Few franchises have looked more active in the NBA offseason than the Boston Celtics, who went from being contenders in the East to being among the top candidates to win the championship ring.
Well, the New England squad not only acquired the services of the top point guard Jrue Holiday and the notable Latvian power forward Kristaps Porzingis; both in separate changes. He also extended the contract of Jaylen Brown, one of his great figures, and now he has done the same with a player called to lead coach Joe Mazzulla’s second unit.
In fact, ESPN reported that the Celtics secured the continuity of point guard Payton Pritchard for four seasons and 30 million dollars. In this way, the 25-year-old player, selected in 26th place in the NBA Draft in 2020, will avoid a free agency that he could visit next summer.
Although in his recent two games his minutes per game averages dropped considerably (from 19.2 in his rookie year to 14.1 and 13.4), Pritchard would start as Boston’s main substitute in positions 1 and 2 for 2023-2024, since Mazzulla It was decided that Derrick White would accompany Holiday in the frontcourt, while Brown would work at 3 and the icon of the organization, Jayson Tatum, would be at 4 in a small lineup, with the Dominican Al Horford serving as center.
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed on a four-year, $30 million contract extension, agents Austin Brown, Max Saidman and Mitch Nathan of @CAA_Basketball tell ESPN. Deal is fully guaranteed. pic.twitter.com/sD9LgpmHZx
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 8, 2023
It must be remembered that in the aforementioned movements Boston got rid of its starting point guard, Marcus Smart, as well as its theoretical backup, Malcolm Brogdon.
2023-10-09 17:10:27
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