Tim BontempsMay 10, 2026, 05:20 PM ET Close Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA author for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the courtroom, together with commerce deadline intel, enlargement and his MVP Straw Polls. You can discover Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective…
Throughout the common season, nearly everybody on the Boston Celtics roster had alternatives come their manner. Some video games it could be Baylor Scheierman, others it was Hugo Gonzalez, or Jordan Walsh. Luka Garza would go from stretches of DNP-CDs to legitimately altering the momentum of video games together with his hustle. So a lot…
Ask an NBA fan about Payton Pritchard, and likelihood is they will carry up the 2024 NBA Finals, when the Celtics guard buried halfcourt buzzer-beaters in Game 2 and Game 5 to assist Boston dispatch the Dallas Mavericks and lift Banner 18. Those two heaves have been undoubtedly Pritchard’s most well-known shot clock beaters. But…
OKLAHOMA CITY — In August 2021, Celtics guard Payton Pritchard raised eyebrows when he erupted for 92 factors in a Portland Pro-Am sport. These matchups, in fact, contain amateurs, and intense protection tends to be elective. Still, it was an enormous quantity. So when Pritchard missed the Celtics’ game against the Spurs on Tuesday due…
SAN FRANCISCO – After buying and selling Anfernee Simons, the Celtics had been left with simply two major ball-handlers: Derrick White and Payton Pritchard. Both had began the primary 49 video games of the season. But with Simons gone, Boston wanted one other ball-handler to anchor the second unit. That meant sliding Pritchard again into…
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard not too long ago highlighted the elements behind Neemias Queta’s robust play this season. “Playing time. Learning to play through mistakes at times and just having the room to grow,” Pritchard famous. “He got better by watching the guys ahead of him, and when his opportunity came, he took full…
