{"id":14589,"date":"2024-12-05T07:46:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14589"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:46:08","slug":"news-celtics-payton-pritchard-fires-back-at-ex-nba-all-stars-disrespectful-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14589","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Celtics\u2019 Payton Pritchard Fires Back At Ex-NBA All-Star\u2019s Disrespectful Jab"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1975091\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-upper\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\">\n<h3 class=\"article-hero__subheading h6\">Pritchard ranks fifth in 3-pointers made this season<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-lower\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/Payton-Pritchard.jpg\" alt=\"Payton Pritchard Fires Back At Ex-NBA All-Star's Disrespectful Jab\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard is widely viewed as the early frontrunner for the NBA\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year race, but clearly, not <em>everyone<\/em> has been tuned in.<\/p>\n<p>Former NBA All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas, in fact, doesn\u2019t seem locked into Celtics basketball at all, evident in the 42-year-old podcaster\u2019s egregious take. Arenas challenged Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla for playing Pritchard, an elite 3-point shooter, and Drew Peterson, at the same time during Monday night\u2019s Celtics win over the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no way in (expletive) hell that you can have 11 and 13 in the same game,\u201d Arenas said watching highlights of the game. \u201cThere\u2019s no way you can have these two guys. Look at 13, look how he walk. Oh, he walk like, \u2018Score please on me so I can sit. My daddy gave me tickets. My daddy gave me tickets to the game and they just let me in.\u2019 There\u2019s no way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arenas should\u2019ve stopped himself while he was ahead instead of cosplaying as Skip Bayless. Pritchard finished the night with 25 points, shooting 10-of-17 from the field, knocking down five threes and outscoring Miami\u2019s bench (21 points) entirely. To the casual, condensed game-watching couch potato, this is an acceptable display of ignorance but for an ex-NBA veteran, this is disingenuous idiocy.<\/p>\n<p>Pritchard, before getting set for Wednesday night\u2019s matchup against the Detroit Pistons at TD Garden, offered a response to Arenas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy can\u2019t 11 and 13 be in the game?\u201d Pritchard replied on his Instagram story. \u201cJust curious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pritchard has put the league on notice this season, averaging a career-high 16.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists while leading the Celtics in 3-point percentage (43.1%). The 26-year-old ranks fifth in total threes made (78), ahead of future Hall of Famers James Harden (67), Stephen Curry (67), Damian Lillard (58) and Devin Booker (54). If that doesn\u2019t explain why Pritchard\u2019s on the floor, regardless of who\u2019s alongside, then Arenas should probably set down the podcasting microphone.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics have even admitted to devoting an entire practice drill to defending Pritchard at full court, which Jrue Holiday described as \u201ccrazy.\u201d So while it\u2019s easy for Arenas to lazily talk down on Pritchard, teams and coaches across the league and speak to the undersized guard\u2019s offensive wrath unleashed each night.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtics guard Payton Pritchard caught wind of some uncalled for trash talk from ex-NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas and responded on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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