Tracking the Draft Stock of Louisiana's Elfrid Payton

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Among those participating were former Arizona Wildcats' power forward Aaron Gordon, former Indiana Hoosiers' big man Noah Vonleh, former Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns point Elfrid Payton, former Oklahoma State Cowboys' point guard Marcus Smart ...

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According to Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders, in addition to Smart and Exum, the Magic are also showing interest in former Syracuse Orange point guard Tyler Ennis and former Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns' point guard Elfrid Payton and will soon ...

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According to Steve Kyler, both former Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns point guard Elfrid Payton and former Oklahoma State Cowboys' point guard Marcus Smart are flying up draft boards. As for guys that have worked out well — Marcus Smart ...

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[zephyr]

Word from Chad Forde yesterday was that Payton and Smart were actually going up against each other in drills at the combine and Payton was often excelling against Smart and getting the better of the two. This has really helped him as many of the top guards were not participating in these drills which made it harder for the scouts see how good they would do against head to head competition.

[BrockMeaux]

Nice.

[SlappyCajun]

Chad Ford's latest mock draft came out today.

Had the Orlando Magic taking EP at number 12. Ford is interesting because he is the Mel Kiper of the NBA draft.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Chad Ford's latest mock draft came out today.

Had the Orlando Magic taking EP at number 12. Ford is interesting because he is the Mel Kiper of the NBA draft.

This is awesome!

[Cajunsmike]

Looks like elfrid made the right decision. Maybe he can send some of that contract back this way.

[CajunRebel]

I wonder if Bandwagon King is going to come here and admit he was way, way, way off on Peyton's draft status.

[duggie85]

I wonder if Bandwagon King is going to come here and admit he was way, way, way off on Peyton's draft status.

He ain't the only one.

[VObserver]

Many, many basketball fans only see that he did not shoot well; they fail to see that the rest of his game is so vastly superior to anyone else in this conference that his lack of shooting prowess becomes inconsequential.

Among players I have seen at UL, I consider only Andrew Toney to be a more complete player. I have been saying for two years now that he is the best point guard ever to play here.

There is a reason that Marcus Smart was not the starting point guard on the USA U-19 World Championship team. That reason is that Elfrid is just better than Smart at their shared position. Smart is bigger, a better shooter, and will be drafted higher because he played in the Big XII, and is a very good player in all other aspects of his game.

Elfrid was the best perimeter defender in the U-19 World Championship tournament, and offensively he created scoring opportunities for himself and for the other 4 players on the court with him.

[Boomer]

Many, many basketball fans only see that he did not shoot well; they fail to see that the rest of his game is so vastly superior to anyone else in this conference that his lack of shooting prowess becomes inconsequential.

Among players I have seen at UL, I consider only Andrew Toney to be a more complete player. I have been saying for two years now that he is the best point guard ever to play here.

There is a reason that Marcus Smart was not the starting point guard on the USA U-19 World Championship team. That reason is that Elfrid is just better than Smart at their shared position. Smart is bigger, a better shooter, and will be drafted higher because he played in the Big XII, and is a very good player in all other aspects of his game.

Elfrid was the best perimeter defender in the U-19 World Championship tournament, and offensively he created scoring opportunities for himself and for the other 4 players on the court with him.

-----Having seen the hilites of the NBA camp there is one thing that sticks out----He can now shoot----I have mentioned too many times on here about the rapid rotation of his shot---Well looking at the NBA video somebody has helped him big time--the rotation is like the NORMAL spin by the good shooters!!! I don't remember where the video was from but if somebody could post it I think all would enjoy!!!