Spurs guard Derrick White is currently enjoying the best month of his young NBA career, Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News opines.
White, 26, is in his fourth season with San Antonio. As McDonald notes, he averaged 18.5 points per game in his 13 April contests heading into Saturday’s outing against New Orleans, which he finished with 22 points and five rebounds in 37 minutes of work.
“I just want to keep working and looking at what I can improve on,” White said, “but we are getting there.”
White has played a major role in the Spurs’ season, helping the team achieve a 30-29 record through 59 games. He’s averaging a career-high 15.5 points, three rebounds and 3.6 assists per contest.
Here are some other notes from the Southwest Division tonight:
- The Mavericks have plenty of reasons to expect a top-six finish in the Western Conference, Tim Cato of The Athletic writes. Dallas currently owns the sixth-best record in the West at 33-26, taking its two most recent games against the Lakers (albeit without LeBron James) at home. The team trails the Lakers by 1.5 games for the No. 5 seed and leads the Blazers by one game for No. 6.
- DeMar DeRozan‘s clutch play on Saturday helped the Spurs move closer to a spot in the NBA playoffs, McDonald writes in a separate story for the San Antonio Express-News. DeRozan recorded 32 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, shooting 10-of-21 from the floor.
- For the Pelicans, even the team’s strengths have turned into weaknesses in key moments of a disappointing season, Christian Clark of NOLA.com writes. “We had hands on the ball, too,” coach Stan Van Gundy said after the loss to San Antonio. “It was disappointing because rebounding has been the one thing we’ve been able to count on all year and should be able to count on. Tonight, not so much.”
I wouldn’t mind seeing DeRozan on the Knicks.
I think he’ll be a Mav.
John Collins will be too choice
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Agreed—if they could get him on a 3 year with a team option for the third that would be ideal. He’s basically been a PG in San Antonio, so he’d give NY good size, playmaking, and scoring next to RJ and Randle
Don’t know why Demar Derozan doesn’t get talked about more, kind of needs to get on a team that can make a deep run in playoffs to get the credit he deserves. Derozan can do a lot of the things Butler did in the Finals last year
On the offensive end, you mean…
Roflmao
You know what else the Pelicans can count on? Stan Van Gundy saying stupid dhit
Spurs still don’t trust their young guys and by failing to trade Derozen it proves it…
They failed in trading Aldridge too, and Drummond suddenly became popular when the deadline passed too… it’ s the salary.
I would agree though just based on the personalities of the guards and so they offer high to Derozan.