{"id":554877,"date":"2026-01-23T06:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554877\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:02:20","slug":"celtics-rule-out-derrick-white-for-nets-game-after-42-games-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554877\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Rule Out Derrick White for Nets Game After 42 Games Played"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derrick White has played in 42 of the Boston Celtics<\/a>‘ 43 games so far, averaging 17.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks. With Jayson Tatum<\/a> still out after his Achilles injury in May last year, White has stepped up and has since become Boston’s second-best player behind Jaylen Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are 27-16 on the season, climbing to second in the Eastern Conference. They are behind only the 32-10 Detroit Pistons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Boston plays the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> next on Friday. Expectations are high that the Celtics will be able to easily handle a team that has only won 12 games so far this campaign.<\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) leaves the court after a game.Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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However, the Celtics will have to do so without White. On Thursday, Boston revealed that the 31-year-old guard has been ruled out for rest, as reported by team coverage manager and insider Taylor Snow.<\/p>\n

The game against the Nets is the first of a back-to-back, with the Celtics playing again on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls<\/a>. That being said, it’s not surprising that Joe Mazzulla decided to rest one of his key players.<\/p>\n

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With White sidelined, the Celtics are expected to give guards Anfernee Simons and Baylor Scheierman increased roles and playing time.<\/p>\n

Simons has yet to start for the Celtics this season, but he has been productive in his bench role. He’s averaging 13.9 points on 43.9% shooting, along with 2.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 24 minutes of action per game.<\/p>\n

As for Scheierman, he has already started two games for the Celtics. In those outings, he totaled 11 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and five steals.<\/p>\n

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Related: Celtics Legend Robert Parish Reacts to Losing Historic Spot to LeBron James<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jan 23, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derrick White has played in 42 of the Boston Celtics‘ 43 games so far, averaging 17.6 points, 4.2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[8847,4329,7,1266,75,670,247,3803,329,1243,188,78,77,7272,6,671,20770],"class_list":{"0":"post-554877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-achilles-injury","9":"tag-anfernee-simons","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-baylor-scheierman","12":"tag-boston-celtics","13":"tag-brooklyn","14":"tag-brooklyn-nets","15":"tag-brooklynnets","16":"tag-chicago-bulls","17":"tag-derrick-white","18":"tag-detroit-pistons","19":"tag-jaylen-brown","20":"tag-jayson-tatum","21":"tag-josh-minott","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nets","24":"tag-taylor-snow"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115942900149928989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}