Payton Pritchard on the Boston Celtics potentially repeating as champs

While some people might take the entire summer off after winning an NBA title, not only is Boston Celtics reserve guard Payton Pritchard playing on deep into the 2024 NBA offseason suiting up for the US Select Team, the Oregon native is already thinking about trying to repeat as champs. Evidently, not only is there no rest for the wicked, but also for the team that wears the crown in this league.

“Hopefully, we can win it again,” said Pritchard in a recent interview with the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. “We haven’t really talked about it yet, but that doesn’t need to be talked about. It’s already what we want.”

“We’ve got to have an appreciation for what we just did and understand it’s really hard, and look at it like we accomplished something great,” he explained. “But then we’ve got to do it again.”

With virtually the entire team that won the 2024 NBA title back under contract with the exceptions of Svi Mykhailiuk and Oshae Brissett, if there is a team capable of running it back to hang another banner, it’s Boston.

Whether they will or not doesn’t just depend on Pritchard, his teammates, or even the organization writ large, however. Other moves around the league, injuries, and luck will play a role. But the Celtics like their chances.

And they should.

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