The best season of Payton Pritchard’s career led him the name of the sixth man of the year of the NBA.
Pritchard beat his colleagues finalists Malik Beasley of the Pistons and Ty Jerome of the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Prize on Tuesday.
Pritchard was an ace of the bench for the Boston Celtics since he entered the NBA in 2020. He was a shooter of 39.5% of three points in his first four seasons.
The 2024-25 campaign saw Pritchard bring his game to another level. He established careers in career at all levels, including minutes per game (28.4), a score (14.3), rebounds (3.8), decisive passes (3.5) and a percentage of goals on the field (47.2). He also pulled 40.7% out of three out of 7.8 attempts by competition.
Given how much the Celtics are deposited in three points for their success, the pritchard’s success rate is essential for head coach Joe Mazzulla.
Even if the overall volume of pritchard is not extremely high, its efficiency is incredible. He had an effective percentage of goals on the ground, not far behind Nikola Jokić (62.7).
The Celtics are undoubtedly the favorites to win the title of the NBA for a second consecutive year in part because of the depth of the alignment they have accumulated. Pritchard is a huge component and worked to be a high -level player after being selected with the 26th choice at the 2020 recovery.
Pritchard is the fourth player of the different Celtics to win the sixth prize of the man of the year. He joined a group which includes the double winner Kevin Mchale, Bill Walton and Malcolm Brogdon.
With five in total The victories of the sixth man of the year, the Celtics linked the Clippers of Los Angeles mostly by a single team.
