2020 NBA Draft: First Round Pick Payton Pritchard Lands With Boston Celtics

EUGENE, OREGON - MARCH 07: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks encourages the crowd during the second half against the Stanford Cardinal at Matthew Knight Arena on March 07, 2020 in Eugene, Oregon. Oregon won 80-67. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)

For Payton Pritchard, the 2019-20 season came up short, but he showed that four years of hard work pays off in the form of being a first-round NBA Draft pick.

For Oregon Basketball Head Coach Dana Altman it is the sixth former player in four years to be selected in the NBA Draft. Payton Pritchard was taken by the Boston Celtics with the 26th overall pick. He is the first Oregon player drafted by the Celtics in the NBA Draft since Jim Barnett…