Banton is a far more useful player than Pritchard. PP provides absolutely nothing on offense when his 3s aren’t falling. He doesn’t have the size or burst to get by defenders and he’s not hitting C&S 3s so we’re playing 5v4 out there with him on the court on both ends of the court. Banton provides the size and length to hold his own defensively and is actually good at getting into the paint and collapsing the defense and making quick decision in there, like an actual PG should.
Pritchard has been really great at rebounding and pushing the pace. Probably the best on our team this season.
He’s also playmaking a lot more and rarely turning the ball over. As u/gavalant said, he leads the team in assists per36 and comfortably has the best assist/turnover ratio on the team (almost doubling 2nd place).
You skip over the defensive criticisms but I’d assume a lot of your complaints are height-based, because his actual defense has been really good.
People still haven’t caught onto the fact we’re using Pritchard as a defensive weapon. Pay attention to the full-court press we run every time Pritchard and Holiday share the court. Those two have spearheaded the massive improvements to ball pressure we’ve seen this season, which was a big issue for us last season and especially last post-season.