Derrick White

From keeping his team on its path to grasp perhaps its first championship since 2008 to protecting the rim with the influence of a player twice his size, Derrick White has played his role in keeping the Boston Celtics well within literal reach of anything. Sitting atop the entire NBA in blocks among guards, White hustles into one of his greatest exhibits, hunting down the Phoenix Suns’ transition attempt with a perfectly-timed leap to force an adjustment on the layup. As if unwilling to conform to gravity, White hangs through the air even longer, contorting his body in a 180-degree-type spin to record a poster-worthy rejection. Expertly filling in the gaps within the Celtics’ star-studded rotation, the do-it-all combo guard offered up 10 points, five rebounds, nine assists, and one block in the marquee victory on March 9, 2024.