How Jaylen’s 741 shoes are fueling Pritchard’s Sixth Man quest

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How Jaylen’s 741 shoes are fueling Pritchard’s Sixth Man quest originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard became the first NBA player to fully embrace teammate Jaylen Brown’s new 741 shoe line, ditching his familiar Nikes to sport Brown’s Performance Rover this season.

Now Pritchard is steamrolling toward the Sixth Man of the Year honor and Brown is thrilled for his teammate.

“I think it would be great [for Pritchard to win Sixth Man in 741s],” said Brown, who debuted a new white colorway for his Performance Rover on Friday night at an event that featured Bill Nye the Science Guy at Boston’s Museum of Science.

“The willingness for Payton to just trust me. He knows how I am, he knows how thorough I am. He’s never asked about the technology of the shoe, he’s never asked about what I’ve done. He just tried them on and played in them, and he loves them.

“He just trusts me. He knows I’ll put everything [into the shoes], I don’t leave no stone unturned. I put all the technology, I put everything that I needed to make sure that I would be safe into it.

“He’s been out there balling in them, you know what I mean? He’s been good. He had 28 [points against the Sixers], first game off the break, straight from Turks and Caicos in the 741.”

With help from shoe-tracking site KixStats.com, we parsed the data for Pritchard’s performances this season in the 741 Performance Rover, versus the various models of Nike shoes he’s worn consistently throughout his career. (This season he’s sported the Nike Sabrina 2 and Book 1).

Here are the splits:

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While Pritchard’s counting stats are higher in the Nike sneakers, the team’s winning percentage and his plus/minus soars in 741s. What’s more, Pritchard is more efficient shooting in the 741.

It should be noted that Pritchard’s four best outings of the season, based on the box score-catch-all…

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Publish date : 2025-02-24 11:52:00

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