Payne Gets High School Jersey Retired, Teammates Support Him

When Cameron Payne walked into the elite Lausanne Collegiate School outside of Memphis as a lanky seventh grader, he didn’t know if he would make his mark. On Monday night, he brought his Thunder teammates with him to walk his old halls again, and it was clear he left his imprint on his high school.

Lausanne, a preparatory school outside of Memphis, helped foster Payne as a student and an athlete during his formative years, and Payne helped lead the Lynx to its first state title in basketball, while being named Mr. Basketball in the state of Tennessee. A few years later, after a successful career at Murray State University and being drafted by the Thunder last June, Lausanne decided to honor…