Even though the Boston Celtics’ Las Vegas Summer League squad is undefeated and in the mix for the (normally) annual Sin City event’s title game, Celtics summer league coach Joe Mazzulla has shared the team will have to compete for that particular bit of hardware down a key player.
“We were able to talk as a team and as an organization, and Payton (Pritchard) won’t be with us the rest of the way,” he related to the media after a team practice on the UNLV campus Friday. No injuries or the like are limiting the Oregonian’s availability, however. “That’s just a decision — a prior engagement that he had months ago and something that we honored, and we’ll be moving forward,” added Mazzulla.
The Celtics have a fair number of guards with something to prove on their summer league roster, including Carsen Edwards and Yam Madar.
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The move might also open more time for Romeo Langford to take a more point guard-like role, a point of emphasis for the former Indiana standout in developmental terms this season.
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