{"id":112704,"date":"2025-06-20T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/112704\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:56:10","slug":"celtics-draft-fits-can-jase-richardson-provide-a-pritchard-like-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/112704\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics draft fits: Can Jase Richardson provide a Pritchard-like spark?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celtics draft fits: Can Jase Richardson provide a Pritchard-like spark?<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston<\/a><\/p>\n

The Boston Celtics need to shed at least $20 million in salary<\/a> this offseason to get under the second apron of the luxury tax and avoid punitive roster penalties, which means president of basketball operations Brad Stevens may have to trade several core players.<\/p>\n

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If that\u2019s the case and superstar forward Jayson Tatum misses the entire 2025-26 season while recovering from Achilles surgery<\/a>, Boston will need players on lower-cost deals to step up if the team wants to remain competitive.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why the 2025 NBA Draft is so crucial for the Celtics: Can they find a legitimate rotation player with either the No. 28 or No. 32 pick in next Thursday\u2019s draft \u2014 or package those picks to move up higher in the first round?<\/p>\n

The \u201ctrade up\u201d path is intriguing<\/a> if Stevens and Co. believe they can acquire a prospect with the potential to be a legitimate rotation player. And if that scenario comes to pass, Michigan State guard Jase Richardson is a name worth watching.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s continue our \u201cCeltics Draft Fits\u201d series with a full breakdown of Richardson \u2014 the son of former NBA player Jason Richardson \u2014 and why he\u2019d make sense for Boston:<\/p>\n

Jase Richardson\u2019s bio<\/p>\n

Birthdate: Oct. 16, 2005 (age 19)<\/p>\n

Birthplace: Berkeley, Calif.<\/p>\n

Jase Richardson\u2019s collegiate stats<\/p>\n

2024-25: 12.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 49.3 field goal percentage, 41.2 3-point percentage (36 games)<\/p>\n

Jase Richardson\u2019s college accolades<\/p>\n

2025 Third-Team All-Big Ten<\/p>\n

2025 Big Ten All-Freshman Team<\/p>\n

Jase Richardson\u2019s highlightsWhy Jase Richardson fits with Celtics<\/p>\n

If Boston trades Jrue Holiday<\/a>, that could thrust reigning Sixth Man of the Year Payton Pritchard into a starting role. And the Celtics might be very tempted by the possibility of developing Richardson into the next Pritchard.<\/p>\n

While Richardson is much greener than Pritchard \u2014 who entered the league at age 23 after four years in college \u2014 he\u2019s the son of an NBA player who boasts a high basketball IQ and averaged just 0.8 turnovers per game last season.<\/p>\n

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Richardson also is a deadly shooter (41.2 percent from 3-point range) who makes up for his lack of height with strong body control around the basket. Sound familiar?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe son of Jason Richardson, he hit 41 percent of his threes as a freshman at Michigan State,\u201d Celtics Insider Chris Forsberg says of Jase Richardson. \u201cRichardson\u2019s fit with the Celtics could be similar to what Payton Pritchard has provided as a scoring spark off the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoston could be intrigued by those NBA bloodlines and his two-way potential. For the Celtics to get to Richardson, they might need to move up from No. 28.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Richardson is projected as a top-15 pick in most NBA Mock Drafts. But if Stevens likes him enough, perhaps the C\u2019s would strike a deal to jump up and draft the Spartan sharpshooter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtics draft fits: Can Jase Richardson provide a Pritchard-like spark? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,3164,46,960,956,77,2038,6,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-112704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-brad-stevens","13":"tag-celtics","14":"tag-jase-richardson","15":"tag-jason-richardson","16":"tag-jayson-tatum","17":"tag-jrue-holiday","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-payton-pritchard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114717221665690409","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}