Elfrid Appreciation Thread

[Revived]

It's making me want to check to see if someone posted a pic of him with his new haircut.

Here ya go

[Skin]

It's making me want to check to see if someone posted a pic of him with his new haircut.

Here ya go

WTF? He has eyes???

[Skin]

Why he wearing Magic gear???

[rusoopE]

Why he wearing Magic gear???

Its easy, we gonna sign him to a max contract. We won a second rounder and avoid those late march triple doubles for tanking porpouses. Man i love our FO

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[fendilim]

Bust.

[Blue_and_Whte]

It's making me want to check to see if someone posted a pic of him with his new haircut.

Here ya go

Finally looks like a damn adult


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[Blue_and_Whte]

Finally found a pic of EP after the haircut

I made that comp years ago and got flamed for it...you’re welcome.


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[OrlandoDream]

Should have cut his hair his rookie year if he gave a damn about succeeding as an NBA pro.

[fendilim]

MCW is stil better. Sixers got a Lakers 1st for him, we got the Suns 2nd.

[fendilim]

MCW is stil better. Sixers got a Lakers 1st for him, we got the Suns 2nd.

[J the Drafter]

This was the one year where Payton was outright bad. The news about his knee tendinitis makes a lot of sense given his performance. It would seem WeltHam have gambled that Elfrid’s knee will be a long term hindrance to his career, though our FO seem interested in downsizing the roster (declining last season’s 2nd round pick, declining and to pick up Hezonja’s option, trading Payton on the cheap). Well, we’ll see whether or not Elfrid makes some other NBA team very happy.

[fendilim]

This was the one year where Payton was outright bad. The news about his knee tendinitis makes a lot of sense given his performance. It would seem WeltHam have gambled that Elfrid’s knee will be a long term hindrance to his career, though our FO seem interested in downsizing the roster (declining last season’s 2nd round pick, declining and to pick up Hezonja’s option, trading Payton on the cheap). Well, we’ll see whether or not Elfrid makes some other NBA team very happy.

Elf has most of the time been bad though... not only this season.

[J_Magic]

Do we resign up for a minimum one year deal? Currently, he is not a starting PG in the NBA.
I'm not sure which NBA team is going to offer him a multi year contract. Maybe needs to go to the Celtics - Brad Stevens might be able to open up his game.

[SOUL]

This was the one year where Payton was outright bad. The news about his knee tendinitis makes a lot of sense given his performance. It would seem WeltHam have gambled that Elfrid’s knee will be a long term hindrance to his career, though our FO seem interested in downsizing the roster (declining last season’s 2nd round pick, declining and to pick up Hezonja’s option, trading Payton on the cheap). Well, we’ll see whether or not Elfrid makes some other NBA team very happy.

Elf has most of the time been bad though... not only this season.

1st year he was really good (for his spot), 2nd year was about the same but not enough improvement to wow people. 3rd year he lead the team in win shares/most advanced stats that indicate "impact", 4th year people just didn't want to have him on the team anymore even though his numbers and efficiency were way up.

All in all he's been completely average. As you can see in this thread, most people just hate him cause of his hair.. even though he's been a pretty much completely average player on this team. Some of these replies are straight up bully **** which I don't respect, and which is why I've had to close the other thread because people make it WAY too personal instead of just being funny or posting criticism that makes sense.

[pepe1991]

This was the one year where Payton was outright bad. The news about his knee tendinitis makes a lot of sense given his performance. It would seem WeltHam have gambled that Elfrid’s knee will be a long term hindrance to his career, though our FO seem interested in downsizing the roster (declining last season’s 2nd round pick, declining and to pick up Hezonja’s option, trading Payton on the cheap). Well, we’ll see whether or not Elfrid makes some other NBA team very happy.

Elf has most of the time been bad though... not only this season.

1st year he was really good (for his spot), 2nd year was about the same but not enough improvement to wow people. 3rd year he lead the team in win shares/most advanced stats that indicate "impact", 4th year people just didn't want to have him on the team anymore even though his numbers and efficiency were way up.

All in all he's been completely average. As you can see in this thread, most people just hate him cause of his hair.. even though he's been a pretty much completely average player on this team. Some of these replies are straight up bully **** which I don't respect, and which is why I've had to close the other thread because people make it WAY too personal instead of just being funny or posting criticism that makes sense.

During and after year 3 people literally compared him to Klye Lowry , i remember when i lost my mind arguing that Tony Parker ( at age of 22, after winning MVP of finals award) was inferior player compared to Elf.
Than " Elfrid Payton is championship point guard "thread ( or something like that) popped up.
Than somebody wrote mini book how he fall in love with BB because of Payton.

Than for better part of 2017-18 season up until somebody wrote whole article how he is one of worst defenders in nba at PG, people argued that he is good defender and blamed Vučević for everything (along with Ibaka and Biyombo or whoever played C behind him ).

I think that his over a top fans craeted over a top "haters".

[drsd]

Should have cut his hair his rookie year if he gave a damn about succeeding as an NBA pro.

His hair his rookie year was not insane:

[Knightro]

I wish Elfrid well wherever he ends up this summer.

Never hated him like a lot of people did. Hope he continues to improve as a shooter and finds a permanent home.

[fendilim]

This was the one year where Payton was outright bad. The news about his knee tendinitis makes a lot of sense given his performance. It would seem WeltHam have gambled that Elfrid’s knee will be a long term hindrance to his career, though our FO seem interested in downsizing the roster (declining last season’s 2nd round pick, declining and to pick up Hezonja’s option, trading Payton on the cheap). Well, we’ll see whether or not Elfrid makes some other NBA team very happy.

Elf has most of the time been bad though... not only this season.

1st year he was really good (for his spot), 2nd year was about the same but not enough improvement to wow people. 3rd year he lead the team in win shares/most advanced stats that indicate "impact", 4th year people just didn't want to have him on the team anymore even though his numbers and efficiency were way up.

All in all he's been completely average. As you can see in this thread, most people just hate him cause of his hair.. even though he's been a pretty much completely average player on this team. Some of these replies are straight up bully **** which I don't respect, and which is why I've had to close the other thread because people make it WAY too personal instead of just being funny or posting criticism that makes sense.

To me he was ok as a rookie, perhaps he did well after flying under the radar. But it kinda went downhill from there. he just didn't improve as a point guard, as a playmaker. He improved finishing around the basket, but just not good enough.

If you look at everything that has happened, almost all of the biggest mistakes were because of Elf. Evan over Oladipo because Vic was not a good fit around Elf, Hennigan's love affair for Payton as a starting PG which was contrary to Skiles' POV eventually led to a falling out, Dario and picks over Elf.

Payton was the biggest miss of the past regime.

[drsd]

Payton was the biggest miss of the past regime.

[drsd]

The funny thing is that the player selected after Nicholson was Fournier. Many here wanted Jared Sullinger.