The Boston Celtics had a busy offseason, and as a result, there are a lot of new faces in town. One of those new faces, first-round rookie Hugo Gonzalez , appears to have already made quite an impression on Payton Pritchard , one of the holdovers from the C’s offseason dealings.
With the Celtics looking to duck under the second apron of the league’s new salary cap, they ended up being forced to move on from Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet over the past few months. Beyond that, Jayson Tatum is set to miss most of the season recovering from a torn Achilles injury he suffered in the postseason.
Now that those guys are all gone, other players are going to have to step up and lead the charge. Pritchard is expected to be one of the leaders of the team now, and