(07-01-2022, 02:23 AM)F Gump Wrote: Payton is an interesting success story. Scuffled around the league for maybe 4-5 years, barely hanging on, sometimes just in GL. A bit over a year ago, he signed with GS near the end of the season to a "2 year" deal, all minimum, with the 2021-22 season not guaranteed.
In camp in the fall, on that make-good deal, he was the 16th man. Got waived. Then got re-signed. Managed to make the team and bump someone else.
In one season in GS, something finally clicked. Or he learned something new. Or he found a good fit. Or something.
Now he's in demand.
Don't forget that he wanted to be in GSW and signed on as a video coordinator. He scratched, clawed and barely hung on for this payday.