Following his third season with the Boston Celtics—one in which he averaged just 5.6 points per game in limited minutes—guard Payton Pritchard was determined to grow his game, expand his role, and play NBA basketball at the high level he knew he was capable of.
Talks throughout that summer ultimately led to the C's signing the 6'1" playmaker out of Oregon to a contract extension. Now, just over two years later and still with the team that drafted him, Pritchard is the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year.
