This is awesome. The young man definitely made the right decision. Congratulations Elfrid.
This is awesome. The young man definitely made the right decision. Congratulations Elfrid.
"We knew they were very serious about wanting Elfrid." Serious enough to have spent more than three hours in Lafayette recently talking with the Ragin' Cajuns coaches and other members of the basketball staff. Payton, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound point ...
Former Ragin' Cajuns star Andrew Toney, a two-time NBA All-Star, was picked eighth overall by Philadelphia in the 1980 NBA Draft. Payton finished 16th in school history in scoring (1,425 points) while grabbing 508 rebounds with 486 assists (fifth on the ...
In the mid-1970s, there were an awful lot of New York Yankees fans in the Acadiana area with local product Ron Guidry pitching for the Bronx Bombers.
In the 1980s, more than just a few NBA fans in these parts supported the Philadelphia 76ers with ex-Ragin’ Cajun great Andrew Toney being a first-round draft pick there.
http://www.nola.com/sports/index.ssf..._river_default
Good coverage of Elfrid in the Times Picayune linked above.
Since the draft, Payton has been through a gantlet of news conferences, team meetings and interviews. He said he reports to the Magic on Tuesday and after that, he’ll be off to a series of summer league games in Orlando.
So far, the Magic has made a favorable impression, the John Ehret High product said.
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