The countdown ranks the top 100 players for the 2025-26 season and began with players 100 to 51. The only current Boston Celtics player to make the list on Tuesday was guard Payton Pritchard at No. Which could mean, ultimately, that there should be more of an opportunity for Pritchard, especially with veteran guard Jrue Holiday traded to Portland,” Baxter Holmes wrote. “Pritchard could even break his way into the starting lineup alongside Derrick White and Jaylen Brown, a potentially potent trio for Boston. Boston traded the Vanderbilt product to Indiana in July 2022 as part of a package including big man Daniel Theis for guard Malcolm Brogdon.