Are the Boston Celtics looking for an improvement over reserve guard Payton Pritchard before of the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline? On the most recent episode of the CLNS Media “Celtics Beat” podcast, cohost Evan Valenti was joined by Ethan Fuller from The Boston Globe. The two talked about whether the Celtics needed to find an upgrade for Payton Pritchard.
They pointed out that because the Celtics’ postseason rotation will be very short, it is unlikely to matter because only six or seven players will play important minutes. The pair also discussed Pritchard’s defensive incompetence due to his physical limitations as a 6-foot-1 player, but he did say that he believes he is having one of his greatest seasons of his career.
Ultimately, they believed that any enhancementwould be marginal, so the Celtics would probably not need to address it, but having someone like Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso would be interesting.
