The Boston Celtics (0-3) are still seeking their first win of the 2025-26 season, but sixth-year guard Payton Pritchard has been racking up the stats thus far.

While Pritchard is off to a cold start shooting the ball with a .400/.182/.750 slash line, the reigning Sixth Man of the Year is also posting career highs in points (15.0), rebounds (6.7) and assists (4.0) per game in the very early goings.

ESPN NBA draft analyst and writer Jeremy Woo tabbed Pritchard as one of his “ five breakout NBA players for the 2025-26 season ” on Monday.

“Pritchard is another player you can argue already had a breakout season last year after he had career-best numbers across the board and won the Sixth Man Award,” Woo wrote. “He has proved to be one of the league’s top 3-point shooters and a relatively

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