PARKER — Derrick White walked off the courts at Parker Fieldhouse with five-time NBA All-Star Chauncey Billups and then-Los Angeles Clippers guard Jamal Crawford by his side.
In the summer of 2014, White was a counselor at the Chauncey Billups Basketball Academy, an annual youth basketball camp he’d attended since he was 15. Billups was an icon to Denver-area kids with hoop dreams, and the 2004 NBA champion’s legacy meant just as much to White. Coming off an all-conference sophomore season at Division II Colorado-Colorado Springs, he could finally hold his own on the court against the camp’s other coaches, which often included names such as Crawford, Blake Griffin and Kyle Lowry.