After signing a considerable if still team-friendly contract extension ahead of the NBA’s 2023-24 season, backup Boston Celtics combo guard Payton Pritchard has not exactly lit the world on fire on the court. We are not in any way insinuating that the West Linn native has taken his foot off the pedal or is in some way not taking the season as seriously as he should, but rather that Pritchard has yet to carve out a consistent role with the team’s bench unit.
