NBA Rumor: Elfrid Payton Injury
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Marc Berman: Per NBA, Elfrid Payton is doubtful for tomorrow while Derrick Rose and Austin Rivers remain out.
Stefan Bondy: Elfrid is out tonight. Taj is out.
Steve Popper: Elfrid Payton is out tonight. As is Ntilikina
Steve Popper: Fizdale said that the Knicks will be without Dennis Smith Jr. and Elfrid Payton again tomorrow – same starting lineup as last night.
Marc Berman: Knicks PG Elfrid Payton will miss Orlando game with hamstring. Maybe no Dennis too.
Will Guillory: Elfrid Payton has been added to the injury report with a right wrist contusion. He’s questionable. Anthony Davis is also listed as probable with lower back spasms. pic.twitter.com/sl1W6TqLL0
Scott Kushner: Elfrid Payton is expected to play tomorrow.
Will Guillory: Elfrid Payton is officially out tonight, per Alvin Gentry
Will Guillory: Alvin Gentry says Jahlil Okafor will play tonight. Elfrid Payton will probably remain out through the All-Star break
Will Guillory: Alvin Gentry says Elfrid Payton will work out his ankle tomorrow to see if he can play against the Magic
Jonathan Feigen: Add another name to the Pelicans injury list. Elfrid Payton is out with a sprained right ankle. That makes five guys out vs. the Rockets; Davis, Mirotic, Randle, Moore and Payton.
Oleh Kosel: The Pelicans are 9-3 when Elfrid Payton has scored 9+ points, but consistency has been an issue of late. According to Gentry, Payton’s pinky finger is still not close to 100%. “That hand still bothers him & he doesn’t put the ball down with his left hand as much as he used to.”
Will Guillory: Expect Gentry to play Payton somewhere between 25-30 minutes tonight. He wants to ease him back after being out for so long
Will Guillory: Source: Pelicans are hopeful Elfrid Payton will make his return from a broken finger next week. He still has some work to do, but this fits into the initial timetable he was given of a six-week recovery.
Will Guillory: Alvin Gentry says Elfrid Payton will have surgery on his broken left pinky. Timetable for return will be determined after
Jim Eichenhofer: Hard to believe some of the injury luck with this team at times. Elfrid Payton had played in 305 out of a possible 328 games of his four-year #NBA career prior to 2018-19, but just missed nine games with ankle sprain and now has broken finger only 8 minutes into return from it
Jim Eichenhofer: Alvin Gentry pregame on return of Elfrid Payton vs. NY: “It gets us the team that started out the year playing at a really great pace and him distributing the ball. Basically, what it does is puts guys back in the role that we anticipated them having at the start of the year.”
Scott Kushner: Alvin Gentry said he “anticipates” Elfrid Payton playing tonight. But still questionable at this point.
Jim Eichenhofer: Elfrid Payton, who is listed as questionable Friday vs. Knicks, on his emotions about a potential return to the court: “Super excited. I feel like we were in such a good rhythm before I went out. Just trying to get that back.” #Pelicans went 4-0 in the full games he played
Will Guillory: Elfrid Payton will not play tonight, per Alvin Gentry
Scott Kushner: Alvin Gentry told reporters in Minnesota that PG Elfrid Payton (out, ankle) is “really close” to returning and that “it would be ridiculous to take any chance at all”. Gentry said that ultimately the decision was his.
Payton has been upgraded on the team’s injury report a couple times this week and was deemed a game-time decision to play Saturday against Phoenix, which would be his first game action in exactly two weeks. “We’ll have to see,” fourth-year head coach Alvin Gentry said after Friday practice of Payton’s status. “He’s going to do some other stuff (physically to test whether Payton can play). He’s a game-time decision. He’s made progress.”
Will Guillory: Elfrid Payton and Nikola Mirotic are both listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Phoenix Suns due to right ankle sprains pic.twitter.com/u2rOax0xCL
Will Guillory: Alvin Gentry says he doesn’t expect Elfrid Payton to play Wednesday night but Saturday is a real possibility.
Scott Bordow: Sounds like Devin Booker, TJ Warren, Elfrid Payton, Len all out. Triano expects same lineup as he had against Golden State
Jonathan Feigen: Add Elfrid Payton and T.J. Warren to the Suns’ out list tonight. As mentioned earlier, Devin Booker and Alex Len are out vs. Rockets tonight.
Gerald Bourguet: Suns say no Elfrid Payton for tonight, so Tyler Ulis will start. #SunsVsClippers
Josh Robbins: Elfrid Payton (hamstring) is expected to play tonight against the Warriors, Frank Vogel said.
Josh Robbins: Elfrid Payton will not play tonight against the Denver Nuggets, the Magic have announced. Payton continues to be bothered by a sore left hamstring.
Josh Robbins: Elfrid Payton (hamstring) will not play tonight against the Celtics, Frank Vogel said.
Josh Robbins: Frank Vogel said Elfrid Payton, as expected, also will be out tomorrow night in New Orleans due to his hamstring injury.
Josh Robbins: The Magic have listed point guard Elfrid Payton as out for Sunday’s game in Charlotte. Payton has an injured left hamstring.
Josh Robbins: Aaron Gordon (ankle) is unlikely to play tonight. Elfrid Payton (hamstring) also is out, as disclosed previously.
Josh Robbins: Elfrid Payton has a strained left hamstring and will not return in the second half, Magic officials said.
August 17, 2022 | 1:04 pm EDT Update
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August 17, 2022 | 11:46 am EDT Update
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