How an early March game was the turning point to Payton Pritchard’s season It was a couple weeks before the trade deadline when Bill Simmons declared on his podcast (and I’m paraphrasing) that Payton Pritchard was too small to be an effective NBA player, that Celtics needed to upgrade his rotation spot.
Mike Gorman, Svi Mykhailiuk, and top-notch ball movement. The regular season wrapped up on Sunday afternoon with a Boston Celtics win over the Washington Wizards.
Pritchard had previously set his scoring record Friday night against the Hornets. Entering Sunday’s game, the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards both had nothing to play for.
If the guard can carry his recent production level into the postseason, he will be a significant threat off the Celtics bench.
Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 38 points and added 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the visiting Washington Wizards 132-122 Sunday on the final day of the NBA's regular season.
Payton Pritchard reflected on a year of growth after going off for a career-high 31 points in the second-to-last Celtics game of the regular season. Last year, Payton Pritchard’s minutes and role fluctuated.
Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 31 points and had 11 assists to help the Boston Celtics end a two-game losing streak with a 131-98 rout of the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Friday.
No top six? No problem for Boston. Well... that was a basketball game. The Celtics’ top six all sat for Friday’s penultimate regular season contest against the Charlotte Hornets, which meant it was time for the Bus 1 Boys to do their thing.
Midway through the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ rout of the Trail Blazers on Sunday, Payton Pritchard got the ball in transition for a break away opportunity.
Payton Pritchard’s ruthless side and an Xavier Tillman game-winner. Happy April. The regular Boston Celtics demolished the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
The Boston Celtics' top-six rotation has been a major talking point this season.
The Boston Celtics only need two more wins to clinch the first seed in the East. Payton Pritchard has extended his hot streak to four games. In those outings, he’s averaging 19 points, 8 assists and 3.8 rebounds on 51.6% shooting from 3-point range and 52.7% from the field.
The Boston Celtics boast a potent starting five that’s one of the best in the NBA. And on Tuesday night against the Indiana Pacers, every Celtics starter had at least 17 points en route to a 129-124 victory.
On Saturday evening, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics improved to an impressive record of 30-9 on the 2023-24 NBA season with a dominant home win over the Houston Rockets.
Payton Pritchard is off to a bad start this NBA season, just a month after he signed a multi-year contract extension with the Boston Celtics. With the offseason trades of Marcus Smart and Malcolm Brogdon, Pritchard received an expanded role as the team’s primary backup point guard.
Boston Celtics point guard Payton Pritchard has put the NBA world on notice with his preseason play. The fourth-year sharpshooter has put together three brilliant performances for the Celtics, averaging 21.3 points on 52.3% shooting in only 25.3 minutes per game.
The Celtics locked up Payton Pritchard long-term. But his contract also makes him a perfect trade chip.
In recent news, the Boston Celtics have reportedly signed guard Payton Pritchard to a four-year, $30 million contract extension. It is being reported that Pritchard’s contract is fully guaranteed.
The Celtics and guard Payton Pritchard are in agreement on a four-year rookie scale extension worth $30M, his agents at CAA Basketball tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
The Boston Celtics fell short in their quest for an NBA championship last season.
The Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz could look to acquire Payton Pritchard from the Boston Celtics this summer, according to NBA insider Sean Deveney of Heavy Sports.
At the end of the 2021-22 campaign, coming off a Finals run where he averaged 12.9 minutes per contest in the playoffs, Payton Pritchard stated, "Hopefully, I can carry more of the torch," while speaking about adding to his game and seeking to earn more playing time.
Payton Pritchard would like to be traded by the Boston Celtics this summer, according to NBA insiders Jay King and Jared Weiss of The Athletic. Pritchard had several DNPs in the regular season and playoffs.
One Boston Celtics player is keeping it real after the trade deadline, openly admitting that he was hoping for a move out of Boston.
The Celtics have been all biscuits and gravy over the last year or so, but one player on their roster may soon be looking to dip.
Unsurprisingly NBA teams are looking to trade for Celtics third year guard Payton Pritchard. I don't blame them. He's a very solid guard who fits ideally in the modern NBA.
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