NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Veteran level guard and Gretna native Elfrid Payton has agreed to phrases on a coaching camp contract with the Pelicans, in response to a report from ESPN.
This may be a second stint for Payton, 30, along with his hometown NBA franchise. He performed one season in New Orleans in 2018 because the group’s start line guard. Regardless of a number of absences and a number of accidents in 2018, his lone season as a Pelican is taken into account the most effective statistically of his profession.
In 2018, Payton tied former franchise star Chris Paul with essentially the most triple-doubles in a season in group historical past with six. He was additionally the fifth participant in NBA historical past to document 5 consecutive triple-doubles in a season.
After Payton’s one-year contract resulted in New Orleans, he was not provided a brand new contract because the franchise underwent a serious restructuring following the commerce of Anthony Davis through the offseason.
Payton spent final season with the Indiana Mad Ants of the G-League as he makes an attempt to return to an NBA roster.
Payton was a lottery decide in 2014, drafted by Orlando with the tenth total select of UL-Lafayette.
Previous to his two seasons with the Ragin’ Cajuns, he was a extremely regarded recruit out of John Ehret Excessive Faculty.
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