Hoops Tonight - Derrick White on Celtics defying NBA expectations, Tatum/Brown duo, Joe Mazzulla being "different"
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Jason is joined by Boston Celtics guard Derrick White! They discuss the Celtics beating the NBA media's preseason expectations, organizational culture, Joe Mazzulla's offensive system, Jaylen Brown's new role this year, Jayson Tatum's return from his Achilles injury, his development as a player from the start of his career with the San Antonio Spurs, his experience playing in Division II college basketball and at the University of Colorado, his new podcast ‘White Noise,’ and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | The Volume. |
| 0:19.9 | All right, welcome to Hoops Tonight here at The Volume. |
| 0:22.1 | Happy Tuesday, everybody. |
| 0:23.1 | Hope all of you guys are having a great start to your week. |
| 0:26.0 | We have an extremely special guest today. |
| 0:29.3 | One of my favorite players in the NBA, |
| 0:30.6 | one of the most well-respected players in the NBA |
| 0:33.1 | for all the things that he does to help the team win. |
| 0:35.6 | Two-time all-defense selection. |
| 0:38.9 | Most importantly, NBA champion. |
| 0:41.1 | Derek White from the Boston Celtics was kind enough to give us some of his time this morning. |
| 0:45.3 | First of all, Derek, you're at the end of your ninth season in the NBA now. |
| 0:50.3 | You guys only have four games left. |
| 0:51.7 | How are you feeling? |
| 0:52.6 | How's the grind starting to add up after all |
| 0:55.5 | these years? Yeah, I feel good. And it's kind of crazy that this is my ninth year. I feel like |
| 1:01.8 | it's like everybody always says, it just flies by. But now I'm one of the old heads on the team now. |
| 1:08.2 | So it's been a long season. It's been a fun year, obviously. |
| 1:11.9 | And now, like, what we really play for is about to be here. And it's exciting times. |
| 1:19.4 | Yeah, you know, it's funny. I'm just playing plain old amateur basketball and I'm 34 and I can |
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