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You notice the hair first because it’s different, but there’s so much more to Payton’s do-everything style of play that catches your eye. Those jaw-dropping skills were on display on Monday when he nearly compiled a triple-double – 12 points, nine assists and eight rebounds – as Orlando whipped Houston in summer league action. Before his senior year of high school, Elfrid Payton's teachers were more likely to peg him as one of their future peers than an NBA lottery pick. Now he's a starting point guard on a playoff hopeful in only his second season.
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College career
He struggled in his NBA debut on Saturday with four turnovers and he opened Monday’s game with three quick miscues. But he steadied himself with two drive-and-dish alley-oop passes that resulted in Dewayne Dedmon dunks. Later, Payton finished at the rim with his left hand in traffic and he had a blow-by dunk to bring his Magic teammates out of their seats on the bench.
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It was blurry, but I just played through it. But the margin for error is smaller now, right? He is not afraid to make a full hockey line change right away if guys aren't bringing it. His family relocated to Texas, and Payton ditched football -- the sport in which his father starred as a manic, trash-talking defender for multiple Canadian Football League teams.
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His high school team in Gretna, La., made a vow not to cut their hair until they won the state championship back in 2011. However, those dreams ended when John Ehret High was beaten by Scotlandville in the state semifinals. During Monday’s game against the Nets, Payton drove towards the basket and attempted a floater, which he airballed. Though DeMarre Carroll was in the area, he didn’t contest the shot. Payton just was woefully short on his shot.
Team
Payton’s overriding memory from his Team USA time in Prague with Gordon? Talking about their dreams of playing in the NBA. And he has a pretty good idea what most people are thinking about him with the bushy mound of curly hair atop his head.
He had 23 points in that state semifinal loss – a performance that led to University of Louisiana-Lafayette coaches to offer him a college scholarship soon after. Despite questions about his distinctive hair interfering with his shooting form, Elfrid Payton has shot better this season. Yeah, Channing [Frye] coming in -- guys respect his 3-ball. They gotta stay home, and that opens up the paint a lot for someone like me. Another shot of Elfrid and his new hairstyle on social media shows Payton in what appears to be the St. Augustine High gym in New Orleans.
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Speaking of seeing, I’m not sure he could through that coiffe. It was basically a hand in his face at all times. There’s no doubt it effects his ability to see his shot at times and his shooting form always. Payton is doing quite well for himself as well as one of the Magic’s building-block pieces for the future.
Like Monday against the Nets, when he air-balled a seven-footer. His hair is literally playing better defense than DeMarre Carroll in this play. No one plays defense on Elfrid Payton like his own hair. You definitely have to be more thought out in the chances you take at this level. But I try to stay as aggressive as possible.
Hey, if guys go under, that gives me a full head of steam to come downhill right at 'em. The re-screen, like you said, [it's] something that's very effective. It's just really hard to go under two screens right in a row, and stay with me. Honestly, I don't mind guys going under. And I feel like I can hit that jump shot now, too. Pictures posted to social media show Payton, now with the Phoenix Suns, displaying his new ‘do.
Maybe someone throws a few extra million his way on the off chance he can see the court and the rim better. Even if he doesn’t improve, though, he should still win Most Improved, just on aesthetics alone. Payton showed on Monday in Orlando Pro Summer League action that he is right where he is supposed to be.
For the game, Payton made all five of his shots, scored the 12 points, handed out nine assists and corralled eight rebounds. Payton said another defining moment in his basketball evolution came in November of 2012 when he almost single-handedly led Louisiana-Lafayette to an upset win over Michigan State. Payton remarkably recorded seven steals to go with his 20 points and six rebounds as he outplayed the more heralded Keith Appling (four of 11 shooting, four turnovers). That moment opened Payton’s eyes to the possibilities that basketball presented to him. Now, three years later, Payton is a top-10 NBA draft pick and a rising star with the Orlando Magic.
Why did the lineup change work for you guys, with Victor [Oladipo] going to the bench. While he won’t be as recognizable with the more orthodox look, it could help him on the court. Back in January, before he got traded to the Suns, Payton actually airballed a shot in the lane because his hair flopped in front of his eyes and blinded him. Payton’s high-rise hairdo was the result of a pact he made with his teammates at John Ehret High School in neighboring Marrero, La. Michael Brice-Saddler watched 62 Payton free throws in March of 2017 to determine whether or not the hair was affecting Payton at the stripe.
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