Celtics' Payton Pritchard agrees to two-year extension, reports say
The guard averaged career highs of 17 points, 5.2 assists and 3.9 rebounds last season, and Boston outscored opponents by 5.4 points per game with him on the floor.
- Pritchard in 2025-26: 17 points, 5.2 assists, 3.9 rebounds
- 58.4 true shooting percentage over 79 games
- Celtics went 56-26 and ranked 4th in net rating
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Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed to a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension with a mutual option for 2029-30, ESPN's Shams Charania reported Tuesday, citing Pritchard's agents, Austin Brown and Max Saidman.
Charania said the deal is fully guaranteed. The Stein Line's Marc Stein added that the mutual option is the sixth of its kind this offseason.
Pritchard averaged 17 points, 5.2 assists and 3.9 rebounds in 32.4 minutes per game in 2025-26, all career highs. He played 79 games, 50 as a starter, and shot a 58.4 true shooting percentage. The Celtics outscored opponents by 5.4 points per game with him on the floor.
Over his last 10 games he averaged 19.7 points with a 66.9 true shooting percentage. In seven playoff games he averaged 14.6 points and 5.1 assists. Our Keel Impact rating put him at 1.9, 82nd of 379 players with 500 minutes or more.
Boston finished 56-26 with a net rating of 7.9 points per 100 possessions, fourth in the league. The Celtics ranked second in offensive rating and fourth in defensive rating among 30 teams.
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Shams Charania@ShamsCharania · ESPN
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed to a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension, plus a mutual option in the 2029-30 season, CAA Co-Head of Basketball Austin Brown and agent Max Saidman tell ESPN. https://t.co/EnAOhZIj5E
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania · ESPN
Pritchard -- the 2024 NBA champion and 2025 Sixth Man of the Year -- cashes in on a fully guaranteed two-year max extension to keep him a key long-term member of the retooled Celtics after the 6-1 guard averaged career highs in points (17), assists (5.2) and rebounds (3.9). https://t.co/fOwfXF4DYt
Marc Stein@TheSteinLine · The Stein Line
Boston’s Payton Pritchard gets mutual option No. 6 of the summer/fall in his new contract extension. Concept explained in full in the enclosed piece by @JakeLFischer here: https://t.co/YS0XPssxnT https://t.co/tpWIVpPzsn
From the reports quoted here and Keel Stats data; every number is checked against them before publishing.
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