835774258951368739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Derrick White got into a fight while watching Colorado State <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-hero-treatment-colorado-football-game">face off against the Colorado football program.</a> The Celtics guard was struck in the face by a fan. Notably, he could not strike back and was instead pulled by his security to prevent any further escalation. Fans were livid after seeing the very likable Team USA Olympics gold medalist and one of Jayson Tatum’s favorite teammates get treated this way.</p><h2><b>Celtics faithful living after seeing Derrick White’s leaked fight video</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ed-Sheeran-talking-to-Celtics-Derrick-White.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports.</figcaption></figure><p>A lot of fans noted that the Colorado State fan who struck the Celtics guard was just salty at the game. Despite the reason that the fan might give, some members of the faithful were already<a href="https://x.com/jakegruber_/status/1835808595327566053" rel="noopener"> making big claims.</a></p><p>“This guy needs to be tar and feathered like the British tax man you don’t touch Derrick White,” a fan said.</p><p>Others were also <a href="https://x.com/JoeCass111/status/1835809626647937162" rel="noopener">ready to throw hands</a> for the Team USA champion and Celtics legend, “Imagine trying to fight Derrick White knowing he has 18 banners worth of fans ready to back him up.”</p><p>Some <a href="https://x.com/UHaveNoSources/status/1835808899573944753" rel="noopener">were also rationalizing</a> why Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum’s most chill teammate would get angry this way, “Someone should educate everyone watching that Derrick White is an NBA player. They don’t fight, they just play patty cake until a referee or assistant coach gets between their aggressor.”</p><p>Regardless, it is very clear that Celtics fans and Team USA spectators are siding on White’s side.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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