Payton Pritchard rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Knicks’ depth issue facing major test against Payton Pritchard, Celtics’ bench

The Knicks bench predictably emerged as a weakness in the first round against the Pistons....2025
• Payton Pritchard Wins Sixth Man of the Year Award

Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard took home the Sixth Man of the Year Award, the NBA announced on Tuesday. Pritchard won the award in a landslide victory, receiving 82 out of 100 first-place votes. Pritchard finished with 454 total points, 175 points ahead of Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley, who finished second with 279 points. […] The post Payton Pritchard Wins Sixth Man of the Year...2025
Read about Sixth Man
• Payton Pritchard wins 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of Year award
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard is the recipient of the John Havlicek Trophy as the 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year for his contributions in a reserve role. Pritchard has been named the Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year for the first time. He is the fourth player to earn the honor with … Continue reading "Payton Pritchard wins 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of Year award"...2025
Read about Sixth Man news
• Pritchard reflects on ‘honor' on winning Sixth Man of the Year

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard spoke before Game 2 about the "honor" of winning the 2025 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award....2025
Continue with Sixth Man
• Payton Pritchard March Madness career highlights at Oregon
Watch career March Madness highlights from former Oregon guard Payton Pritchard, NBA champion in 2024 with the Boston Celtics and NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2025. Pritchard helped guide Oregon to the 2017 Final Four as a freshman and the 2019 Sweet 16 as a 12-seed....2025
Read about Boston Celtics headline news
• Killer Kawhi and Early Playoff Impressions

Aaron starts out by immediately pissing off Boston fans with his take on Payton Pritchard winning Sixth Man of the Year (2:53)....2025
Click for news about Sixth Man news and rumors

• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images Here are our NBA awards picks for the 2025 season. The 2024-2025 NBA season will mostly be remembered for something that happened off the court. Luka Doncic getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers will never make sense no matter how many times fans see him in purple and gold. Dallas’ epic collapse in the wake of the deal will ...2025
Continue with Luka Doncic injury report
• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question. How many first-round draft picks is Luka Doncic worth? Six? Seven? All of them? Surely whoever is tra...2025
Check it out Luka Doncic availability report
• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
Click for news about Nikola Jokic
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
See more Eastern Conference injury update
• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Regardless of who has been on the floor, the defending champions have fittingly been the best team this preseason. BOSTON – Every now and then, confetti still falls from the rafters at TD Garden. In a Saturday night Celtics thrashing, a small piece of paper landed on Derrick White’s head. On Sunday, a few pieces were collected by an excited cou...2024
See more articles Joe Mazzulla injuries
• 31 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports We went around the league to find the likeliest candidates to be dealt ahead of next week’s NBA trade deadline. With the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline less than a week away, there seemed like no better time than to hop around the SB Nation NBA network and ask our local writers which player(s) they think each of the teams they cover and/or root for is most likely to...2024
Check it out Atlanta Hawks
• Heat coach Erik Spoelstra slams Payton Pritchard’s knee grab on Jimmy Butler before injury
Erik Spoelstra is not blaming Payton Pritchard alone for Jimmy Butler’s injury in Game 3 between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, but he certainly didn’t like the knee grab the guard did on their superstar. To recall, Pritchard was called for a foul after grabbing Butler’s right knee midway through the second quarter. Shockingly, […] The post Heat coach Erik Spoelstra sla...2022
Read about Erik Spoelstra injury
• Celtics' Rule Out Marcus Smart vs. Pacers

Celtics rule out Marcus Smart with a thigh injury while Payton Pritchard returns from health and safety protocols. The post Celtics' Rule Out Marcus Smart vs. Pacers appeared first on NESN.com....2022
See more Marcus Smart injury status
• Celtics rookie Payton Pritchard out at least two weeks with sprained right knee
Pritchard suffered the injury during the Celtics' loss to the Sixers on Friday night...2021

2025
"Celtics' Payton Pritchard, Derrick White combine for 84 points, set multiple NBA records in Boston win"

2024
"How Celtics' Payton Pritchard became NBA's 6MOY favorite: 'Unrelenting' toughness and 'supreme' confidence"

2023
"Drake Has Raptors Announcers Near Tears Laughing With Troll of Celtics’ Payton Pritchard"

2022
"Payton Pritchard had a topsy-turvy ride in Game 1 of the 2022 Eastern Conference finals."

2021
"Just a week after his scintillating scoring session, Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard did him one even better with an eye-popping 92-point game."

2020
"Payton Pritchard was a senior at Kansas."

2015
"The post Oregon Lands Top-50 Recruit Payton Pritchard appeared first on SLAMonline."

• Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert: Ty Jerome Is The Real Sixth Man Of Year

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert doesn’t have an official vote for the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award, but he did offer a very official opinion. Gilbert made that opinion known on social media after it was announced that Boston Celtics’ guard Payton Pritchard won the award — and Cavs guard Ty Jerome did not. […] The post Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert: Ty Jerome Is The Real Sixth Man Of Yea...2025
Click for news about Sixth Man trade rumors
• Payton Pritchard Named NBA Sixth Man Of The Year

Payton Pritchard has been named the 24-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Pritchard received 82 of 100 first place votes and 454 points ahead of Malik Beasley in second and Ty Jerome in first. Pritchard averaged a career-high 14.3 points and led the NBA in points off the bench with 1,079 for the Boston Celtics. He set an NBA single-season record for three-pointers made off the bench with 246. Pritchard...2025
See more articles Sixth Man trade rumors
• NBA Playoffs overreactions for every series after 1 game of 2025 first round

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Let’s overreact to every first-round series of the 2025 NBA Playoffs after one game. The 2025 NBA Playoffs are underway, and some of the biggest storylines of the postseason are already coming into focus after one game in every first round series. The Oklahoma City Thunder showed why they are the favorites in the Western Conference by pulling off one of the...2025
See more NBA Playoffs salary rumors
• Walter Clayton Jr.’s NBA Draft range and comparison after heroic March Madness

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Where will Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. go in the 2025 NBA Draft? Here’s his projection and pro comparison. Walter Clayton Jr. has always been a late bloomer — in basketball, at least. As Clayton has grown into an all-time March Madness hero during the 2025 NCAA tournament, a central part of his lore is that Florida offered him a football scholarship y...2025
See more Rick Pitino
• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
2025

Check it out Luka Doncic
• Celtics More Likely To Trade Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday Than Derrick White

The Boston Celtics are considered more likely to trade away Kristaps Porzingis or Jrue Holiday at some point as opposed to Derrick White, league sources tell Jake Fischer. The Celtics acquired White at the 2022 trade deadline from the San Antonio Spurs while Porizingis and Holiday arrived during the 2023 offseason. "White would seemingly generate the most trade value of the three if he were to be...2025
Check it out Derrick White salary
• The Payton Pritchard Effect

Everyone talks about those half-court shots and the clutch threes, but the true essence of Payton Pritchard’s game is how well he’s mastered the element of surprise. It’s in everything he’s done so far in his career: from being the Celtics’ No. 26 pick in the 2020 draft to, in just five seasons in Boston, […] The post The Payton Pritchard Effect appeared first on SLAM....2025
• Fantasy Basketball Week 17 Waiver Wired: Payton Pritchard, Jeremy Sochan are worth adding

Pritchard, Sochan, and Toumani Camara are among the players worth picking up for Week 17...2025
See also Fantasy Basketball
• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
2025

Check it out Luka Doncic salary
• Unrivaled’s 1-on-1 tourney could transform basketball culture — and help determine the WNBA’s best player

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Everyone thinks they’re going to win Unrivaled’s groundbreaking 1-on-1 tournament. Here’s why that’s so exciting. Basketball fans have long clamored for 1-on-1 tournaments at NBA and WNBA All-Star weekends — but it seemed unlikely that they would ever take place. Different stars play different positions, and players and their brands could be exposed in a ...2025
See also Napheesa Collier salary

• Payton Pritchard Wins Sixth Man of the Year Award
2025

See more articles Sixth Man stats
• Celtics’ Payton Pritchard Wins Sixth Man Of The Year Award
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has won the NBA’s Sixth Man Of The Year award. It also now known as the John Havlicek trophy. Pritchard averaged a career-high 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in just over 28 minutes per game. His 1,079 points were the most by any player off the bench and […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard Wins Sixth Man Of The Year Award appea...2025
See more articles Boston Celtics statistics
• Celtics’ Payton Pritchard Beats Out Cavs’ Ty Jerome, Others For NBA Sixth Man Of Year

The NBA handed the Sixth Man of the Year trophy to Celtics guard Payton Pritchard on Tuesday, and while no one’s saying he didn’t earn it, there’s a case to be made that Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome might’ve been more valuable, especially when it mattered. Pritchard received 82 first-place votes and 454 total points, winning […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard Beats Out Cavs’ Ty ...2025
See more Sixth Man statistics
• Payton Pritchard Named NBA Sixth Man Of The Year
2025

Continue with Sixth Man
• Celtics’ Payton Pritchard Named Sixth Man Of Year

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has won the Sixth Man of the Year award, NBA Communications tweets. Pritchard topped the other finalists, the Pistons’ Malik Beasley and the Cavaliers’ Ty Jerome, for the honor. Pritchard received 82 of a possible 100 first-place votes and recorded 454 total points. Beasley notched 13 first-place votes and 279 points. […]...2025
Read about Sixth Man scores
• NBA Playoffs overreactions for every series after 1 game of 2025 first round
2025

See more articles NBA Playoffs scores
• Walter Clayton Jr.’s NBA Draft range and comparison after heroic March Madness
2025

Read about Rick Pitino
• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
2025

Read about Luka Doncic scores
• NBA Notes: Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Celtics, Payton Pritchard, Rockets

Thunder The Thunder appear to be heating up during their season of dreams, playing even better than before in recent weeks. “Oklahoma City has won 10 of its past 11 games, scoring a league-high 122.7 points per 100 possessions during that span despite Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren each missing four games,” wrote ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. “Seven […] The post NB...2025
See more articles Shai Gilgeous Alexander scores
• Boston’s Derrick White and Payton Pritchard made NBA and team history on Wednesday night
The Celtics were home on Wednesday evening to face the Trail Blazers. Boston was without three key starters, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Kristaps Porzingis. Against Portland, two Celtics players put on a dazzling performance from beyond the arc. Derrick White and Payton Pritchard made at least nine threes and had 40+ points. They made […] The post Boston’s Derrick White and Payton...2025
Visit the page Derrick White stats

• Celtics break NBA record for most made 3-pointers in a single season, and the mark for attempts isn't far off

Payton Pritchard cashed a 25-footer for the historic moment on Friday...2025
• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
2025

See also Luka Doncic
• Unrivaled’s 1-on-1 tourney could transform basketball culture — and help determine the WNBA’s best player
2025

Continue with Napheesa Collier
• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra, and Doc Rivers are just a few of the NBA coaches struck by how a star-studded Celtics squad has embraced selfless basketball. BOSTON — Just how unselfish are the Boston Celtics? The standard numbers don’t pop out. The Celtics average 26 assists per game — good for 14th in the NBA. And only the Clippers have...2024
Check it out Erik Spoelstra
• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
2024

Read about Nikola Jokic
• LOOK: Celtics' Payton Pritchard plays 1-on-1 basketball with young fan at park

Pritchard's wife, Emma MacDonald, caught the heartfelt moment on camera...2024
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Check it out Eastern Conference
• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
2024

Click for news about Joe Mazzulla
• Payton Pritchard thinks the Boston Celtics could win Olympic gold in men’s basketball

Could the Boston Celtics win an Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball? Payton Pritchard thinks so. The Paris Olympics are drawing to a close, and Team USA is in a dominant position in men’s basketball. A huge 122-87 win over Brazil in the quarterfinals takes USA to a 4-0 record in the games, with an average win margin of 24.75 points. It’s exactly the kind of performance the team wanted in Paris,...2024
Check it out Boston Celtics
• Celtics Players ‘Begging’ Blake Griffin To Come Back To Boston

Boston Celtics players want six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin to rejoin the team. Griffin appeared in 41 games with the Celtics last season. He chose not to play this season so he could spend more time with his family. Celtics guards Derrick White and Payton Pritchard said during an appearance on “Pardon My Take” that […] The post Celtics Players ‘Begging’ Bla...2024
See also Boston Celtics

• Celtics' Payton Pritchard, Derrick White combine for 84 points, set multiple NBA records in Boston win

Pritchard and White combined for 19 3-pointers in Boston's win over Portland...2025
See more Derrick White
• Celtics’ Payton Pritchard one-ups Isaiah Thomas with ridiculous 92-point game
Journeyman point guard Isaiah Thomas has the NBA world buzzing after dropping 81 points in a Pro-Am game. Just a week after his scintillating scoring session, Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard did him one even better with an eye-popping 92-point game. Check out some of the highlights from the Celtics guard below: View this […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard one-ups Isaia...2021
See more articles Isaiah Thomas
• Payton Pritchard named 2025 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
As expected. Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has won the 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award....2025
Continue with Sixth Man
• Payton Pritchard makes NBA history in Celtics' win over Nets
Celtics guard Payton Pritchard broke the NBA record for most 3-pointers off the bench in a single season....2025
• Nate Robinson just dared Nick Young after slander against Isaiah Thomas, Payton Pritchard
We’ve had a couple of wild scoring performances from two diminutive guards this past week. Isaiah Thomas and Payton Pritchard both put social media on notice after their pro-am games, erupting for 81 and 92 points respectively. Isaiah Thomas’ 81 had people clamoring for him to be given another shot on an NBA roster. But […] The post Nate Robinson just dared Nick Young after sland...2021
See more articles Nate Robinson
• Drake Has Raptors Announcers Near Tears Laughing With Troll of Celtics’ Payton Pritchard

The musician hopped on his hometown broadcast with uproarious results....2023
• NBA Draft Day Memories: Celtics' Payton Pritchard reflects on his journey toward living his dream
Pritchard bet on himself and landed in the perfect situation in Boston...2021
• Celtics’ Payton Pritchard clowned for getting locked up by Davion Mitchell after 92-point game
After dropping a 92-point masterpiece at a Pro-Am game in Portland, Payton Pritchard fell down to Earth as he only recorded six points for the Boston Celtics against the Sacramento Kings in the NBA Summer League Championship. The Kings dismantled the Celtics en route to a 100-67 win at the Thomas & Mack Center in […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard clowned for getting locked up ...2021
See more articles Davion Mitchell

1. Cody Rhodes

2. LeBron James

3. Los Angeles Lakers

. . .

427. Payton Pritchard

• Waiver wire pickups: Go get Payton Pritchard, Herbert Jones
The fantasy basketball waiver wire always has players who can help fill holes in your roster. Here are the ones to add for the week ahead....2024
Click for news about Herbert Jones
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Read about Eastern Conference
• Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wired, Week 21: Payton Pritchard stepping up as Celtics rest

Who's tired and who's wired in fantasy hoops?...2024
Visit the page Fantasy Basketball
• NBA picks: Kyrie Irving headlines list of top fantasy targets for Thursday

Chet Holmgren and Payton Pritchard round out Thursday's top options...2024
Visit the page Kyrie Irving

• Sixth Man Award, Three Others, To Be Announced This Week
Get ready for some major award announcements this week. The NBA will reveal the winners of four postseason awards, one per night, starting on Tuesday, according to NBA Communications (Twitter link). The Sixth Man of the Year award will get first billing. The Celtics’ Payton Pritchard, the Pistons’ Malik Beasley and the Cavaliers’ Ty Jerome are the […]...2025
See more Sixth Man
• How Pritchard made strong impact on both ends of the court in Game 1 win
Payton Pritchard is a huge X-factor for the Celtics in the 2025 NBA playoffs, and he showed why in Sunday's Game 1 win over the Magic....2025
• NBA Playoffs overreactions for every series after 1 game of 2025 first round
2025

See also NBA Playoffs
• NBA Announces Finalists For 24-25 Regular Season Awards

The NBA announced the three finalists for all the major individual regular season awards on Sunday evening, headlined by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo for MVP. The awards will be announced over the coming weeks throughout the playoffs. NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder Nikola JokiÄ, Den...2025
Click for news about Shai Gilgeous Alexander
• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
2025

Visit the page Luka Doncic
• Community Shootaround: Sixth Man Of Year
According to the oddsmakers, the Sixth Man of the Year award boils down to two Eastern Conference guards. The Celtics’ Payton Pritchard is the solid favorite under the current Bet MGM betting lines. Pritchard has spent his entire five-year career with Boston, though he was in and out of its rotation two seasons ago and […]...2025
See more Sixth Man
• Celtics More Likely To Trade Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday Than Derrick White
2025

See more articles Derrick White
• Celtics player breaks NBA three-pointer record, and it probably won’t stand for long

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Payton Pritchard’s new NBA record after trade request shows Celtics can do no wrong It’s impressive that Wayne Ellington’s NBA record for most made three-pointers in a season off the bench lasted for six years given the rapid uptick in percentage of field goal attempts from three-point range for teams year-over-year. When Ellington drilled 218 three-pointe...2025
See more Wayne Ellington
• Pritchard using Beasley's ‘chirping' as motivation in Sixth Man race

Payton Pritchard is welcoming Malik Beasley's trash talk as as the two super-subs battle it out for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award....2025
Read about Sixth Man
• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed
2025

Check it out Luka Doncic

• Walter Clayton Jr.’s NBA Draft range and comparison after heroic March Madness
2025

Continue with Rick Pitino buzz
• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.

Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Celtics fittingly snapped the Cavaliers' undefeated start to the NBA season with a three-point barrage — but don’t call it a statement win. TD GARDEN — Joe Mazzulla wasn’t going to overplay the significance of the Celtics’ 120-117 win over the previously undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers. “To me, I care more about, can we do it again in 72 hours?” s...2024
See also Joe Mazzulla rumors
• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
2024

Click for news about Nikola Jokic scandal
• With a few minor tweaks, the annual NBA GM poll could be so much more useful

Photo by Matteo Marchi/Getty Images The annual NBA GM poll is great at generating debate, but less useful at providing actual information. The annual GM poll on NBA.com should be a window into how the league’s top executives view its top players and coaches. Except it’s not. It’s actually an episode of Glee from 2010 called “Grilled Cheesus.” This episode deals with “motivated perception,”...2024
Read about Boston Celtics whispers
• Celtics Rumors: Guards, Pritchard, G. Williams, Brown, More
The Celtics are reportedly exploring the possibility of trading a guard from a group that includes Marcus Smart, Derrick White, Malcolm Brogdon, and Payton Pritchard. While there has been speculation that the team will look to move one of its higher-priced backcourt pieces, Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe hears from a source that financial […]...2023
Visit the page Marcus Smart rumors
• Celtics’ Payton Pritchard one-ups Isaiah Thomas with ridiculous 92-point game
2021

Click for news about Isaiah Thomas gossip