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The long-and-short of Queta and Pritchard as starters

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 The hole left by the "departure" of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday - plus the Achilles injury to Jayson Tatum leaves a major void in the Celtics starting-5. In some may view as a "rag-tag" roster - still under construction - the starting point guard and center slots may just be filled with Payton Pritchard and Neemias Queta - at least to start the season.


My personal preference is to give the little guy a shot. Pritchard deserves it - and may flourish in that role. His per-36-minutes stats from last season are:

18.1 PPG - 4.9 RPG - 4.4 APG - 1.1 SPG - .472 FG - .407 3s - .845 FT

I don't want the little guy to disappear from the NBA or the Celtics parquet. Guys like K C Jones, Isaiah Thomas and Rajon Rondo were exciting to watch and all three had success in Beantown. 

And the old-school center - that rebounded, protected the paint and the rim, and scored in close - has been around since the Bill Russell era. The "stretch-5" is a somewhat new addition to the League, but that should not preclude a player like Neemias Queta from getting a legit shot to prove he can survive - or even thrive - in today's NBA.

 

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