Derrick White on Celtics in Crunch Time: We Should Just Make Every Shot

Derrick White on Celtics in Crunch Time: We Should Just Make Every Shot

Uh feels like we were on the road forever um so it’s nice little stretch where could be home for a little bit more than a couple days would be nice much have you guys been able to talk about crunch time offense especially coming off the couple games in Atlanta

Last week the way it went down the stretch how much you know there obviously not a lot of time left but you know how much you guys going to be able to work on that going into the playoffs oh I mean we still got however many games we got and each game’s

Different opportunity different different Challenge and um I think that every time that we’ve had those opportunities like we’ve worked on different things we we’ve got different actions and so um just having that uh versatility is going to be big for us so just each game a different opportunity

And um we’re looking forward to it how how much improvement do you feel like you guys need to make in those spots do you need to switch it up a little bit you feel like in terms of the approach there do you feel like overall you’ve

Been successful in that spot um I think we should just make every shot and we would be so much better in it U just kidding um I mean uh I mean it’s the end of the game I think it’s going to be tough shots it’s going to be tough looks

But um just continued to trust the process um makes or misses and uh I think we’ve been just doing that the whole year Joe moula named coach of the month uh he always gives credit to the staff but I just kind of talk about Joe and that group and how much have helped

You guys the season yeah um staff’s been amazing um Joe’s been solid and um I mean we’re just we’re lucky to to learn from him he’s been on us the whole year about just trusting the process staying with it and uh not being satisfied so a

Lot of credit goes to um him and the whole stuff how big I’m sorry how spoken has you been about keeping you guys still going I mean the fact that you’ve been clinched Theon in the e so many weeks and to get you guys focused every night yeah um I mean

Probably a lot of credit goes to him because I think it’s pretty easy to uh just take your foot off the the gas and like question what these games mean but um we got a lot of guys that we don’t want to skip steps and uh Joe’s at the

The head of that so um a lot of credit goes to him how did your relationship with oh sorry how did your relationship with Joe change when he became the head coach and then how has it changed this year um with him being more comfortable in that

Ro um I think I mean like last year yeah I was starting but like I wasn’t the point guard per se and so um this year I think he just got a lot more trust in me um we’ve been able to just go back and forth and um like just during the game

We always talking uh just trying to figure out what matchups we want to get to offensively defensively and um just having that back and forth dialogue I think it’s been been a lot of fun for me it’s easy for us to look at this game tonight and say okay this could be a

Finals preview but for you guys like how do you see it is this a tuneup like every other game or does this mean a little bit more because of the quality of the the team on the other side yeah um I mean this is they’re playing really

Well um I they playing really well the whole year and so um we just look forward to the challenge um I mean obviously everybody’s going to want to talk about the finals but we understand that’s a long ways away um I mean it’s going to be a good

Opportunity good challenge for us and um I think everybody’s just looking for forward to to compete and just kind of on that note like how difficult has it been or or you guys have been talking about Joe and how much has he kind of pointed you guys toward okay like each

Game is a tuneup each game is a tuneup for the playoffs and and how have you sort of set your mind before each game um on in terms of like you know what kind of effort you bring to the court yeah um I mean he’s like this is what we

Asked for like we we wanted to be the best team and um you can’t be surprised what like what comes with it so um each game is an opportunity to get better and opportunity for us to to learn a bit a little bit more about about ourselves

Like what we can do what we uh need to work on and um I think today’s no different than any other game how much would it mean to clinch the number one seed in the league tonight I mean it sounds great um obviously doesn’t really

Mean that much in the long run but I mean it sounds great and um whether we get it or not I don’t think it will change our mindset is there report that Charles could be up for the Charlotte job over the summer what has he brought to this

Team and you know what kind of head coach could you see him becoming down the line if he gets that opportunity yeah he’s been great for us um comes in with great energy each and every day um great attitude and just a great knowledge of the game so um we’re

Lucky to have him um I’ve learned a lot from him throughout this whole season and um just a great basketball mine for sure lastly Al is up for teammate of the year uh Drew continues to take home that award in the past so I I’m looking for I

Guess maybe some cons why Al hasn’t won it yet because Drew Hol is a great teammate too um I don’t know uh I we all know Al special um the things he does for us on the court off the court um you can’t really measure it and so um I think you

Should win it running away um in my unbias opinion and um he just he’s an amazing human being and I’m thankful to be his teammate thank you

Derrick White talked about Joe Mazzulla winning coach of the year, Charles Lee being a candidate for the Hornets, Al Horford being up for teammate of the year and the Celtics’ crunch time offense at shootaround before Boston hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday.