Eflrid Payton is the kind of player that needs the ball in his hands to be most effective. Sure, he can make heady cuts from the wing or the corner, flashing toward the basket when he catches a defender looking elsewhere, but at his core Payton needs the ball. And really, that’s why the Orlando Magic acquired him on draft night in the first place.
Entering the 2014 draft, one of the NBA players Payton kept getting comparisons to – as he climbed up big boards of pundits and front offices alike – was Rajon Rondo.