somethingshesaid
Veteran
The problem with Elfrid Payton has been explained to me by now: he's an offensive liability because he obviously doesn't want to shoot. In which case, I never understand players who don't or won't just learn to shoot, after years in the league. They puzzle me. Assuming a player doesn't shoot because he can't, why wouldn't a player want to become a good shooter? Scoring is glamorous, and involves less pain and discomfort than playing defense or banging under the boards. Is learning to shoot competently so difficult that such players really can't learn?
Consider two point guards of much higher profile, Jason Kidd and Rajon Rondo. Both of them were also notoriously bad shooters. Why did they settle for it? I heard that Rondo settled for it because he was just arrogant; but Payton has nothing to be arrogant about.
If you think I'm naive, you can perhaps figure out (correctly) that I don't play basketball myself.
Consider two point guards of much higher profile, Jason Kidd and Rajon Rondo. Both of them were also notoriously bad shooters. Why did they settle for it? I heard that Rondo settled for it because he was just arrogant; but Payton has nothing to be arrogant about.
If you think I'm naive, you can perhaps figure out (correctly) that I don't play basketball myself.