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.