{"id":17129,"date":"2023-10-10T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2023\/10\/10\/23910816\/payton-pritchard-the-bus-one-brigade-lessons-from-game-2-of-preseason-boston-celtics-new-york-knicks"},"modified":"2023-10-10T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:00:00","slug":"payton-pritchard-and-the-bus-one-brigade-lessons-from-game-2-of-the-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/payton-pritchard-and-the-bus-one-brigade-lessons-from-game-2-of-the-preseason\/","title":{"rendered":"Payton Pritchard and the Bus One Brigade: lessons from Game 2 of the preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s the second night of a… preseason back-to-back? Is that even allowed? I guess so, so settle in for a tale of the Bus One Brigade.<\/p>\n

Look, I\u2019m going to level with you. I am not going to try to extrapolate the lessons from yesterday\u2019s preseason loss\u2014in which Dalano Banton, Payton Pritchard and Lamar Stevens led the team in minutes\u2014to predict how the rest of the season will go. However, what I will do is tell you a story, one of the poetic tragedy of the Bus One Brigade.<\/p>\n

The starting lineup last night was an absolute squadron of Pritchard and Banton, flanked by Sam Hauser, Oshae Brissett and Luke Kornet. It was exactly like if the Celtics<\/a> had an away game against the Knicks<\/a>, except if the Bus Two driver forgot to show up for work and the Celtics top-six players were stranded in Boston. I dub thee \u201cThe Bus One Brigade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nothing quite speaks to the true nature of the Boston Celtics like a 12-man rotation of backups limping through the second night of a preseason back-to-back<\/em>, something that should probably be outlawed by the next Geneva Convention. No matter. The Bus One Brigade laced \u2018em up, locked in, and went to work. <\/p>\n

The Knicks top three\u2014Julius Randle, Jalen Brunson and R.J. Barrett\u2014played sparse minutes but absolutely cooked the Bus One Brigade out of the gate. The Knicks went up big early, but the Celtics stormed back, actually taking the lead by the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n

The rest of the game was incredibly evenly matched, with the Bus One Brigade narrowly falling short of the victory. So, what should we\u2014the NBC Sports Boston-subscribing populous committed to watching Celtics basketball, no matter the quality\u2014take away from this game? <\/p>\n

Well, we had Banton\u2019s solid performance, Svi Mykhailiuk\u2019s three-point range, Jordan Walsh\u2019s defensive upside, and Sam Hauser missing a lot of threes. But if we\u2019re being completely honest, it is very very <\/em>unlikely any of these guys play real minutes throughout the year. Some people love that minutia, and I love that for them.<\/p>\n

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One guy might make an impact throughout the year though, though: the $30 million man, Pritchard.<\/p>\n

I categorically refuse to overrate anything that happens in preseason games across all sports\u2026 however, what Pritchard has been doing through two outings puts a smile on my face. He was a certified gamer for a few Celtics teams that punched way above their weight, and no one does that better than Pritchard himself. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve struggled to define his NBA identity, as he doesn\u2019t do anything well enough to hang his hat on. He\u2019s undersized, struggles to defend pick and rolls and isn\u2019t the most athletic guy on the court. Most Celtics fans probably think of him as a momentum three-point shooter, but he hasn\u2019t been able to keep his splits above 40 percent, so he\u2019s not a usable heat-check guy.<\/p>\n

So, what is he, since he\u2019s apparently worth $30 million over four years? The answer requires us to revert to a primal understanding of basketball: he\u2019s a bucket getter. <\/p>\n

Pritchard operates on a very simple level: put ball in hoop. Of course, every NBA player is an expert at that at some level, but there is a certain kind of menace who drops 92 points in a Portland Pro-Am. He\u2019s small, but he never let anybody tell him not to shoot the basketball. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s use a personal example: I am 5\u20198\u201d, but all my friends somehow happen to be 6\u20191\u201d or taller. I play a fair amount of pick-up hoops, and absolutely suck most of the time. But for some reason, I\u2019ve always loved post play and rebounding, and am liable to crash the glass harder than is physically safe to see if I can wrestle a board or two among the trees. <\/p>\n

I should probably develop an outside shot and a deep bag of dribble moves to create space, since finishing inside isn\u2019t the easiest thing for me to accomplish. Even so, my favorite move is an over-the-right-shoulder post hook. Call me a dad or call me Hakeem, but I never let anyone tell me I couldn\u2019t put my head down and play in the paint.<\/p>\n

Maybe this is a self-aggrandizing analogy, but Pritchard\u2019s constant willingness to shoot the ball can be lethal if used correctly. I\u2019m not convinced he\u2019s an every night factor on this team, but he could shoot the Celtics out of a jam, simply because he\u2019s totally unafraid to do so. <\/p>\n

Or he could shoot them right out of a game, because he\u2019s unafraid to do that too. Hopefully, we can all have the wisdom to know the difference. <\/p>\n

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