"There are guys on the team that have been giving me hell about not having a technical foul," said White.
No one will ever accuse Boston Celtics point guard Derrick White of being a timid player. But some of his own players jokingly tell him they will not respect him fully as a player until he picks up his first technical foul. To be fair, it is a bit odd that a player who has been in the NBA for a full eight seasons has not yet been nailed with a tech, but to the University of Colorado - Boulder alum's credit, it isn't like there haven't been opportunities.
White got into that dynamic on a recent episode of his "White Noise" podcast with cohost Welsh, who ribbed him that one of White's youngest teammates managed to get himself tossed from a game in this year's Las Vegas Summer League. "There are guys on the team that have been giving me hell about not having a technical foul," said White.
"Jayson Tatum told me he doesn't respect me until I get a technical," he added. "We'll see. Not against him, but I'm not going to go out of my way to get one. I'm going to get ejected."
"Like Jordan Walsh?" joked Welsh. "Yes. I watched Jay Walsh in the summer league," replied the Colorado native. "I got inspired."
"I think Jay Walsh was the only person to get ejected in summer league this year, and so it's always great to be the only person to do something. So, congrats on that, Jay."
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