Let’s start with the reigning Sixth Man of the Year: Payton Pritchard. Out of the Jaylen-Derrick-Pritchard group, Pritchard is the best candidate to take a legitimate leap next season. Payton Pritchard is going into his age-28 season. While it’s rare for players to break out at this age, Pritchard has a chance to be an outlier.

The Celtics are planning to move veteran guard Payton Pritchard from the bench to the starting lineup next season, Grant Afseth of FastbreakJournal.com reported this week. Boston reportedly believes that Pritchard has earned a starting role through his years of steady development with their team.

The Celtics roster is coming together, though there's still time for the front office to continue making tweaks.

That undersized point guard was 5-foot-9-inch Isaiah Thomas, who went on to average 24.7 points per game in his three-year period with the Celtics, leading Boston to the playoffs in all three seasons — and to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2016-2017.

The Celtics are one of the most-watched teams in the NBA. In fact, they are the most-viewed team in 27 of the 50 states. The next closest team is the Timberwolves, which have three states. Celtics with 9X more states than any other team is crazy 🤯 Covers more than half the states in the country ☘️ pic.twitter.com/6l5xpPEodC

The Dallas Mavericks should copy how the Boston Celtics developed Payton Pritchard to help Brandon Williams become even more dominant.

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard is reportedly in line to start after the Jrue Holiday trade to the Trail Blazers.

The Boston Celtics have had an offseason like no other. Boston has undergone a ton of changes, and because of that, they won't be as dominant as they've become