As of late, there has been a fair share of trade rumors involving Orlando Magic point guard Elfrid Payton as well as other players on his team.

According to an article published today by Spencer Davies of Basketball Insiders, Payton reacted to those rumors by saying that he isn't letting it get in his head.

“I don’t get caught up in the things like that,” Payton said. “Today I’m an Orlando Magic. I play for the Orlando Magic and I’m gonna give them 100 percent of me. I’m somebody that likes to finish what I started, so I definitely would like to see this through and try to turn this organization around.”

The Magic, who are coming off a tough 104-103 road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, have the worst record in the Eastern Conference at 13-32 after they started the season at 6-2.

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When asked who really needs to step up in order for the Magic to flip the script, Payton believed it would have to take a complete team effort.

“Everybody,” Payton said. “I like Vuc [Nikola Vucevic]. I like AG [Aaron Gordon]. Evan [Fournier] is somebody who can fill it up. T Ross [Terrence Ross] is somebody who can fill it up when healthy. I think we have a lot of talent on this team. Even the rookies—Wes [Iwundu] plays well for us in stretches. Jon [Isaac] when he was playing he’d do well.

“You could see the potential there. So I think we have a lot of weapons on this team. I’m very confident in the group we have here. I think we have a lot of talent, we just have to do it.”

In 36 starts this season for the Magic, Payton is currently averaging 12.9 points, 6.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game in roughly 29.1 minutes of action per contest.