Many fans of the Boston Celtics are familiar with the viral video of a younger Payton Pritchard practicing his dribbling routine like a madman before the the University of Oregon alum had yet been drafted by the Celtics.

Payton Pritchard admitted that he was surprised to see the Celtics select him with the 26th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

Payton Pritchard #11 of the Boston Celtics celebrates with Sam Hauser #30 and Jrue Holiday #4 after scoring a three-point shot against the Clevelan

The Celtics also have a really good sixth man who is in the running for Sixth Man of the Year. Payton Pritchard has been playing the best basketball of his young career. He's averaging 14.8 points per game on 46.7 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent shooting from three.

While Payton Pritchard was waiting to hear his name called at the 2020 NBA Draft, he wasn’t expecting it to be from the Boston Celtics.

Five years before becoming Celtics teammates, Derrick White and Payton Pritchard squared off in a memorable game that showed White his NBA potential.

The Eastern Conference Rival swooped in to land the Boston Celtics primary draft target in 2019, leading the Celtics to select Romeo Langford.

The Celtics face a lot of obstacles in their quest to win back-to-back titles, but Payton Pritchard's Sixth Man of the Year campaign could make things easier for them.

Per the B/R league analyst, the Celtics technically already have a player in that role already, with Boston Sixth Man of the Year candidate Payton Pritchard having made a huge leap forward so far this season in terms of his production and playing time.

With his 650 th 3-point make as a Celtic, Al Horford moved past Larry Bird into seventh place on the team’s all-time list. And with his 521 st make, Payton Pritchard moved past Avery Bradley into ninth place.

Celtics star Jaylen Brown gave Sixth Man of the Year hopeful Payton Pritchard some high praise, and Pritchard returned the favor.

Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 25 and the Boston Celtics held off the depleted Denver Nuggets 118-106 as three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic sat out because of an illness.