<!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-breaks-silence-fight-colorado-football-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Derrick White breaks silence on fight at Colorado football game');   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-Derrick-White-breaks-silence-on-fight-at-Colorado-football-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Derrick White breaks silence on fight at Colorado football game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-24T09:30:36-07:00">September 24th, 9:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-24T15:32:19-07:00">September 24th, 3:32pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. 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>

Celtics fans react to Derrick White fight video

<!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-derrick-white-fight-video-leaks-from-colorado-colorado-state-football');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Derrick White fight video leaks from Colorado-Colorado State football');   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/Derrick-White-fight-video-leaks-from-Colorado-Colorado-State-footbal.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Derrick White fight video leaks from Colorado-Colorado State football</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-16T14:51:51-07:00">September 16th, 2:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-16T15:58:55-07:00">September 16th, 3:58pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As an alum who’s no stranger to his alma mater, Boston Celtics champion guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-derrick-white-hero-treatment-colorado-football-game">Derrick White is a fan of Colorado football</a>. He made an appearance alongside his Celtics teammate Jaylen Brown last season.</p><p>This year, he was honored at homecoming, where Colorado beat North Dakota State 31-26 in Week 1. However, plans went awry when White ventured to Colorado State’s Canvas Stadium over the weekend and found himself in a fight behind the end zone.</p><p>White received a backhanded slap before he was pulled away from the melee but attempted to get a lick in. Someone in the video does an excellent job keeping him away from the fight.</p><p>Then White is seen slowly walking toward the crowd, trying to pull guys away from the group of individuals pushing and shoving one another but still had choice words for the opposing side of fans chirping back at the NBA veteran.</p><p>A <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1835774258951368739" rel="noopener">video of the fight was posted</a> on Monday to X, formerly Twitter, per TMZ Sports.</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><h2><b>Derrick White gets hero’s treatment at Colorado football game</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Derrick-White-at-the-2024-Olympics.jpg"><figcaption>Rob Schumacher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After capturing his first championship in the 2024 NBA Finals, Celtics’ Derrick White has had a busy offseason during the summer.</p><p>As a late addition, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-kawhi-leonard-team-usa-withdraw-derrick-white-replacement">White replaced Kawhi Leonard on Team USA</a> ahead of the 2024 Olympics and earned his first gold medal when the U.S. beat France 98-87 in the final round. Then White signed a whopping five-year, $315 million extension with the Celtics.</p><p>During Colorado football’s homecoming game, White’s alma mater honored the seven-year veteran by flashing highlights of the Celtics champion before honoring him with a standing ovation for his accomplishments over the past three months.</p><p>The All-NBA Defensive Second Team recipient joined superstar Jayson Tatum, the 2024 Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday, and Kristaps Porzingis, the Celtics’ starting lineup, in all receiving multiyear extensions over the past year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Derrick White fight video leaks from Colorado-Colorado State football

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He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics guard and Colorado native Derrick White has had an eventful offseason. Coming off an NBA championship, White also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/team-usa-mens-basketballs-olympic-win-over-france-draws-ratings-not-seen-since-1996">won Olympic gold with Team USA</a> at the Paris games. Likewise, on Thursday, White made a triumphant homecoming to his home state of Colorado by watching Deion Sanders’ Colorado Football defeat North Dakota State 31-26, thanks to elite performances by Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter.</p><p>During the game, Colorado Football <a href="https://x.com/CTabatabaie/status/1829338830538711128" rel="noopener">honored</a> the Derrick White by flashing highlights of the Celtics guard’s stint with Team USA and giving him a standing ovation.</p><h2><b>The state of Colorado football</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Derrick-White-celebrating-a-gold-medal-with-Team-USA-teammates.jpg"><figcaption>© Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Quarterback Shedeur Sanders and cornerback Travis Hunter <a href="https://africa.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41050264/colorado-undeniable-talent-lot-prove-still" rel="noopener">paced the team</a> in their narrow win over North Dakota, who were four yards away from grabbing a primetime upset win. Still, both players showed their potential as projected Top-5 NFL draft picks. Sanders completed 26 of 34 passes for 445 yards, while Hunter had seven catches for 132 yards.</p><p>This promising start of the season, though, might not mean much in the long-term. Last season, Colorado Football won their first game against TCU, but ultimately finished last place in the Pac-12 with a 4-8 record.</p><p>Still, coach Prime never wavered from his belief in his team.</p><p>“I’d be an idiot to sit over here and not tell you we plan on winning. I don’t know who sits down and says they don’t plan on winning. You’ve got to be an idiot to say that,” Sanders said.</p><h2>The Celtics guard comes home</h2><p>Meanwhile, Derrick White is in a good position. Not only is he coming into the new season with a ring and Olympic gold medal, he is also poised to win another championship. The Celtics’ 2024 title team is relatively intact, locking <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-makes-nba-history-with-315-million-contract-extension">Jayson Tatum into a five-year $315 million extension</a>. A year prior, Finals MVP Jaylen Brown also signed a five-year, $304 million supermax.</p><p>Last season’s acquisitions Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis should also continue contributing to the team, barring a comedown after the high of winning a championship. The Celtics should also rely on Derrick White’s two-way versatility to lift them in games.</p><p>While it may not be a blockbuster move, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-boston-grade-lonnie-walker-nba-free-agency-signing">Celtics also signed Lonnie Walker IV</a> to a one-year deal, boosting their bench firepower. The former Lakers swingman has proven himself to be a dynamic playoff scorer during the Lakers’ Game 4 victory over the Golden State Warriors in the 2023 second round.</p><p>The Celtics deserve to feel confident in their roster, though it remains to be seen whether they can fend off recently upgraded Eastern Conference contenders.</p><p>For one, the Philadelphia 76ers may try to overwhelm them with pure offense thanks to the Big Three of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George. Likewise, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-nets-mikal-bridges-expaned-unqiue-sign-and-trade">New York Knicks, with Mikal Bridges</a>, might have enough agile bodies to bother the Celtics’ two Jays and put up a ton of points on the other end.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Derrick White gets hero’s treatment 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-derrick-white-side-lebron-james-vs-michael-jordan-goat-debate');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Derrick White takes side in LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan GOAT debate');   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/2024/08/Derrick-White-takes-side-in-LeBron-James-vs.-Michael-Jordan-GOAT-debate.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Derrick White takes side in LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan GOAT debate</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-28T23:01:32-07:00">August 28th, 11:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-29T08:47:46-07:00">August 29th, 8:47am</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The GOAT debate in basketball has pretty much only revolved around two names: Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Moreover, the debate itself is interesting because of LeBron’s overlap with two generations of players, many of whom grew up watching Bron rather than MJ.</p><p>Maybe this is the case for Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, who seems to have picked LeBron James over Michael Jordan in his personal GOAT estimation.</p><p>In a video uploaded on social media, a few people saw White at a golf course and asked him if LeBron was his GOAT, and he replied with a series of nods, prompting the uploader to remark, “LeGOAT, my king.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Derrick White was asked if LeBron was the Goat, here’s his response</p><p>h/t (<a href="https://twitter.com/Luke_lee99?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Luke_lee99</a>) <a href="https://t.co/FSeErq0dVp">pic.twitter.com/FSeErq0dVp</a></p><p>— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/BronGotGame/status/1828919323907502277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2>Derrick White’s GOAT choice</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LeBron-James-and-Derrick-White-celebrating-Olympic-gold.jpg"><figcaption>© Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Whether or not you agree with Derrick White, let’s look at the numbers. Of course, statistics can never answer the GOAT debate conclusively, but it would give the Celtics’ guard’s choice a little context.</p><p>For one, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-ex-la-players-have-intriguing-exchange-about-lebron-james-longevity">longevity alone might put LeBron James</a> over Michael Jordan. In 2003, the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted James No. 1 overall when he was only 18, making him one of the youngest players in the league at the time.</p><p>Twenty-one seasons later, LeBron is still playing on the Los Angeles Lakers, and he is now the oldest player in the NBA at 39, the only active player born before 1985.</p><p>During his 21 seasons, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-passes-fellow-lakers-legend-kareem-abdul-jabbar-for-most-points-in-nba-history">LeBron James has become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer</a> with 40,474 total points, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record of 38,387, a record nobody thought an active player could break. Likewise, in 2016, James led the only team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 hole in the NBA Finals and win.</p><p>King James is also the only player to lead his team in all five major statistical categories–points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks–in the Finals. For his career, LeBron <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/lebron-james-career-playoff-stats" rel="noopener">averages</a> 28.4 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 7.2 assists in the playoffs.</p><p>Meanwhile, many fans believe that Michael Jordan’s edge over Bron is his six rings. James only has a Finals record of 4-6, whereas MJ won all six of his Finals appearances without ever needing a Game 7. Likewise, His Airness also three-peated twice, establishing his dominance over the 1990s and helping grow the game of basketball overseas.</p><p>Moreover, Jordan won his rings under only one coach, Phil Jackson, while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-stephen-a-smith-rips-star-lebron-james-goat-status-amid-massive-coaching-turnover">LeBron keeps changing coaches</a> almost every few years.</p><h2><b>The Celtics guard makes his decision</b></h2><p>Beyond the numbers, though, another point of contention is that you would <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-michael-jordan-goat-dwight-howard">trust MJ over LeBron</a> to take the last shot when the game is on the line. The reasoning is that James would rather pass the ball than shoot the ball himself.</p><p>Still, basketball is a team sport, and LeBron is ultimately an unselfish player who’ll make the correct play every time, even if it results in a miss. If intangibles like this matter in the debate, then perhaps White made the right choice.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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