Can Payton Pritchard Make MAJOR LEAP this Season with Jaylen Brown Gone?

Celtics News Feed on CLNS · Aug 18, 2026 · 13m

Payton Pritchard is coming off a season in which he started the most games in his NBA career making 50 starts and also averaged career high in points averaging 17. Noa believes their is still another level to his game that he hasn’t even reached yet and with Jaylen Brown out from the Celtics she believes Pritchard could unlock even more in his offensive game if he’s inserted into the starting lineup.

“10 games he played last year without Jaylen Brown…Averaged 25.2 points, 7 assists and 4.8 rebounds…Assumed the number one, number two guy responsibility in those games, and that's why you saw…