Elfrid Payton

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Originally Posted by CajunGrad16

He finally gets to come home and play. Can't wait to watch him have fun in front of his family

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He finally gets to play for a good team the pels defensively will be amazing

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Originally Posted by cajun_lannister

Elfrid Payton has agreed to a deal with the Pelicans, league sources tell ESPN.

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Time to flap

NBA free agency is underway, with players like LeBron James, Paul George, Chris Paul and DeMarcus Cousins headlining the class.

.#40 Elfrid Payton - Reportedly agreed to one-year deal with New Orleans. Payton, the No. 10 overall pick in 2014, averaged 12.7 points, 6.2 assists and 4.3 rebounds with Orlando and Phoenix last season

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Wow! He can help Coach Marlin recruit NOLA area.

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Originally Posted by cajun_lannister

He finally gets to play for a good team the pels defensively will be amazing

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His deal is for one year. That tells me that they still hope to bring Rondo back. Elfrid will still play lots of minutes as Rondo is aging and saves his energy for the playoffs. If they did not think Rondo was coming back, they could have signed him to a longer term deal.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

His deal is for one year. That tells me that they still hope to bring Rondo back. Elfrid will still play lots of minutes as Rondo is aging and saves his energy for the playoffs. If they did not think Rondo was coming back, they could have signed him to a longer term deal.

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Yep. He’s got to rest so he can be Playoff Rondo .

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Originally Posted by cajun_lannister

He finally gets to play for a good team the pels defensively will be amazing

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I don't know about that

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

His deal is for one year. That tells me that they still hope to bring Rondo back. Elfrid will still play lots of minutes as Rondo is aging and saves his energy for the playoffs. If they did not think Rondo was coming back, they could have signed him to a longer term deal.

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Rondo will be back plus they want to take Jrue off the ball a little more and they've lacked good depth at the PG spot for years. Elfrid will help them as he's better defensively than Rondo and obviously younger so he will eat up a lot of minutes for him.

I admittedly did not watch a lot of Suns or Magic games, but I thought Elfrid was pretty poor on defending the pick and roll when I saw him play.
Hopefully Rondo and Jrue can teach him the finer points of the position. I can’t wait to see him in a Pels uniform.

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Originally Posted by zephyr

Rondo will be back plus they want to take Jrue off the ball a little more and they've lacked good depth at the PG spot for years. Elfrid will help them as he's better defensively than Rondo and obviously younger so he will eat up a lot of minutes for him.

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why does everyone here think he was a good defender. i love elfrid, but he is a below average defender (for a starter at least)

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Originally Posted by Hudsheen#Fired

why does everyone here think he was a good defender. i love elfrid, but he is a below average defender (for a starter at least)

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I don’t know, maybe because he won the Lefty Dreisell college defensive player of the year award.

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

I don’t know, maybe because he won the Lefty Dreisell college defensive player of the year award.

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thats in college not the NBA