2023-06-06 10:12:00
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NBA – Boston Celtics: Tired of the much criticized Joe Mazzulla, he wants to leave
Published on June 6, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.
Drafted in 26th position in 2020 by the Celtics, Prayton Pritchard would be inclined to leave Massachusetts this summer. Relegated to the depths of Joe Mazzulla’s rotation, the latter once once more expressed his desires elsewhere to the leaders of Boston, he who will begin the last year of his rookie contract in 2023/2024.
In the Conference Finals, he only played a combined 34 minutes once morest the Miami Heat. Abandoned by Joe Mazzulla, Prayton Pritchard would like to live a new adventure next season. The guard had a complicated season. With playing time falling, crossed out by Marcus Smart, Malcolm Brogdon et Derrick White, Payton Pritchard had not hesitated to declare, at the end of January, to want to leave Boston pour « to be in a place where I have a little more important role “. Unfortunately and despite attempts to Brad Stevens (he was offered to Spurs), no way out was found during the trade deadline for the 25-year-old.
Pritchard still unhappy
Three months later and following another failure in the playoffs for his franchise, the situation of Pritchard has not evolved. The point guard had to settle for a place at the end of the bench with only a few crumbs to eat in the playoffs, despite a last outing with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in the last regular season game, in 46 minutes once morest Atlanta (his first career triple-double). According to The Athletic, Payton Pritchard would therefore have returned to the charge with its leaders, asking them to find a way out via an exchange.
There’s no guarantee the Celtics will part ways with Pritchard this summer
Although it is the guard’s desire to move forward, in search of greener pastures, for the moment nothing is being done. As proof, an unnamed Eastern Conference general manager spoke to Sean Deveney d’Heavy Sports explaining to him that even if Pritchard wants to leave Boston, Brad Stevens and the company may not comply: “Recently, you’ll notice teams don’t want to trade guys on their rookie contracts because you’re going to get more value by trading him following he gets that big contract raise. So they (the Celtics) won’t be in a rush to move him (Pritchard) just to move him because they can do better in the meantime.”the executive told Deveney. A new file to follow on the side of Bostonin addition to that of Jaylen Brown.
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