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Boston Celtics: Payton Pritchard should model game after Fred VanVleet

TAMPA, FLORIDA - JANUARY 04: Payton Pritchard #11 of the Boston Celtics drives during a game against the Toronto Raptors at Amalie Arena on January 04, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/) NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.

When the Boston Celtics used the 26th overall pick in last year’s draft to take a senior point guard from Oregon, I wasn’t too impressed.

Not that I didn’t think Payton Pritchard was a good player but I liked the other point guard prospects around him a little more (Malachi Flynn, Grant Riller, etc.