They got me going up and down and once I found my groove I was all good.’’ it will apply to data controlled jointly by the NBA and WarnerMedia as well as other data controlled by WarnerMedia.
Orlando scouted Gordon extensively during the college basketball season and the forward stunned the organization with his all-around skills during a workout at the team’s headquarters earlier in the month.
Payton, a 6-foot-3, 190-pounder, is another defensive specialist. This site is operated jointly by NBA and WarnerMedia.
The two were standout teammates on Team USA’s Under-19 entry in the FIBA World Championships last summer and they thrived together.
``Championships are won by defense. Elfrid Payton signed a 2 year / $16,000,000 contract with the New York Knicks, including $9,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $8,000,000. As it turns out, Gordon’s day – and his dazzling one season at the University of Arizona – was good enough to convince the Magic to select him with the No. Milwaukee then picked Duke product Jabari Parker, while Philadelphia gambled on hobbled center Joel Embiid with the No.
He played college basketball at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where in 2014 he won the Lefty Driesell Award as the National College Defensive Player of the Year.
When it comes down to it, it will all be up to (Magic) Coach (Jacque) Vaughn.’’ The 2013-14 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year had a school-record 197 steals. The big Elfrid Payton scouting report: Meet the NBA Draft's biggest sleeper New, 8 comments The Louisiana-Lafayette point guard is shooting up draft boards, but is the hype justified? 4 pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft.
Elfrid Payton is a 6’3″ Point Guard (PG) that is currently earning $8,000,000 per year to play for the New York Knicks. The Magic have spent the past two years stockpiling a foundation full of young and dazzling talent. Hennigan then pulled off one of the first trades of the draft by landing cat-quick 20-year-old point guard Elfrid Payton in exchange for the Magic’s No. Additionally, he shot just 42.2 percent from the free throw line. With a similar build to that of Gordon, Harris can play both the power forward and small forward positions. Not long after Payton’s trade to Orlando became official, Gordon excitedly learned of the news.
Payton was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, but was then traded to the Orlando Magic. He’s often referred to himself simply as ``a forward,’’ rather than locking himself into one particular position. He can play both the small forward and power forward positions in certain lineups. Hennigan found a couple of late-round gems with Andrew Nicholson and O’Quinn in 2012 and he nailed the 2013 No. ``I try to live in the paint and I think that’s why I usually live at the free throw line.’’ Orlando passed on point guards Dante Exum and Marcus Smart in order to grab Gordon. He described himself as an attacking point guard who plays a fearless brand of basketball. Facebook; Twitter; As a junior, Payton won the Lefty Driesell Award, an honor given annually to the nation's best defensive player.
Cleveland, which was picking first overall for the third time in the past four years, selected small forward Andrew Wiggins with the top spot. ``There were probably 30 to 35 people sitting there, I found my jump shot and I shot the ball pretty well,’’ said Gordon, who doesn’t turn 19 years old until September.
ESPN analyst Jay Bilas described Gordon as ``not a good athlete, but a world class athlete.’’ In 2019-20, Payton will earn a base salary of $8,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $8,000,000 and a dead cap value of $8,000,000. He made 49.5 percent of his shots at Arizona, but most of those field goals came on post-up baskets and transition layups. As we went through the process, there were quite a few things about him that stood out that we grew to like,’’ Hennigan said of Gordon. NBA Awards While Gordon is an elite-level athlete with tremendous strength and athleticism, the knock on him is his unorthodox shooting stroke. Pros A lead guard who fills up the stat sheet. I was a little nervous in the beginning, but after that I found my groove.
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