<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Knicks-news-Elfrid-Payton-agrees-to-re-sign-with-New-York-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Elfrid Payton agrees to re-sign with Knicks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-21T14:38:03-08:00">November 21st, 2:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-21T14:44:28-08:00">November 21st, 2:44pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>NBA veteran point guard Elfrid Payton is re-signing with the New York Knicks, per <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330274911068315649">Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN</a>.</p><p>Payton has agreed to a one-year, $5 million deal with the Knicks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Elfrid Payton has agreed to one-year, $5M deal with Knicks, agents Aaron Mintz and Ty Sullivan of <a href="https://twitter.com/CAA_Basketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@CAA_Basketball</a> tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330274911068315649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Elfrid Payton appeared in 45 games for the Knicks in 2019-20 before the season was suspended in March due to COVID-19. He averaged 10.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.2 assists a night while shooting 43.9 percent from the field, 20.3 percent from beyond the arc and 57.0 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Payton was the 10th overall pick of the 2014 draft. He has career NBA averages of 11.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists with the Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Pelicans and Knicks.</p><p>New York drafted Obi Toppin with the eighth overall pick in the 2020 draft. The team’s core is now made up of RJ Barrett, Mitchell Robinson, Julius Randle, Kevin Knox, Dennis Smith Jr. and Toppin.</p><p>The Knicks haven’t made the playoffs or had a winning record since the 2012-13 season. Fans in the Big Apple, though, are hopeful that new president of basketball operations <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-leon-roses-instant-reaction-to-knicks-getting-8th-pick-in-nba-lottery/">Leon Rose</a> and head coach Tom Thibodeau can turn the franchise around.</p><p>Rose used to run CAA, while Thibodeau has coached the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves. He won the 2011 Coach of the Year Award with the Bulls and helped former Knicks point guard Derrick Rose win the MVP Award in the same season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Elfrid Payton agrees to re-sign with Knicks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Elfrid-Payton-Jae-Crowder-Knicks-Grizzlies.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Elfrid Payton, Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder get into massive fight</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-29T19:15:45-08:00">January 29th, 7:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-29T19:30:57-08:00">January 29th, 7:30pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks and Memphis Grizzlies faced off in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night with the visiting Grizz getting the best of the Knicks by a final margin of 127 to 106. The game was not without its drama, however, as a <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1222716416672976896">brawl broke out with under a minute to go</a> in the game kicked off by a confrontation between the Knicks’ Elfrid Payton and the Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Knicks and Grizzlies got into it 😳 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/ysQO5S7aWC">pic.twitter.com/ysQO5S7aWC</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1222716416672976896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>As you can see, Payton gets a cheap shot in on Crowder as the latter attempts a strong-side corner three and then tries to nail him as he gets up as well.</p><p>Payton was clearly miffed by Crowder attempting a 3-pointer with the game well out of reach but nonetheless the usual suspects of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-bobby-portis-fined-25000-for-flagrant-foul-kentavious-caldwell-pope/">Knicks Garden-protectors</a> were involved such as Marcus Morris and the wild-eyed Bobby Portis.</p><p>Suspensions were surely be coming for some of the players involved in this scuffle, with Payton clearly being the aggressor in this instance.</p><p><i>___</i></p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, and like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/">Facebook</a>. 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You can also find new episodes of Battle for LA, the ClutchPoints NBA Podcast, and Establish the Pass under the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/podcast/">Podcast tab</a> on the ClutchPoints home page.</i></p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Elfrid Payton, Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder get into massive fight

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chris_Paul_reacts_to_referee_telling_Elfrid_Payton_to_thank_OKC_star_for_untucked_jersey_call.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Chris Paul reacts to referee telling Elfrid Payton to thank Thunder star for untucked jersey call</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-15T22:57:16-08:00">December 15th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-17T16:17:19-08:00">December 17th, 4:17pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Looks like Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul impacts games he’s not even a part of. A week removed from him “snitching” to the refs about Jordan Bell’s untucked jersey, referees are now paying more attention to offending players and are quick to issue delay of game warnings. New York Knicks guard Elfrid Payton experienced Paul’s influenced to the refs on Sunday, as he was flagged against the Denver Nuggets at the Madison Square Garden. Payton was tucking-in his uniform as he entered the ball game for the first time when he was penalized for delaying the game.</p><p>The official was even caught on record saying: “Y’all thank Chris Paul for it.”</p><p>Amused by what transpired, Paul tagged Payton and commented a laughing and a shrugging emojis in a video of the incident which was posted by House of Highlights on Instagram.</p><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/79479499_446951065988635_630737774441398272_n.png"></figure><p> </p><p>Unlike in Paul’s case where the call had an impact in the outcome of OKC’s match versus the Minnesota Timberwolves, Payton’s blunder did not seem to play a factor in the Knicks 105-111 defeat. Payton pitched in 10 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench.</p><p>He’s been averaging 8.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.7 steals in his first year in New York, while shooting 42.4% from the field and 36.8% from three.</p><p>Paul, meanwhile, is also on his first tenure with the Thunder this season, tallying 15.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 6.3 assists, and 1.7 steals in 25 games so far.</p><p>Officials usually disregard players’ untucked jerseys, especially at the end of games. Paul’s mastery of the league rules has put referees on notice, and we should expect more players getting flagged for untucked jerseys in the coming games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chris Paul reacts to referee telling Elfrid Payton to thank Thunder star for untucked jersey call

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Referee_tells_Elfrid_Payton_to__thank_Chris_Paul__after_calling_him_out_for_untucked_jersey.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>VIDEO: Referee tells Knicks’ Elfrid Payton to ‘thank Chris Paul’ after calling him out for untucked jersey</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-15T19:08:29-08:00">December 15th, 7:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-15T19:08:29-08:00">December 15th, 7:08pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>NBA referees are now most likely to call delay of game due to untucked jerseys, thanks to Chris Paul’s snitching antics earlier this season. New York Knicks point guard Elfrid Payton saw that firsthand on Sunday in their home game versus the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>With the Nuggets up 16-12 at the 4:11 mark of the first quarter, Payton checked in to the ball game while tucking his jersey as he stepped foot onto the playing court.</p><p>The official quickly blew his whistle and called the Knicks guard for delay of game, causing Payton to have a bewildered look on his face. “Ya’ll thank Chris Paul for that,” the referee exclaimed as can be heard from the video below.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"You can thank Chris Paul"</p><p>The ref told Elfrid Payton to thank CP3 for getting a delay of game for having an untucked jersey 💀 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/VD0bzxnlbw">pic.twitter.com/VD0bzxnlbw</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1206395914803277824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>NBA rules clearly state that players should have their uniforms tucked in while on the playing court or risk getting called for delay of game or even a technical foul for repeated infractions.</p><p>Referees usually treat such instances as minor disturbances and often let such calls go, up until <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-chris-paul-admits-jordan-bell-untucked-jersey-callout-was-intentional/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chris Paul called out Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jordan Bell</a> for doing so in their game last week. 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VIDEO: Referee tells Knicks’ Elfrid Payton to ‘thank Chris Paul’ after calling him out for untucked jersey

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The second year is a team option.</blockquote><p>New York currently has a number of options at point guard. However, none of them have stood out in the preseason. Moreover, according to reports, head coach David Fizdale is still undecided who to start.</p><p>Payton has been a starter for the most part of his career, but he is facing some competition for the Knicks’ starting PG spot with Dennis Smith Jr. and Frank Ntilikina also in the mix.</p><p>The general consensus is Smith Jr. will start for them this season, as he is largely considered their point guard of the future. In fact, he is arguably the best piece they received from the Kristaps Porzingis deal last February.</p><p>With that said, it’s hard to imagine the Knicks giving Payton the keys to that position. Smith, however, didn’t have a good showing in his lone preseason appearance against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/atlanta-hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>.</p><p>Ntilikina could possibly emerge as a possible candidate down the line. He showed promising strides in his recent FIBA World Cup stint with France and could snag that starting spot should his improvement translate this 2019-20 campaign. However, he’s probably behind Smith and Payton in the depth chart.</p><p>The starting gig may be down to Smith and Payton. If this rumor is true, then the Knicks may have created another locker room issue.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

REPORT: Knicks promised Elfrid Payton starting PG spot during free agency

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