>I've watched Elfrid Payton play a lot last year, probably
>more than any sane human should. He was turnover prone last
>year. In the Sun Belt.

>
>He'll be a stat stuffer, no question, and I fucking love his
>game (TRBO hates that I call him Rondo Jr.). But I think his
>turnovers against NBA competition his first year combined with
>the usual rookie PG inconsistency make his odds at doing below
>1 FPPM pretty high.

From what ive seen of his summer he'll be up and down- not necessarilyany better than Oladipo last year,

>
>I hope I'm wrong as I'd love for him to ball out Year 1, and I
>would've taken him later (probably even thirteen picks later),
>but that's why I didn't grab him at 94. I wanted something I
>thought was safer. I felt like Farmar's odds at 1 FPPM were
>better, and I felt like his odds of doing what he did last
>year if Paul were to go out were better. *shrug* it wasn't
>solely for handcuffing, that's just a perk. I just felt he was
>the safest FPPM G left-- the only other guy I considered there
>was Reggie Jackson, and admittedly I may regret taking Farmar
>over him. (My history of my third guard drafted isn't great.)
>
>It may not pay off, but with Bubbles doing his steady 15
>minutes at over 1 FPPM, I really only need fifteen-ish minutes
>of guard play from someone. I'm confident I can find that one
>way or another if Farmar doesn't pan out, via a
>low-minute/high-FPPM guy on waivers or one of my younger bench
>guys (preferably the latter-- they're my upside picks, and my
>last round picks generally do way better than my third guard
>picks, so I'm hopeful).

I wouldve actually taken Bubbles over him there-- but he dropped to you anyway.

I wouldv etaken Reggie Jack over Farmar