White is a sparkling defender, earning first-team All-Defense for the first time and while shouldering the responsibility of guarding the opposing team’s best wing player. He also facilitated the offense, feeding Tatum and Brown the ball in their preferred spots.

Perhaps the responsibility was too much and coach Joe Mazzulla wants to lighten his load by creating a more versatile offense with more ball handlers. The coherent theme of this training camp is increased offensive versatility, which means even the likes of Neemias Queta will be allowed to shoot 3-pointers to create more floor space.

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“There’s always downs of the year, so I think every offseason, [I] try to just go back and see what went wrong, why it went wrong, and try to correct it for the next season,” White said. “Obviously, shooting was a big thing and something that I think I corrected, hopefully. I just try to work on other parts of my game that I know is going to be important as well. So, like everybody thinks [they’ve] have had a great summer and ready to go, but I’m just, I feel good. I feel confident, and I just got to go out there and perform.”

Using Tatum, Paul George, and Mike Conley as ball handlers can take pressure off White and lighten his offensive workload. George has been healthy in training camp and that’s an encouraging sign for the Celtics, who have been heavily criticized for getting the 36-year-old as the only player return in the Brown trade.

George’s health may be the most important factor for a successful season in Boston. If he’s able to defend, make catch-and-shoot threes, and also space the floor for Tatum, the Celtics could contend with the likes of the Knicks and 76ers in the Eastern Conference.

It’s uncertain if the Celtics will limit George’s game schedule, such as sitting him in back-to-backs, to secure his knees. The fact he’s been thrust into a critical role on a championship contending team is not lost on George. He was limited to 78 games over the past two years in Philadelphia because of injuries, tanking, and a 25-game suspension.

“Obviously the most frustrating thing about it is when a player is not healthy, but he tries everything to put it all on the line, and tries to be available for his team, knowing that he’s not fully 100 [percent], and then you know people saying, ‘Oh, he’s not this, he’s not that,’ ” George said. “Fact of the matter was, I wasn’t healthy. I was trying to play through injuries and be available and give everything that I had to the team when I maybe I probably should have took a little more time off to let my body fully heal. And so to hear that, like he’s not capable of this or he’s washed it’s funny, but it’s frustrating, just because I’m still capable of doing those things when healthy, and I feel like my body is back healthy.”

Pritchard will definitely get more scoring opportunities this season, and Mazzulla will have to determine whether to start the former Sixth Man of the Year and whether to use him in the fourth-quarter lineup.

Pritchard’s numbers were considerably better last season when he came off the bench. He was a reserve in 24 of 26 games after the All-Star Break and shot 42.2 percent from the 3-point line in that span. Defenses began reacting differently to Pritchard as his offensive prowess increased and that should again be the case, especially without Brown.

The club has full confidence Pritchard will take the next step. His scoring average increased the past four seasons and he has spent the past few weeks picking up tips from the 38-year-old Conley, who has become a mentor.

The Celtics felt their offense had become stagnant and predictable, especially in the final minutes of games. The presence of George, White, and Pritchard — their 3-point shooting prowess — along with Tatum could make the Celtics difficult to guard.

Mazzulla will spend the preseason experimenting with various combinations and rotations and it will be interesting to see how Tatum’s supporting cast mesh together in this revamped offense that will emphasis playing at a faster pace.

Gary Washburn is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at gary.washburn@globe.com. Follow him @GwashburnGlobe.