The Boston Celtics have agreed to a two-year, $44.2 million contract extension with guard Payton Pritchard, plus a mutual option for the 2029-30 season, according to CAA co-head of basketball Austin Brown and agent Max Saidman, who spoke to ESPN on Tuesday. The fully guaranteed two-year max extension keeps the 2024 NBA champion and 2025 Sixth Man of the Year a key long-term member of the retooled Celtics.
Pritchard enjoyed a breakout season, averaging career highs in points (17), assists (5.2) and rebounds (3.9). He started 50 games and helped ease the loss of Jayson Tatum for much of the year by taking on a larger role in the offense. His touches per game rose from 51.8 in 2024-25 to nearly 70 last season, the second-largest increase among the 33 players with at least 4,000 touches in each season.
The 28-year-old guard is one of four players in Celtics history to make at least 200 3-pointers in multiple seasons, joining Tatum, Derrick White and Antoine Walker. He has also been remarkably durable, with 241 games played over the last three years, tied for the third-most in the league during that span.
Under the new deal, Pritchard will earn over $21 million in the 2028-29 season, followed by a mutual option worth nearly $23 million in 2029-30. The option opens the door to further extension talks that summer. The contract keeps Pritchard in Boston through at least his ninth season, and potentially his tenth if the option is exercised.
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