Derrick White

The 2023-24 season was a career year for White. In addition to winning his first NBA championship, White delivered career highs in games started as well as minutes, assists, blocks and three-pointers per game. It was also only his second season in which he scored 15+ points per contest. White also shot a career best from three-point range (39.6 percent) and the charity stripe (90.1 percent). He even joined the USA Olympic Team. The dream season led Boston to sign White to a four-year contract extension this summer. He'll return to Boston with the same role he had last season, where he'll share point guard duties with fellow starter Jrue Holiday. Note that last season White had more assists per game than Holiday (5.2 vs 4.8). White frequently takes over the point guard role on offense while Holiday hunts for easy corner threes and offensive rebounds. The Celtics roster remains essentially unchanged from their championship squad, so a second high-quality season seems very reasonable for White.