Elfrid Payton Sr., a Louisiana native and former star defensive end in the Canadian Football League, believes Pelicans history would have changed had his son not gone down. Payton played just one game from Oct. 29, when he sprained his ankle, to Dec. 31. After returning from the ankle sprain on Nov. 16, he broke his middle finger in a game against the Knicks. “I honestly believe if Elfrid doesn’t get hurt and stays healthy, they were making the playoffs,’’ Payton Sr. told The Post in a phone interview from Gretna, La.
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Position: G
Born: 02/22/94
Height: 6-3 / 1.91
Weight:190 lbs. / 86.2 kg.
Salary: $8,000,000
Born: 02/22/94
Height: 6-3 / 1.91
Weight:190 lbs. / 86.2 kg.
Salary: $8,000,000
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Tommy Beer: Per @EricPincus and @jgsiegel : Taj Gibson, Elfrid Payton, Wayne Ellington, and Reggie Bullock each have $1 million partial guarantees for 2020-21. Julius Randle has a $4 million partial guarantee in 2021-22. Bobby Portis has a true team option worth $15.75 million for 2020-21.
Bobby Marks: New York makes it official on the free agent/second-round signings of Bobby Portis, Elfrid Payton, Taj Gibson, Wayne Ellington and Ignas Brazdeikis. New York is right at $14.8M in room before Reggie Bullock is added. The team still has the $4.8M room ML.
The New York Knicks announced today that the team has signed five players: Wayne Ellington, Taj Gibson, Elfrid Payton, Bobby Portis and Julius Randle. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Wayne, Taj, Elfrid, Bobby and Julius to New York,” said Scott Perry, general manager, New York Knicks. “Collectively, we’re adding a mix of extremely talented and experienced multi-dimensional players who will improve our team as we continue building out a deep and versatile roster. These players are all tough-minded, motivated and ready to compete, and we’re excited to have them as part of the Knicks family.”
Unless you’re an elite player, starting jobs in the NBA aren’t handed out in July. So it’s way too early to predict who will be starting at point guard for the Knicks next season. But at the moment, the plan is for new Knick Elfrid Payton to get “every opportunity” to win the starting point guard position next season, per SNY sources familiar with the matter.
