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In what is sure to be a painful offseason, there’s one thing the Celtics absolutely cannot do … trade Derrick White

My ire-raising reaction upon considering said eye-catching headline: Keep rebuffing, Brad. Rebuff every offer, from insulting (which most of them will be) to thought-provoking (if any happen to be, which is doubtful). Rebuff and rebuff some more. Rebuff them into oblivion.

Because in this potentially — probably? — seismic offseason for the Celtics, trading Derrick White is the one move that cannot be tolerated.

Seriously, it might be better to identify the teams that aren’t interested in trading for White — the highest-level kind of glue guy who also happens to swat shots like a young Dennis Johnson and owns the franchise record for 3-pointers in a season — than figuring out which teams are nagging Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens about his availability.