The Elfrid Payton Era in New York is Officially Over

Elfrid Payton is the worst point guard in NBA history who somehow tricked the Knicks organization into not only employing him but STARTING him every night.

No matter what team pulled up to Madison Square Garden, they always walked into the arena with the better point guard.

You and 4 guys who are discovering basketball for the first time could walk onto the court against the Knicks and have the better point guard.

In the modern NBA, it is detrimental to have a perimeter player that cannot shoot.

Elfrid shot 28% from 3 last season.

His inability to shoot was even more apparent on a team playing alongside RJ Barrett and Julius Randle—two players who like to back down their defender—when they kicked it back out to the 3-point line where Elfrid would be standing wide open only to pass up the shot because he didn’t want to delay the game by making the refs find a new basketball after he deflated it with a brick off the backboard.

Last offseason, the Knicks selected Immanuel Quickley with the 25th pick.

From the first second he stepped on the floor, it was obvious he was a far better basketball player than Elfrid Payton yet somehow, IQ could not steal any playing time from Payton.

Quickley made 90 more 3’s than Payton in 240 fewer minutes.

Every game you could expect a turnover from a bad entry pass followed by an easy dunk in transition by the opposing team only for Elfrid to jog back up the court and attempt to redeem himself by charging to the basket and getting his shit blocked into the concession stands.

He was stepping on rakes all night.

After the first couple of days of free agency that saw the Knicks essentially only re-signing players who were on the team last season, it appeared as though the franchise was considering bringing Elfrid back into the fold because they still needed a starting point guard.

Four-time All-Star guard Kemba Walker has agreed to a contract buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and upon clearing waivers, plans to sign with the New York Knicks, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 4, 2021

SIKE. WE UP, BABYYYYY

Kemba Walker in. Elfrid Payton the fuuuuuuck out.

4-time All-Star. 2019 All-NBA guard.

Kemba steps into a Knicks jersey and day one he’s already the best point guard this franchise has had in over a decade.

Not counting the GOAT, Ron Baker of course. If you know, you know.

Let’s compare their previous seasons:

Kemba Walker last season:

19.3 ppg
4.0 rpg
4.9 apg
42% shooting
36% from 3
89% FT
55% true shooting %

Elfrid Payton last season:

10.1 ppg
3.4 rpg
3.2 apg
28% from 3
68% FT
47% true shooting %
Got outplayed by Austin Rivers

Knicks in 4.

— Dreadlef Schrempf (@TheLesterLee) August 4, 2021

Imagine re-playing the Knicks Hawks first round series but replacing Elfrid Payton with Kemba Walker.

32-year-old Derrick Rose was forced to play 40 minutes and was clearly out of gas because Payton was completely unable to be on a basketball court.

The Knicks just went from having the worst point guard in NBA history to now having the 3rd best point guard in the East behind Kyrie and Trae Young.

If RJ Barrett takes a step up and becomes a 20-per-game scorer, Evan Fournier knocks down open 3’s and Julius Randle maintains his All-NBA form then this new Knicks team will be the best Knicks team we’ve seen since the 90’s.

Knicks in 4.

Enjoy playing in Israel, Elfrid. Shalom, motherfucker.

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