Celtics Banking on Payton Pritchard Making Jalen Brunson-Type Leap

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Boston's bet on trading Brown hinges on Pritchard's evolution, per Tom Haberstroh. "The Celtics trading Brown is a bet that Pritchard is their in-house version of Jalen Brunson, a diminutive player who didn't fully show his talents until Luka Doncic was out of the picture," Haberstroh wrote. Pritchard averaged 25.2 points in 10 games without Brown last season.

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