Derrick White and the Boston Celtics have agreed to a four-year, $125.9 million contract extension following their NBA championship final month, in response to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks offered a year-by-year breakdown of the deal:
White had one yr remaining on his deal price $19.5 million.
The information comes after Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe reported on Oct. 15 that White and the Celtics had held discussions a couple of contract extension forward of the Oct. 23 deadline.
“I find it irresistible right here. It has been nice being right here, being a Celtic,” White told reporters on Oct. 17. “That’ll by no means change whether or not I signal earlier than the season or not. If it occurs, nice, if not, I am nonetheless excited for the season to be right here.”
Nevertheless, the 2 sides have been unable to return to phrases on a deal previous to that deadline, which brought on some concern in Celtics nation regardless of the veteran being underneath contract by way of 2024-25.
Hope that White would prolong his keep in Boston was renewed after NBA reporter Marc Stein reported on June 11 that he was anticipated to hunt a contract extension with Boston this summer season.
Brian Robb of MassLive added on June 26 that the Celtics made it a “precedence” to increase White’s contract this summer season.
The Celtics acquired White in a February 2022 commerce with the San Antonio Spurs in alternate for Romeo Langford, Josh Richardson and a protected 2022 first-round draft choose.
White appeared in 26 video games for the Celtics throughout the 2021-22 season and went on to have a stable 2022-23 marketing campaign, which was his first full yr with the franchise.
The soon-to-be 30-year-old turned a key determine within the beginning lineup alongside former Celtic Marcus Sensible, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. He averaged 12.4 factors, 3.6 rebounds and three.9 assists in 82 video games (70 begins) whereas capturing 46.2 % from the ground and 38.1 % from deep.
Following the departure of Sensible to the Memphis Grizzlies within the three-team commerce that landed Boston Kristaps Porziņģis, White was initially anticipated to take over the start line guard function.
Nevertheless, the Celtics then acquired Jrue Vacation in a cope with the Portland Path Blazers after the Milwaukee Bucks offloaded him within the Damian Lillard commerce and moved White to the beginning capturing guard function.
White put collectively the best season of his profession in 2023-24, averaging 15.2 factors, 4.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 73 video games whereas capturing 46.1 % from the ground and 39.6 % from deep.
He went on to place collectively an electrical postseason for Boston, averaging 16.7 factors, 4.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 blocks because the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks to win their first NBA title since 2008.
Now that White is remaining in Boston for the foreseeable future, he figures to be a key piece within the workforce’s rotation for years to return because the C’s intention to repeat as champions subsequent yr.
