Oregon Ducks star Jackson Shelstad scores 71 points at Portland Pro-Am

It’s getting harder and harder to differentiate Jackson Shelstad from Payton Pritchard.

The two Oregon Ducks grew up in the same town in Portland, and they both went to West Linn High School, winning state championships. Both decided to stay home at attend the University of Oregon, going on to have high-impact freshmen seasons.

Of course, Pritchard has continued his career on to the NBA, where he recently won his first championship with the Boston Celtics last month. Meanwhile, Shelstad is poised for what looks like a big-time sophomore campaign in Eugene.

There’s one other similarity between the two that was just uncovered on Saturday — the ability to dominate the Portland Pro-Am basketball game.

Shelstad reportedly scored 71 points in the Pro-Am this weekend. If you’ll remember back in 2021, Pritchard made headlines after reportedly scoring 92 points in the same Pro-Am game.

The upbringing was similar, the play style is similar, and now some of the accomplishments are looking similar as well.

Does this mean that Shelstad has an NBA championship in his future? We can only hope.

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