Derrick White has broken his silence about the fight he was involved in at a CU-CSU game last week.
A video went viral on social media that showed White getting involved in a fight with fans last Saturday at a college football rivalry game between Colorado and Colorado State.
The footage shows a fan swinging his arm at White and knocking the hat off his head, then a huge melee ensued after that.
On Tuesday at Celtics media day, White was asked about this incident and seemed to downplay what went down.
Obviously, the Colorado situation is unfortunate, White told reporters. I never thought Id be in that situation, honestly. I didnt actually get hit. He just hit my hat off. But I shouldnt have been there, and its unfortunate. Just moving on.
Contrary to what White says, witnesses claim he indeed got hit.
It was unclear to many what sparked the incident, but TMZ Sports say that it started when White got into a bit of a verbal spat with some Rams fans.
In the third quarteras it became clear Whites Buffs were likely going to winthe apparent arguing turned violent as you can see in our video, a man in a CSU hat and a Utah shirt swung his arm into the side of Whites head, TMZ report.
The blow connected so hardit knocked the hat right off Whites dome and a huge skirmish then ensued.
Multiple people raced in and while White was pulled out of the mix quicklynearly a dozen people pushed, shoved and put each other in headlocks for several moments.
No doubt White will be looking to put the incident behind him heading into the 2024-25 season.
