Payton Pritchard Named NBA Sixth Man Of The YearPayton Pritchard Named NBA Sixth Man Of The Year
Payton Pritchard has been named the 24-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Pritchard received 82 of 100 first place votes and 454 points ahead of Malik Beasley in second and Ty Jerome in first.
Pritchard averaged a career-high 14.3 points and led the NBA in points off the bench with 1,079 for the Boston Celtics. He set an NBA single-season record for three-pointers made off the bench with 246.
Pritchard was the 26th overall pick out of Oregon in the 2020 NBA draft. Pritchard signed a four-year, $30 million contract extension with the Celtics in 2023.