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Andrew Lopez, ESPN
THE New Orleans Pelicans are signing veteran guard Elfrid Payton on a coaching camp deal, sources informed ESPN Thursday afternoon.
Payton, 30, is from the New Orleans space and performed school basketball on the College of Louisiana, only a two-hour drive west.
He final performed within the NBA in 2021-22 when he hung out with the Phoenix SunsHe spent final season with the Indiana Mad Ants of the G-League.
He beforehand performed with New Orleans within the 2018-19 season and had maybe his finest NBA season. He averaged 10.6 factors and profession highs in assists per recreation (7.6) and rebounds per recreation (5.2). Over the latter a part of this season, Payton recorded back-to-back triple-double video games.
Guard Izaiah Brockington can also be anticipated to hitch the Pelicans on a camp deal, sources mentioned.
Brockington performed one recreation with the Pelicans final season and hung out with G-League affiliate Birmingham Squadron. He additionally spent the final two summers with New Orleans’ summer season league group.
New Orleans is holding coaching camp in Nashville this season whereas renovations proceed on the coaching facility in Metairie, Louisiana.
Payton and Brockington’s offers had been negotiated by brokers Darrell Comer and Jim Tanner of Tandem Sports activities + Leisure.
