Derrick is the biggest loser in the Tatum injury. He’s a confidence guy. We saw it in the 22 finals. Guy doesn’t believe in the jumper right now and that was driven by having to take a totally different shot diet when Tatum went down.

We are fine in this series, we might not be past that.

It’s at an 8 for me. It’s a real problem.

It sucks. We need him shooting a reasonable clip to get to the Finals. He would routinely hit the most important shot of the game in the fourth quarter for like 3 straight years.

I think it’s definitely concerning. Hope he proves me wrong but his offense is not at the level it needs to be at

I agree. But a lot of our fan base refuses to acknowledge his struggles. Any criticism of him is blasphemous for some peoople.

I’m curious what his percentages are like after he said the moon landing wasn’t real lmao

I’m a big DWhite guy but I think his trajectory is point downwards now.

Don’t want to be that guy suggesting it but this offseason could be the offseason we should look to move him. Better to move off him one year early than one year too late.

He didn’t even really ascend at all the season while Tatum was out. That should tell us a lot right there.

Doomers so fast

Pretty high. It’s been all season of mostly bad three point shooting on pretty good looks for the most of them. It’s been a dramatic drop off in shooting compared to the last 3 seasons when I felt like I could trust him the most when we needed a big shot.

But what annoys me most about white is that he doesn’t do anything besides just shoot threes. What happened there? This point 2 years ago, he was doing multiple dunks against the Miami Heat in round 1. When I see him drive, he still looks solid but he just refuses to do it anymore. He just stands in the perimeter.

His defense has also slipped each year, he gets pushed around pretty easily in the post these days. His ability to block shots is great but his one on one defense is falling off kind of like smart’s year after year. It doesn’t help Mazzulla did him zero favors of fighting over Drummond’s big ass body and contest Maxey for three.

This team goes with the Jays and White and Pritchard. If 2 out of the 4 are struggling, the Celtics will struggle.

It’s time for the Jays to step up and actually be the best duo. Can’t expect to get bailed out by Derrick White on 30 foot contested 3s every year. The Jays have to be efficient and make timely shots.

He’s no longer untouchable that’s for sure

I said this in a thread before the playoffs. It’s weird to call White an X factor but he’s shot pretty horribly this year. If he can just get back to career average it brings the offense to another level

man I get the worries about Derrick, I do

but it’s just very funny how one playoff loss leads to a bunch of “man I hope these are his last games in boston”

“we need to trade him” “we should trade pritchard too”

can we just take a breath?? goodness.

Excruciatingly unreliable all year. He can’t seem to pick himself up when he’s having a bad night (which is more often than not, this year).

Anyone that thinks we’re overreacting is just wrong. He HAS to hit his C&S 3s from the Jays or we are toast. Maybe not this series, but beyond this he cannot continue to shoot this poorly. The fact that it hasn’t gotten better with Tatum is concerning. Worst case scenario this is the beginning of the downhill of his career. If it continues into next season Brad may have to consider his future here given his age.

3 of 10. I obviously don’t like that his shot isn’t dropping but the Cs are insanely better with him on the floor than off because of everything else he does. Also the threat of his shot helps drive our offense. Luka Garza was one of the most efficient shooters this year and teams still didn’t pay attention to him. When you have two offensive workhorses, how you balance the floor is just as important as what you’re actually contributing in stats. With White coaches gameplan against it and it opens up the floor. 

White is a great story from where he started to where he is. He’s going to keep working to get better. I expect the shot to come back. Maybe not this year but with an offseason to work on it and less load in 2027 with Tatum back, don’t be surprised if he’s shooting high 30s/low 40s

Very low down for me. Biggest issue was our dreadful drop coverage and lazy defense all night. Pritchard hauser and Tatum couldn’t shoot either. White helped lead us to the two seed and not sure why fans don’t see that

Love DWhite, but man its true that if hes not better they dont beat Knicks or Detroit. Hauser has to hit the wide open 3’s. Not negotiable. Pritchard played scared when they ramped up physicality on defense. J’s MUST take control or this may go longer than expected.

⁸⁄₁₀. He was brickin wiiide open 3s tonight

I’ve been very concerned with this too but hopefully he gets it together

Same sentiments, I want to post something like this but you worded it better than I would, because I will be downvoted lol

My panic is way higher on Pritchard. Even when Dwhite is missing, he impacts the game in other ways. PP is historically a poor playoff performer, and signs are even worse through 2 games. They need his shooting and offense to make any sort of run.

I’ve been saying it for a couple years now, Mazzulla poisoned White’s brain into thinking hes Steph Curry

Dude sold the game

Love and trust 💚💪🏼

I hope he stops doing his podcast until the offseason at least…

Once you run a podcast mid-season, the only path is to trend downwards in performance. Not unexpected

Gonna need to look at some more advanced stats but the eye test has been really rough so far on Dwhite this series so far!

Whatever happens, this man is a Celtics legend in my books though!

Yeah, not gonna lie hes been a net negative so far.

Vuc is unplayable horse shit (saying this hoping he proved me wrong)

Solid panic post. Derrick White comes through in so many ways other than shooting threes. When he is on from 3 it’s an outrageous bonus for the team and granted it has been for a few years now but acting like that is the key to this years playoff run is ridiculous. 

Listen he’s been ass all year and a lot of people let him slide. Truly why Jaylen Brown was fucking robbed of MVP finalist at the minimum.

He’s entering his 30s. I don’t think he’s gonna age gracefully. I’m all set moving on from him if this is what he is now. And it’s time to move on from Pritchard. He’ shown he’s a regular season player not a playoff player.

Don’t worry, this sub said they wouldn’t trade him straight up for Giannis 

Ahh crazy Cs over reactions I’ve missed you

Bring back Marcus!

Hes playing his final games in Boston hopefully

We’re losing round 2. Season is over. We need to wrap it up and figure out a championship roster. It’s over