Derrick White recalls his first NBA basket

Patrick Smith, 2019 Getty Images Hoping for more of these scoring drives for WhiteWe are only Fabricio Oberto number of days (that’s seven!) away from the start of the NBA season. Over a dozen NBA veterans shared with ESPN writers about their respective first made field goals, and our own Derrick White chimed in with his:

“It was against Oklahoma City at Oklahoma City. I drove from the top, shot a little floater. It’s just special to have that first one, that first basket that not a lot of people could get, so I was happy about it. Growing up, floater would’ve been my best guess. Actually, if I was younger, I’d probably think 3 or something, but floater fit my game more than anything. I…