Instead, shortly before the Sixers and Nets rearranged the league’s power structure with a blockbuster deal that appeared to bolster two teams in their own division, the Celtics delivered a more narrow shockwave by acquiring someone who was basically designed in a lab to complement everything they already had. At best: White could be the missing puzzle piece, a master of all the little things every winning team needs on both ends. White’s on-court priorities reflect his journey—which includes three seasons at Division II’s Colorado-Colorado Springs. “He doesn’t think anything is owed to him,” Hardy says.