Derrick White Reacts to Celtics Shooting Slump | Pregame Interview
You guys kind of come out of that last game looked at and kind of like better in a game like that um I mean there’s obviously a lot you can learn um just little things like we talk about transition defense and and offensively just um seeing that next
Read um especially when you play good teams that that first read is probably not going to be there um especially later on the season so um seeing that next read quicker and um making the right read after that Jason said you you guys need trfic yeah I mean um obviously they did
A really good job of I think their rotations were really good for most of the game and um got a lot of guys that are long athletic and got their hands active in the passing Lane so um I think just basic stuff like passing we got to
Be better um at that simple skill and um we watched some stuff on it on it today so um starts with there and then making reads after that you guys haven’t lost two games in a row I mean since early November though is there a different level of
Focus yeah you never want to lose two in a row um we got two good teams here so uh it’s going to be it’s going to be a challenge but um especially here at home like we already lost two stra so we got to get back to those win he
Ways um Coach Joe moula talked about you know maybe the loss um indicating a need for balance kind of keeping you guys in check at this point in the season I mean could it be kind of a useful sort of marker to say okay like you got to still
Stay sharp yeah I mean every game teaches you something different um obviously you lose like that like it’s going to um say humble you but uh it’s going to get you right back to that mindset we we got a lot to improve on and um I think everybody’s had that open
Mindset all year of we want to improve and um that’s that’s no different from last game to this one Scout on the pelic um I mean obviously starts with um The Big Three the CJ McCollum Z and LBI I mean all incredibly talented individuals and um just try to show a
Crowd on all show a crowd on them and then um fly around so um really good team deep team and that’s going to be a fun challenge are you working through some of you know the shoting you’re going through especially after last game you know not making any of that one what
Are you kind of focusing on what are you kind of doing mentally to kind of work your way through that yeah um just try to keep it simple um go back to the basics stay in your shot hold your fall through um get the arc so stuff like
That um try not to make it too complicated and put the ball in the basket that’s that’s what I’ve been telling myself this last two days that something that can kind of slip up through the year the mechanics and just kind of you know side yeah um I mean
Even you’re making them and it could not be perfect and um so just it’s always a good self check to get back into uh the basics and do what do what you’ve been doing your whole life with Drew uh there was a tweet that said he has covered more than 100 miles
On the running around how much of what he does this year yes the first one to cross Drew yeah he can just be running around for fun so not that that that can’t be real how much of what he does doesn’t show up on the stat
Sheet yeah u i mean he’s incredible um both sides of the ball um making multiple efforts defensively um someone gets beat Drew is probably the first first one there and then closing out to Perimeter and then offensively getting to the corner crashing um on ball off ball like just does a little bit
Everything for us so shout out you congrats that’s a big time what is it like being handed by a guy like that like Drew yes he’s the best in the league of what he does and um I mean it’s nice to have him on our
Team and I have to deal with it but um he’s just everywhere um loose ball seems like he’s there and um defensively he’s just a little bit everywhere so it’s great to have do you feel like youire of his blocks they were down until he got here is he up
Yeah maybe maybe a little bit you know I think we’re always trying to push each other and I think that’s the fun thing about this group I mean not just me and Drew but like everybody’s pushing each other to expand their game and then was Zion uh his bounce is so quick with
Rebounding and stuff tonight how been interest that yeah um wa for a guy’s size way jumps and his second jump is just so quick and um you got to do your work early and then it’s going to be a team effort of going in there competing
And trying to keep him and Val Tunis off the glass than you
Derrick White reacts to his January shooting slump, the Celtics’ loss vs the Clippers, facing Zion Williamson and the Pelicans tonight along with Jrue Holiday becoming the first NBA player to cover 100 miles this season.
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11 Comments
Its not a slump when the other team defense stops you😅
I Ain’t upset bro we WIN a lot we was missing our big man Porziņģis and you have to lose to see what things yu needa to be better at so keep winning just learn from these loses 🗣
There were plenty open shots for three they took them they didn’t make them… That was the game! If those shots start falling, the defense for the clippers would’ve been different.
Ppl on X acting like CS can't have 1 bad night expecting them to be perfect that's not how basketball works and sometime u have bad nights that's how the game is. Were gun a lose some games. On to the next
celtics are good remember when yall whooped them in Los Angeles and nobody talked about that game it only count for 1 lose still got the best record in the east and still the best record in the nba # banner 18 💪☘️💪
Joe looking a lot like D White.
We cant win every night depending primarily on winning a three point shootout. We GOTTA have a more diversified offense. We got the ppl to do it – when is the coaching staff ( Mazulla )gonna start putting a more versatile strategy into place? Even the players know the team needs it but the coach just sticks to this totally predictable one dimensional offensuve coaching strategy. We can get away with it regular season but in the playoffs and against elite teams we aint winning 7 game series like this. Any competent coach can figure out how to guard this offense like JT said – too oredictable – and we're STREAKY not consistent from three – yeah it averages out but we dont have the type of shooters to do it EVERY night and when they aint falling we aint winning. We gitta be able to beat GOOD teams when the threes AINT falling. EMPHASIZE feeding Porzingas at the foul line or the nail, JT operating at the post not at the 3 point line, getting JB and JT and D White to penetrate ALL THE WAY to the rim dont be looking for the kick out every night every time. If we're hot ( because we're streaky) okay then emphazize the threes but establish a post game and attacking the rim FIRST on as many nights as we emohasize threes
I mean we shot the lights out vs the heat so I wouldn’t call it a slump. Clippers played great and active defense. One thing the c’s struggle with is teams with length on the wings to swat balls and pick off passes. That’s why Toronto always played us tough with siakim and oh when they were there. Kawhi and PG are probably the best in that department
It was one game
Again. Just like when we get to the playoffs …. You have to use more than 3 pointers to score
NBA players SHOOTING SLUMP is normal he need aggressive attacking to the basket if he still struggle a game vs. Pelicans