Report: Celtics signal Payton Pritchard to 4-year, $30 million extension

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The reserve guard has a brand new deal.

Chuck Burton
Payton Pritchard.

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Payton Pritchard has signed a 4-year, $30 million contract extension with the Celtics, in accordance with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Pritchard’s deal is totally assured, Wojnarowski experiences.

The 25-yeard-old guard appeared in 48 video games final season, averaging 13.4 minutes per recreation. His minutes had been slashed throughout the playoffs final yr, averaging 6.8 minutes throughout the Miami Warmth collection and seven.7 minutes throughout the Sixers collection.

However, with guards Marcus Good and Malcolm Brogdon not in Boston, Pritchard may take an even bigger position off the bench this season, if he can present constant scoring from the surface.

Pritchard has made 40 p.c of his 3-point makes an attempt, and 89 p.c of his free-throw makes an attempt throughout his profession. The Celtics completed second within the NBA in 3-point makes an attempt final season.

The deal prevents Pritchard from changing into a restricted free agent. His contract would have been up after this season if he and the Celtics didn’t conform to a deal.

Pritchard, who was chosen within the first spherical of the 2020 NBA Draft, has spent the previous three seasons with the Celtics.