The Knicks have become the specialists in short contracts, in order to minimize risk. This is what they proposed to Elfrid Payton. And the point guard accepted this $ 5 million one-season contract, as made clear Adrian Wojnarowski d’ESPN.
A choice finally quite surprising on the part of the leader who could certainly have hoped for better. The leaders available are not that many during this free agency 2020 and, although Payton has shortcomings, he remains a strong creative point guard, able to defend in several positions thanks to his size and his scope.
Leading Knicks for part of the season, Elfrid Payton was 10 points, 7.2 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 28 minutes on average. His only big concern? The address … 20% at three-pointers last year and a terrible 57% at free throws …
Elfrid Payton has agreed to one-year, $5M deal with Knicks, agents Aaron Mintz and Ty Sullivan of CAA_Basketball tell ESPN.
– Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2020
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