Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard was a recent guest on the Celtics Talk Podcast with Chris Forsberg. The two discussed several on topics, including Pritchard's thoughts on being eligible to extend his contract this fall.

"No, I don't really think about it. It's just not something I'm really looking at," Pritchard said when asked about a potential extension. "I have two years on my contract and it's just, there's no rush on it. We'll talk, obviously, but we have a whole next year to talk about an extension. For me, it's like, just focus on getting better and becoming the best basketball player I can possibly be."

Pritchard also said the Celtics are once again heading into the season with something to prove.

"I feel the same way. I feel like we have another year that we have to prove it," Pritchard said about the season after the early playoff exit and the team trading Jaylen Brown. "I thought regular season we did a great job last year. ... But obviously in the playoffs, we didn't have the playoff run we wanted, let a 3-1 lead slip, which, you know, ate away at a lot of us this summer. So, added extra motivation going into the summer to attack it and come back better and just try to improve."