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Houston Rockets star Russell Westbrook returned to the court on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs … and he hasn’t missed a beat. The Rockets point guard called for the ball within seconds of the opening tip, drawing a matchup against Derrick White and nailing a quick fadeaway jumper off the glass, rocking the baby […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White wasn’t surprised at all with how well his teammate Jakob Poeltl played against the Utah Jazz on Friday. In fact, White said he knew the 24-year-old Austrian slotman was bound for a big game after eating their first meal of the day. Per Spurs reporter RJ Marquez: Derrick White, […]

San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan has seemingly taken a step back in the team’s scrimmage games, opting to let the young guns handle some of the offensive chores. Head coach Gregg Popovich revealed that this move is part of his strategy to develop the team’s younger players. Ahead of the Spurs’ scrimmage on Tuesday, […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich praised his young guards Dejounte Murray and Derrick White on Friday before the team’s home tilt with the Phoenix Suns. Despite sporting a losing record at the moment, the longtime Spurs head coach and five-time NBA champion sees a bright future for the young backcourt. “They complement each […]

San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan has been known for his elite athleticism and high flying dunks since he entered the league in 2009. Now, 11 years later and the four-time All-Star is proving that he still can slam it with the best of them. In the second quarter of the San Antonio’s matchup with […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White is questionable for Thursday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a contusion in his right gluteal muscle. Derrick White (contusion, right glute) is listed as questionable for Thursday’s game. — Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) November 6, 2019 White played just 19 minutes on Tuesday night and has failed […]

The San Antonio Spurs displayed how good defense triggers the offense on Thursday in their game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center. Derrick White sparked the team’s brilliant sequence at the expense of former teammate Kawhi Leonard. The reigning Finals MVP beat White off the dribble and got himself close to the […]

One player many are expecting to make a huge jump this season is San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White, but he certainly has not gotten off to a great start in the preseason. White has missed 12 of his 13 shot attempts in his first two exhibition games, both blowout losses. However, the youngster is […]

The San Antonio Spurs are no longer the Spurs we came to know and love over the years. Tim Duncan isn’t walking through that door, and neither are Manu Ginobili nor Tony Parker. It’s a new era in San Antonio, one that might not exactly yield the best results in the 2019-20 campaign. However, while […]

Though the 2019-20 season is approaching fast, several teams around the NBA landscape are still finalizing their respective rosters. One such team is the San Antonio Spurs, who have reportedly picked up their options for Derrick White and Lonnie Walker IV. Jabari Young of The Athletic shared this news on Tuesday morning: Thank you all […]

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Derrick White tripped and fell face forward during Team USA’s loss to Australia. According to Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News, White passed his first concussion test and suffered no damage to his teeth. The Spurs guard, though, did need four stitches to close a cut over his left […]

For San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, Derrick White’s basketball journey — which includes his inclusion in Team USA — is a great narrative. Per USA Basketball, Popovich narrated White’s journey in brief. From his humble beginnings in the NCAA Division II to being drafted in the NBA and heading to the G League, […]

USA Basketball is finally rounding up its roster after the recent wave of events have left a lean number of players left in contention for the final 12 spots heading into the FIBA 2019 World Cup in China. Recent cuts saw Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young and Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo hit the road, […]

USA Basketball has cut Thaddeus Young and Bam Adebayo from the Team USA senior squad and promoted rising stars Marvin Bagley III and Derrick White, Brian Windhorst of ESPN reports. The USA national team made the decision on Friday night following the intra-squad scrimmage between the senior squad and the select team members. The USA […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White appears poised to join USA Basketball’s practice squad, San Antonio Express-News’ Tom Osborn reports. White, 25, will enter his third season in the NBA—all with the Spurs—this fall and he’s garnering greater national attention from Team USA director Jerry Colangelo. Colangelo has been in charge of USA Basketball since […]

CLUTCH Summary: Every NBA season players seemingly come out of nowhere to have breakout campaigns. The upcoming voyage will be no different. Not every breakout player is a former NBA Draft lottery selection or some talent who was always projected to eventually get to this point. There are, however, former top picks turned perceived busts […]

Team USA managing director Jerry Colangelo is a big fan of San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White. White is on the USA Select Team and has been turning heads left and right at Team USA training camp in Las Vegas. “I think White has been very, very good,” Colangelo said, via Tom Orsborn of the […]

USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo cited Sacramento Kings big man Marvin Bagley III and San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White as two players from the Select Team that have stood out over the last couple of days. The two youngsters could get a call-up to join the senior team in practice soon, as camp […]

San Antonio Spurs point guard Derrick White has been included by some experts on their list of potential breakout candidates for the coming season. Further fuel has been added to this flame, with a report emerging pertaining to the 25-year-old’s domination in a recent Team USA scrimmage. While there are no specific details on what […]

Following another first-round exit for the San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs last season, it can no longer be denied that they are not anymore the perennial championship contenders they once were just a few years back. The Big 3 era is over, and the team have also moved on from former cornerstone superstar Kawhi […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were the biggest winners of the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery when they surprisingly won the first pick despite only having a six percent chance. Pelicans General Manager David Griffin is expected to select Zion Williamson from Duke University to the chagrin of the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. […]

Afterr six games, the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs have played to a standstill, setting up a do-or-die Game 7 at Pepsi Center on Saturday night. These are three factors that will help decide whether it’s the Nuggets or Spurs who move on to face the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semifinals. […]

Coming into Game 4, the Denver Nuggets had lost 13 straight road games to the San Antonio Spurs. In fact, only two players on Denver’s roster, Paul Millsap and Will Barton, had ever won a game played at AT&T Center. You wouldn’t have known it on Saturday, though, when the Nuggets overcame a dreadful first […]

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White rode the highest of highs on Thursday night, having a career game to lead his team to a Game 3 victory over their first round series opponents, the Denver Nuggets. Unfortunately, White could not follow up his virtuoso performance as he fell back down to Earth in San Antonio’s […]

Derrick White is the postseason’s most anonymous impact player. Well, at least for now. If the sophomore guard continues playing at the esteemed level he’s reached while leading his underdog team to a 2-1 lead over the Denver Nuggets in the first round, it seems only a matter of time until he’s the latest San […]

San Antonio Spurs combo guard Derrick White is the first player to score at least 35 points, grab five rebounds and dish out five assists in a playoff game in his first or second season since Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade did it back in 2005 versus the Detroit Pistons. White put up 36 points, […]

The San Antonio Spurs were able to take a 2-1 series lead over the Denver Nuggets thanks to a breakout performance by point guard Derrick White. Nuggets guard Gary Harris indicates that the team may have felt a bit slighted by his outing. The Nuggets simply had no answer for White’s ability to get to […]

San Antonio Spurs point guard Derrick White provided the performance of the evening on Thursday as he led the Spurs to a 118-108 Game 3 victory against the Denver Nuggets. Following White’s 36-point explosion, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone described the 24-year-old’s attitude coming into the game as if he “hasn’t eaten in two days.” […]

Thanks in large part to a career night from Derrick White, the San Antonio Spurs walked away from their Game 3 matchup against the Denver Nuggets with a 118-108 victory. White logged 33 minutes in Game 3, scoring a playoff career-high of 36 points on 15-of-21 shooting from the field (1-of-4 from beyond the arc), […]

The dreaded sophomore slump hasn’t affected San Antonio Spurs point guard Derrick White. He joined elite company in the NBA’s record books on Thursday. White’s 24 points in the paint against the Denver Nuggets on April 18 is the fourth-most in the postseason by a guard in the last 20 years. PoundingtheRock.com editor in chief […]

Derrick White played the game of his life on Thursday night. The San Antonio Spurs guard led his team to a crucial 118-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of the teams’ first-round series, scoring a career-high 36 points, grabbing five rebounds, dishing five assists, and swiping three steals on scorching 15-of-21 shooting. […]

Derrick White isn’t exactly a household name to casual basketball fans. The San Antonio Spurs guard appeared in just 17 games as a rookie last year after being selected with a late first-round pick, and has toiled in relative anonymity league-wide this season despite emerging as a two-way cog on the perimeter for Gregg Popovich. […]

Over 900 miles separate Denver and San Antonio, but there’s a far smaller degree of separation between multiple parties of the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs. San Antonio head coach Gregg Popovich attended the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and served as a mentor for current Nuggets head coach Mike Malone. Popovich actually […]

Derrick White of the San Antonio Spurs has his own story to tell. It is part of the larger fabric of professional basketball and its constant evolution. The NBA Draft is the annual time when basketball fans find out where their favorite prospects will begin their NBA stories. There are always a handful of future […]

More than a year ago, James Harden committed one of the most disrespectful moves in NBA history and easily the year’s best as he shook Wesley Johnson of the Los Angeles Clippers so hard, the Houston Rockets guard had plenty of time to taunt the fallen defensive ace before calmly sinking the wide-open three. Tonight, The […]

Coming into the 2018-19 season, skepticism regarding the San Antonio Spurs was mostly about the offseason losses of Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green — generally considered the best pair of wing defenders in basketball. Could San Antonio, replacing two perennial All-Defensive team candidates with DeMar DeRozan and a host of unknowns, really be proficient enough […]

The San Antonio Spurs got a much-needed boost ahead of their game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, with both LaMarcus Aldridge and Derrick White available to play. The two players were initially listed as probable for the game. Aldridge was dealing with an undisclosed illness on Saturday while White was said […]

The San Antonio Spurs have announced that All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge and reserve point guard Derrick White might not play against the New York Knicks on Sunday. For Sunday’s Spurs-Knicks game, LaMarcus Aldridge and Derrick White are both listed as PROBABLE again — Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) February 23, 2019 Aldridge is currently dealing with an […]

The San Antonio Spurs are getting a key contributor back just in time for their post-All-Star run to the playoffs. Guard Derrick White is probable for Friday’s game against the Toronto Raptors, Michael C. Wright of ESPN reports. Derrick White is probable for Friday, and that’s huge for the Spurs. — Michael C. Wright (@mikecwright) […]