Elfrid Payton is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 22, 1994 in Gretna, United States. Point guard who was selected 10th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. His rights were directly traded to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Dario Saric and future draft picks. After over three years in Orlando, he was traded to the Phoenix Suns in 2018.
He became teammates with 2013 first rounder Victor Oladipo on the Magic in 2014.
In the summer of 2013, Payton was a surprise selection to the United States team for the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. He averaged 6.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in nine games.
As a junior in 2013–14, Payton emerged as one of the top defensive players in college basketball. He raised his averages to 19.2 points, 5.9 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game and led the Ragin’ Cajuns to the 2014 NCAA Tournament. He was again named first team All-Sun Belt and was the conference Defensive Player of the Year. At the end of the season, he was named the National Defensive Player of the Year by winning the Lefty Driesell Award.
He was born to Elfrid, Sr. and Danielle Payton. His father played for the Canadian Football League. He has five siblings: Courtney, Shamyra, Ashley, Erin and Brianna.
