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[mvossman]

Not sure the point you are making about White. Some random observations on him ...
1 Would love to have him (now). 
2 When BOS traded for him, he was JAG, a defensive wing, a player with a contract that was ugly for what he was showing. 
3 IIRC there was also some element of "salary dump" to get under the tax line that BOS had targeted and was able to get when they swapped for him. But SA was likely dumping his contract as part of their thinking.
4 He was SA's Josh Green?
5 Something in BOS clicked for him eventually (they developed him better, or put him in a better role for his skills, or....?). But it didn't happen overnight.
6 The picks SA got for him have proved to be meh-to-bad, actually. But even as they were being traded, they didn't look all that special.

Got to disagree with the White take.  He was significantly more than a JAG at the time of the trade.  He was at another level than Green.  He did not have the passive issues on offense that Green does, is a better passer and a much better defender.  I agree that he got even better when he got to Boston, but I would have been more than happy to make that trade.