We EXPLAIN Derrick White's HUGE SLUMP | Is 44 Wins Still Possible?

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics struggle through 1-3 start as Derrick White's shooting slump reveals deeper roster challenges. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal breaks down comprehensive statistical analysis showing White's dramatic role transformation—his pick-and-roll usage jumped 10% while spot-up opportunities plummeted 15%, forcing him into a primary creator role he's never filled before. Tom Westerholm joins to evaluate whether the Celtics' win over the New Orleans Pelicans was earned or simply handed to them, and both assess if their preseason predictions still hold after four games. Key discussions include White's shot quality decline with tighter defender proximity, Tyrese Maxey's impact on Friday's Philadelphia 76ers matchup, and the looming size challenge against the Houston Rockets. The hosts identify critical upcoming stretches against Utah, Washington, and Orlando that will determine if this team can meet expectations. Discover why White's struggles aren't about skill but adaptation, and which four-game stretch could force a complete reassessment of the Celtics' season trajectory.

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0:00.0	Derek White has started out in a big time slump, and I've got the stats that show what might be behind it.
0:06.2	It's right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:10.8	Uh-huh.
0:12.2	Yep.
0:14.2	Beantown.
0:15.6	Be ever ready.
0:16.9	It's the C's.
0:17.8	Who else could it be?
0:18.9	What they going to say now?
0:20.2	Screaming like J.T. Corral. We kept kept a madness every game, every practice. Crime time, dep and T. White on the sideline, rain and jace, how we started, raising business how we finish. Locked on Celtics pod, home of the winners. Hey there. Welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics podcast right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network, is your team every day. Your team is the Boston Celtics and I'm talking about them like every day for the next two weeks because I got bonus podcasts when they play in the weekends. They're playing both Friday and Saturday this weekend. Tons of free podcasting. It's all available wherever you get your podcast. If you like to listen to them,
0:54.5	if you like to watch them, it's on YouTube. You can get into the comment section, share your thoughts.
0:58.6	With me, I'm John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal. I've been covering the team for
1:04.1	about 20 years now. I've written a couple books about them. And today we're talking about,
1:08.7	we're going to later on, we'll do overreactions reactions or just reactions we'll just see if maybe we did overreact before we'll kind of kind of take stock after four games i get to the derrick white stuff in the second segment but first let's go back in time with Tom Westerholm.
1:29.7	How's it going, man?
1:32.0	Good, man.
1:32.8	Good.
1:33.6	Yeah, you know, Celtics got the win.
1:36.6	So I, you know, we were talking about like,
1:41.3	O and seven wasn't off the table.
1:44.4	One in six, two and five. Four seven was wasn't off the table. 1 in 6, 2 and 5.
1:46.3	1 7 was really not off the table midway through the third quarter.
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