"We met a lot and I told him that things happen, be ready, which I knew he always would be." The post Ime Udoka recalls his ...

Udoka, now coaching the Rockets, saw Pritchard step into an important role as the Celtics marched to the 2022 NBA Finals ...

Blake Griffin said Payton Pritchard was so shy and so scrawny that he knew he had to be "nasty" on the court if Oklahoma was ...

Blake Griffin and Payton Pritchard met at a Los Angeles Clippers game when Pritchard was just 16 years old before they knew ...

Still, Pritchard saw his minutes sink to 13.1 per game in his third season -- when Mazzulla took over for Udoka, who was ...

Last season's star-turn in the NBA Finals was a decade in the making for Payton Pritchard, who says a meeting with a six-time ...

Ime Udoka stood before a white board 15 months ago in Lake Charles, Louisiana as he offered a harsh message to his new team. "17. 20. 22." Udoka scribbled the Rockets' win totals across the ...

Hours before facing the team he formerly coached, Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka declined to say ... Jayson Tatum and Payton Pritchard combined to score 63 points. The Celtics shoot the highest ...

Payton Pritchard has been open about how his lack ... Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka, who was coaching the Celtics at the time, saw that Pritchard was not happy. He averaged 14.1 minutes per ...