No. 9 – Boston Celtics | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Parker, Colorado, U.S. | July 2, 1994||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Legend (Parker, Colorado) | ||||||||||||||
College | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2017: 1st round, 29th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | →Austin Spurs | ||||||||||||||
2022–present | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
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Derrick Richard White (born July 2, 1994)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Buffalo," [2] White played three years of college basketball in Division II for the Colorado–Colorado Springs Mountain Lions before transferring to Division I's Colorado Buffaloes for his final year.[3]
White was selected 29th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2017 NBA draft. In February 2022, he was traded to the Celtics, becoming a key contributor when they reached the 2022 NBA Finals.[4] White became a starter in the 2022–23 season and was selected to his first NBA All-Defensive Team that season and his second the next season. He won his first NBA championship when the Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in five games during the 2024 NBA Finals. White also won a gold medal as a member of the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.