Derrick White Shines Defensively in Game Against South Sudan
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00:00To be honest, you know, when when White got that gig and he got, you know, they brought
00:08him on the team after they sent Kawhi home.
00:12People didn't like that move.
00:13They all thought it should have been Jalen Brown, but I got to be honest with you.
00:17He can really defend and he's knocking down the shots that he has to when he has the look.
00:24He takes it and makes it.
00:25I thought he, what do you have, like three steals in that game against Sudan?
00:29I thought he looked fantastic defensively.
00:32No one's mocking that decision now when they chose White.
00:35Yeah, I didn't have a problem with the decision.
00:38I understood it because at the time there was a likelihood that whoever stepped into
00:43that position was was not going to get much run.
00:47And Derek is the kind of player who does not have a great ego and he would probably have
00:53accepted it if it if that's what had been the judgment.
00:56But he didn't accept it in practice.
00:58He went out and did Derek White things and he and when he got his chance to play in games,
01:04he did Derek White things and against South Sudan.
01:07He threw in a whole boatload of Derek White things with deflections, with steals, with
01:13blocks.
01:14It was a constant nuisance defensively.
01:16They started out with Devin Booker guarding Carly Jones, who had hit them for a triple
01:20double in the one point exhibition win, the stunning, the stunning game that they played
01:25in exhibition.
01:26And and Devin Booker did a great job setting the tone in that game.
01:32And then but what was almost unfair to poor Carly was then White came in and it was over.
01:37I mean, he wound up managing 18 points because he shot 19 times.
01:43But it was it was really almost unfair to Carly.
01:47You know, respectfully, I get about 30 seconds or I think the holidays, another one.
01:52They play such great defense.
01:54That's why I'm putting them in the lineup.
01:57Yeah, absolutely.
01:59The defense really helps.
02:00I still you know, if Halliburton doesn't need to be out there, if the ball moves like it
02:05did yesterday, but if it stops, he's got to be out there.