The Boston Celtics had something of a historic outlier of an NBA season, going from a team that struggled to stay above .500 to start their 2021-22 campaign to flipping a switch when 2022 arrived to play like the best team in the league to close out the season on their way to a Finals berth and two wins away from a title.
Over that stretch, second-year reserve guard Payton Pritchard managed to crack the team’s rotation after getting buried in the team’s backcourt as consolidatory deals at the 2022 NBA trade deadline opened space for the Oregon product to spread his wings. Pritchard opened up about the evolution of his role with the Celtics on Friday afternoon.
“This season’s probably been one of my biggest growths mentally,” said the West Linn native.
Is the Celtics’ season a success for making the Finals, or a failure given how close they got to winning it all? https://t.co/A9J2Y1yVSN
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) June 18, 2022
