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Success Curry? The Warriors like Celtic pitchers, or big deals!

4:34pm, 20 May 2025Basketball

The Boston Celtics have been eliminated in this year's NBA playoffs, and their team's management has just begun.

The Celtics are under a lot of salary pressure and will not perform too well next season. Tatum has undergone Achilles tendon repair surgery and is not expected to play next season. Horford may retire, Porzingis and Holiday have limited transaction value, and Jaylen Brown may not move.

In this way, the most traded value is the pitcher Derek White.

White is a very outstanding player. He averaged 18.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in this year's playoffs, which is an important scoring point for the Celtics. More importantly, White's annual salary will reach $28.1 million next season. If he can be traded out, it will greatly reduce the salary pressure of the Celtics.

In this year's NBA playoffs, White also saved the Celtics' life. At the G5 in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Celtics returned to home with a 1-3 behind. White scored 7 three-pointers in a single game and scored 34 points, leading the team to defeat the New York Knicks and refused to be eliminated.

For three consecutive seasons, White's three-point shooting percentage is above 38%, and this season he averaged 3.5 three-pointers per game. Because of this, the Golden State Warriors are very interested in White and they hope to introduce this pitcher in the offseason.

White is a ball-holding pitcher. He is not a fixed-point pitcher waiting for his teammates to feed the ball, so he can create his own chance to score. The effect of using it is very similar to Curry. The Warriors have also suffered from Curry's absence due to injury. If White can be introduced, there is no need to worry about not scoring the back line, nor about Curry's successor.

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