Payton Pritchard is having a career-year to start the season as he leads the Boston Celtics reserves and carved more of a role for himself this season.

Pritchard is averaging 15.3 points per game on 46.9 percent shooting from the field and 42.3 percent from behind the arc. He also averages 2.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.

When Pritchard first arrived to Boston, he was known as a 3-point specialist and averaged 41.1 percent from deep as a rookie followed by 41.2 percent in his second year. Now entering his fifth season, he averages 39.8 percent from deep for his career:

• 2020-21: 41.1% 3PT
• 2021-22: 41.2% 3PT
• 2022-23: 36.4% 3PT
• 2023-24: 38.5% 3PT
• 2024-25: 42.3% 3PT (season in progress.)

Furthermore, Pritchard has connected on at least 100 3-pointers in each season except the 2022-23 season when he was only played in 48 games at 13.4 minutes per game.

• 2020-21: 102 3-pointers made.
• 2021-22: 101 3-pointers made.
• 2022-23: 56 3-pointers made.
• 2023-24: 147 3-pointers made.
• 2024-25: 55 3-pointers made. (season in progress.)

On Tuesday, at the TD Garden against the then undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers, Pritchard hit three 3-pointers, which moved him into Top-10 in Celtics franchise history, passing Isaiah Thomas for 10th all-time.

Pritchard has made 461 career 3-pointers.

Pritchard has been a true asset to the Celtics and it’s great that he carved a role for himself after a down season in which he asked to be traded for the sole reason of playing more on another team.

Pritchard is valuable to the Celtics, in the words of his franchise cornerstone teammates Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

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