Payton Pritchard since Reggie Miller compared him to Caitlin Clark: 27 pts, 7.0 ast, 3.5 reb on 62%ts
“Caitlin Clark over me?”
Source: https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/payton-pritchard-stats-in-past-2-games
Rockets got cooked by PP
PP was LARGE and forceful this game.
The PP is bigger than your rocket
PP explodes on rockets
They were getting cooked by Ron Harper Jr, Baylor Scheierman, and Luka Garza tbf
Allowing a Baylor Scheierman double double should be immediate grounds for a year-long banishment to the G League
Amen Thompson not being able to slow down 6’1 Payton Pritchard is insane.
First Rockets game I’ve seen in a minute. Everytime I hear about his (and the twin’s) supreme athleticism and how he supposedly has all the tools to be an elite 2-way player but he got completely waxed. Is it just an effort issue with him?
Pritchard has been that good lately. If you don’t watch a lot Celtics you probably think he’s only a 3-pt specialist, but this guy can get wherever he wants on the court now. He gets into the paint at will it seems. Extremely polished midrange game.
And he rebounds, makes plays, and is a shockingly good defender for his size.
And is on a ridiculously good contract
Which might actually be a problem given how hard it will be to extend him (although that’s a problem for another day ofc)
He can’t shoot at all, his offensive game is super limited by that
Really ?
He’s 6’1 but he’s got that core strength with leverage and he moves defenders.
Yes it is
“Payton Pritchard since moving to the bench”
honestly Pritchard going back to playing against bench lineups after starting all season is like Rock Lee taking the weights off
I get why she was mad but it was a decent comparison lol
Not really. Pritchard is far better than her right now.
Edit:
Caitlin Clark shot 36% from the field and 27% from 3. Pritchard is shooting 46% from the field and 35% from three.
Caitlin Clark is averaging 8 assists with FIVE TURNOVERS. Pritchard averaging 5 with 1 turnover.
She’s a great player but is still young. Will improve. Pritchard is in his prime and has been balling.
I mean she’s getting far more attention defensively and was playing through injury, but fair enough FastPP has better shooting splits than I’d thought
And he’s worse than last year. Last season he was a 40% 3 point shooter. Clark is a chucker rn but hopefully she’ll put in the work. Payton is having a mind-blowing season eye-test wise.
No dizz and I love CC but my god I didn’t realize her efficieny was that bad especially with the shorter 3 pt line
The efficiency in the women’s game is just way worse than the men’s across the board. It’s not really fair to compare them 1:1. The reffing and game is just entirely different
To be fair she was hurt.
But yeah last year she wasn’t really that good. People got on the coaches and players when their all star vote didn’t match the fan vote but they actually were pretty accurate.
That being said she’s obviously not the equivalent of Peyton Pritchard. She’s a slightly less ball dominant Luka.
She only played 13 games this season and was significantly hurt starting from preseason
Shorter 3 point line and smaller ball. Her rookie year was better. She chucks like Melo.
wow didn’t know fg% is this abysmal in wnba
Way to actual provide factual STATS
she’s more like Trae Young
Carson Edwards…
PP: “Girl you better fix your face” 🫰
Disrespectful to PP. Caitlin Clark looking like Lamelo that couldn’t hit 30% 3p instead
I had no idea how insanely inefficient Caitlin Clark is. Some people say WNBA players are all inefficient but I just checked and there’s a whole 11 players averaging above 40% 3pt rn, including the leader Sonia Citron who’s shooting at 44.5% from the 3pt. At this point her NBA comparison is like Melo past his prime.
He’s been like this
Thank you
I’ve been a huge Payton Pritchard fan for years. He’s awesome. Has been awesome. Keeps improving every year. Love everything about his game. Fun to watch, fun to root for.
Hes like rollerblades, you never knew how awesome theyd be till you got some
I don’t get why people were clutching their pearls about that. Caitlin Clark is good, but she’s played two seasons and was out due to injury for most of the 2nd. She hasn’t done shit to be compared to all-star level players in the NBA yet. And Pritchard is nice as hell. Give her a few years and I’m sure she’ll be amazing, but right now I feel the hype is overshadowing her actual level of play
Most people don’t see Pritchard play much. He’s really quite good at basketball.
PP is so much better than Clark lol
A rich man’s Caitlin Clark
these “x player since y” should at least be like over 6 games
Yeah lets add rules and make this more serious.
im with you
Caitlin Clark wished she could be this efficient in the pros
Boy is feeling himself
Some of us tried our hardest to tell young about PP. PP need to be the first option at the end of quarters with the ball in his. PP definitely top 5 best contract in the league.
PP’s contract btw
this season: 7.2m
next season: 7.7m
season after: 8.3m
CC can’t touch PP
Do you people not realize if Pritchard played in the WNBA that he would average 50 points a game?
How do people not get the nuance when comparing the wnba to nba
Minimum.
100
70
No way he would average 50