The 2023 Eastern Conference Finals has been less of a roller coaster and more of that Pirate Swing pendulum ride, with the Boston Celtics having dropped the first three games before starting to make it a series. Jayson Tatum has been consistently brilliant throughout the series — outside of Game 3, that is — but the second-best player has fluctuated game-to-game.
MassLive’s Brian Robb believes that Derrick White has been the team’s second-best player, revealing as much in a piece championing the 2022 trade deadline acquisition as a potential history-making gamble should the Celtics complete the comeback down 3-0 and advance to the NBA Finals.