Celtics’ Derrick White Will Start at PG After Marcus Smart Trade, Joe Mazzulla Says | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

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Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla confirmed to reporters on Wednesday that Derrick White will be the team’s starting point guard this season.

Mazzulla relayed the news at a Wednesday press conference where Jaylen Brown publicly signed his five-year, $304 million supermax extension.

White will take over for Marcus Smart, who spent nine years in Boston before the team traded him this summer to the Memphis Grizzlies in a three-team deal that brought Kristaps Porziņģis into town.

The 29-year-old White is entering his third season with the C’s after four-plus campaigns with the San Antonio Spurs. He averaged 12.4 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds in 28.3 minutes per game last year.

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