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The Derrick White All-Stars: 10 Players Who Could Complete a Contender

The Ringer
Published June 19, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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Getty Images/Ringer illustration Which overlooked veterans could help a team win a title next season? In honor of the Boston Celtics' do-it-all role player, here are 10 names to watch this offseason. The biggest takeaway from this postseason? It might be that having one or two stars isn't enough to win a title anymore. Building a superteam used to mean convincing superstars to play together, and then filling out the rest of the roster with cheap role players. But maybe now a superteam is about building a deep rotation, with quality players and no exploitable weaknesses. Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens built a title-winning roster around Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown by making key acquisitions over the past two and a half years in Derrick White, Kristaps Porzingis, and Jrue Holiday. It's the same blueprint followed by last season's champions, the Denver Nuggets, who supported Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray by acquiring Aaron Gordon, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Bruce Brown Jr. in the years leading up. After watching how Boston and Denver won their titles, high-end role players could now be coveted around the league. These types of players tend to fall into...

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