By most accounts, Boston Celtics point guard Payton Pritchard is one of the better guards in the NBA despite being somewhat small at 6-foot-1, at least compared to his positional peers in the league. But that does not stop the University of Oregon alum from trying to boost his play every offseason. And as he shared with NBC Sports Boston senior reporter Chris Forsberg in an interviewearlier this summer, that process itself is changing as he becomes an increasingly season vet.
"You always find ways to get better," said Pritchard. "And it's becoming more efficient in different areas. It's becoming better, (I'm) making better reads. I feel like the game is more read-based, and if you're making better reads, that's meaning you take the shot at the right
time. If the double team is there, do you make the right pass?"
"The best players in the world do that at a high level, so I'm always trying to get better at that," explained the Celtics floor general.
"Skill development, once you get really good, it's hard to be like, 'Oh, I'm going to develop a better left-hand dribble or when you're maxing out on that, it's more mental at this stage ... can you just get a little bit better and better?"
Still, Forsberg couldn't help ask if the expectant father might have one other trick up his sleeve for player growth in terms of what he called 'Dad Strength'. "That will definitely help," deadpanned Fast PP.
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