elfrid payton’s hair blocks his own shot
what a stupid haircut
IIRC his reasoning for the haircut was an old pact he made with high school teammates to not cut their hair until they win a championship. Didn’t happen so he just kept it going. Still stupid tho lol
Edit for people arguing in the comments: https://www.nba.com/magic/so-whats-paytons-hair-it-has-significance
There are ways to have longer hair that aren’t… This
as a black man with long luscious dreads, homie is literally just lazy.
It takes one hair appointment every 3-4 months. Yeah that appointment can be 8 hours but you don’t look like that.
This ain’t it
absolutely nothing wrong with freeform locs. his shit is faded on the sides and lined up
Bruh fade me if this is what we’re calling freeform.
His whole front half is double the length of the back.
Freeform still had form. Simply being dreaded headed with a fade, doesn’t constitute freeform. If dude wasn’t rich and on a basketball court, the hood would assume he’s a crackhead.
He’s rich. Get that shit done right.
you have absolutely no idea what the the fuck you’re talking about lmao
people freeform to varying degrees. some separate the roots more than others so that they can have a more traditional look while still reaping the benefits of choosing to go without constant retwists, this is semi freeforming.
and then you have those who choose to do no/next to no separating at all, and that’s where you start to get the more abstract looks. choosing to not interfere with the natural growth of your hair does not mean you aren’t washing, moisturizing, and taking care of your hair. that does not mean that you don’t have access to hair care. and just because someone’s hair seems to have to no rhyme or reason to you, doesn’t mean that they aren’t aware of what they’re doing. you’re spewing bullshit up and down this thread, and you’re being upvoted by those that don’t know any better.
You can literally see the damaged ends in the interview.
That man ain’t using shit and you gobbling his dick ain’t gonna change the fact he has too much money to be lookin this shit.
Abstract freeform is what JayZ had. This is a hot mess.
You should be ashamed to defend it.
And you should be ashamed to be chatting the bullshit that you are in front of a bunch of people who probably looked at Elfrid’s hair and said compared it to a bird’s nest or some shit because they genuinely don’t know what they’re looking at. What the fuck does his income got to do with anything bro, it’s hilarious that you’re even bring that into the equation because people was saying the same shit about Hov. And Jay ain’t even the best celebrity representation you could choose when it comes to abstract freeforms, Cam Newton’s hair is probably more “out there” than Jay’s ever was. Or you could look at 6lack when he still had his set. Or better yet, the man that Hov was larping as when he started growing his hair in the first place, Basquiat. But if we let you tell it, none of these dudes were/are freeforming because they look like they’re homeless.
Whatever man, you got it.
You listed a lot of folks who had hair money and time to not look this bad.
Thanks for backing me up subconsciously.
Start a black nba sub and i’ll be there with you to shit on his terrible hair then too
preach brother
You’re not black
Based off what? Clownin someone who’d get clowned off the court?
Shut up.
or he just wanted to free form. which has nothing to do with laziness (nor personal neglect due to depression or any other form of mental trauma/illness) if done intentionally.
and truth be told, i think it’s somewhat irresponsible of you to be talking about elfrid payton’s hair like that in a sub where the collective knowledge of black hair is next to non-existent, as you can regularly find people confusing braids with dreads and vice versa.
This is a reach. He styled his hair like that and before you ask yes I am black and I’ve had long hair. His haircut was awful and affected his play. We don’t need to hide behind race with that.
yes, i agree that he styled his hair that way intentionally. so if that’s the case, where does laziness come into play? i’m not saying that anyone has to want to emulate him, or even like the style. but what i will never be able to get behind is seeing people denigrate people who choose to free form instead of having more manicured styles with terms like “lazy” or “unkempt”, because they’re 100% that the person isn’t washing or taking care of their hair in any way. which once again, i think is a very irresponsible thing to be doing on this subreddit.
Nobody gives af if you’re black
it’s not about hiding behind race it’s about ridiculing a common black haircut (especially among artist and alt personalities in the black community) as lazy in a sub where the majority of the users are white people with no knowledge on black hair and subconscious biases towards it. it’s 2026 we done letting trash pandas talk for us (iykyk)
Sure and I get free form is a legitimate hairstyle that I actually really like but what Elfrid had wasn’t Freeform nor was it a common black hairstyle although it wasn’t “lazy” considering I bet he spent a lot of time to make it look like that.
The problem was he had a completely ass hairstyle that played a role in us losing games. It was just awful to pay all that money to get into a game and watch a highly paid athlete brick shots because he has the worst haircut of all time.
Elfrid Payton was definitely free forming, I don’t really see how you could look at pictures of his hair and come to any other conclusion. You can see the ends of the locs.
Now I’ll definitely concede that during gametime he should have definitely slicked that shit back in some sort of way so his vision wasn’t impaired.
Elfrid Payton continued to brick shots even after cutting his hair
Lmao this is a perfectly logical explanation & it’s downvoted cause Trump made all these racists comfortable.
down voting me won’t make you guys less subconsciously biased towards black hairstyles nor will it make me wrong lmao.
I thought this was an emo fringe
I would say i have no clue why this is being downvoted but…i know whit…i mean why. Dude is trying his best to put his cape on for them lmao. They don’t even care that what he’s saying is complete & utter bullshit they’re upvoting it anyway because they don’t want their outlook on us to be seen as racist as hell, just an “observation”.
You come in here being the hotep is the reason someone gave you popcorn.
youre the very entertainment you seem yourself to be talking agaisnt. Kick rocks.
i can assure you that i could not give less of a damn about some reddit award.
Whether you care about the award or not is irrelevant.
Stop perpetuating irony.
Yeah, I dont think the length is the issue here.
His story would make more sense if he made a pact to get the stupidest haircut in the NBA until he won a championship.
He definitely kept to his word.
Is he not the player that had some sort of trauma bond with their hair? Or was that someone else
Pretty sure that was Lonnie Walker
Ok. Then I don’t feel bad admitting that I used to refuse watching magic games altogether because I didn’t want to look at Elfrid Paytons hair lol
Which is stupid because he clearly is still cutting the rest of his hair except for what was on top.
He’s probably one of, if not the worst professional player I’ve ever seen play in person. Granted I don’t go to a lot of games because they’re pretty damn expensive but still
How are you an nba calibre player and never won a championship? Lmao wtf
Idk man I would love to have a built in hat like that.
I remember when the Weeknd cut his crazy hair they asked him how it was after and he said he was just happy he could wear hats again, lol.
in his defense, he shaved that off when he played for us and was still ass
Yeah tbh I was hopeful it would improve his game too
Don’t say that to Josuke!
Shelf-frid Payton
All timer
Mfer wearing a hat
What are the restrictions regarding hair verticality? Can a player get a 10 foot cone-head haircut and use it to block shots?
Gel reinforced dreadlock tower
Don’t give Wemby ideas
Wemby with an afro will be a menace on defense.
Afro is one thing, but we can go further
I want to see a dude with hairy arms gel his arm hair out and get 20 deflections a game
An Armenian would be best for that
We need an Armenian 7 footer in the league
I’ve been “whipped” by long dreads/braids before when a guy does a spin move or whatever. He did his move and they hit me across the face and staggered me and he made the layup
There’s certain downsides to long hair in basketball but also apparently you can use them as a weapon mid game as long as it doesn’t look intentional lol
Put steel beads in your hair and make a flail.
Barbed hooks you say…
Hesperax copyright infringement
Lol he landed a crit and staggered you.
That’s just great timing on his part knowing your animations.
Jeremy lin tried
Cindy Lou Who hairstyles will be all the rage this NBA season
The Marge idea has been around for a while
Stephon Castle is getting there.
Gerald approves
I think Nerlens Noel tried
Ah yes, Nerlens “Gerald from Hey Arnold” Noel.
They called me a madman… https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/ZqiHceXomJ
We used to say Shumpert should’ve grown his high top and use it to contest shots
This comment only has one answer: Fletch
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Someone get the Adoring Fan out there.
High top face Nerlens Noel had entered the chat
hair even blocked the post game interview
Those were some depressing seasons to watch man
Affordable tickets though, I got to bring my whole family to watch the Retirement Home Thunder with Melo and PG. Gordon had a 40 piece
PG was 28 and is still playing and Westbrook only just retired. Only Melo was maybe retirement home at the time but even he played 4 more seasons after that. They did look old compared to the tank squads that came after though.
I felt bad for AG getting trapped in Orlando.
Eh. Orlando wanted him to develop way more than he did w them
Remember he wasnt even a shooter w Orlando. Now he’s become this superstar fit next to Jokic, but that’s hardly the expected outcome of a 4th overall pick for a team that doesn’t have Jokic lol
Yeah they placed a lot of faith in him developing his shot. Which happens every year, but he didn’t show great ball handling either. So you’re hoping he develops TWO skills and in the nba it’s a miracle if you can fix one aspect of your game that’s lacking.
Always knew he’d be a solid piece and glad he got to Denver and showed what he can do when you use him correctly.
Hey now, we have Disney! And outlet malls!
Zach Lowe was such a huge fan of the Elfrid experiment wuth his “arrythmic” dribble lmao
Magic fans were pissed but wanted to believe. Elfrid, Oladipo, Hezonja, Gordon. Dark days man.
What year was this? I had 2k and would always lol when we played Orlando because the way his hair looked in the game was even crazier
Hmm probably the 17-18 season
One of the haircuts of all time
This dude is deeply unserious
Hairball
There it is
It didn’t, he also missed that same shot with a hair cut.
Crazy how he’s second for all time triple doubles in pelicans history with 6! Cp3 is first with 11
Elfrid’s stint in Charlotte was mercifully short (6 games) but his layup/floater package is just nonexistent (even worse than before). the guy shot 3⁄21 from the field in Charlotte and never took a shot more than a couple feet outside the paint.
Also blocked his vision reason he was a poor percentage shooter 🤣
I get everyone wants to stand out..but holy shit this was the dumbest thing ive ever seen on a human who wanted to be taken seriously lol
Elfrid Payton sounds like it would be the name of an all time great from the 1960s
instead it’s whatever this haircut is
Bruh got that “Haven’t you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?” haircut.
Lmfaoooo imagining him with a white glove signing all dramatic
You could actually call it an objectively bad haircut lol, usually it’s a matter of taste but this legit makes him worse at his job
They came so close but the announcer never called it a hair-ball
Non serious player
i mean not really
The old joke was “I think your momma used a broken bowl.”
Did a blind barber chug too many beers?
Also, did you comb with an egg beater?
Well at least it looks really cool.
Dude could literally not see the basket:
https://youtu.be/IEbqZr7pk8s?si=iOti1eNjGKs-UFK6&t=173
damn bro 😭
bro is definitely a joestar
HAIRBALL!!
Legit the dumbest haircut I’ve ever seen in the nba
Every shot that man took was contested
Sometimes you gotta get a haircut.
I remember seeing this and, I think I would immediately cancel my season tickets if my favorite PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL franchise employed a guy who voluntarily had a haircut that hurt the team.
“You said you wanted waves?”
“No, just one wave, one big wave coming off the front”
Hair today gone tomorrow
Elfrid and Jeremy Lin had at one point had the most dangerous hair in the league.
Nobody in his life told him his haircut looks horrendous?
He thought he could go AD and own that shit but a unibrow ain’t a shot hazard, in basketball at least.
Like when I shoot with a hat on and hit the bill 🤣
Justfuckmyshitup type beat
Worst cut in history of the nba
Worst cut in history …
Caruso’s existed though
Bro what caruso is bald.. Elfrid’s cut is by choice
His career lasted way longer than it had business lasting lol
He always reminded me of a Snork with that haircut.
Top 3 dumbest haircuts of all time
Bro Hair ball was right there
This fucking guy refused to cut his hair until AFTER we traded him
Is he still in the league?
stupid fucki g haircut. where even is this bum now
The prince of the useless March triple double when your team is out of playoff contention and other teams have stopped trying. The king is of course Josh Giddey
Mans hair looks like a fucking wave breaking on the beach.. I mean what in all that is WTF runs through that boys head .
This dudes hair was irrationally and nonsensically annoying. Never took him seriously.
Goof ball, cut that stupid shit off your head or get a different style that doesn’t get in the way of your shot making ability lol
Definitely remember this 🤣🤣🤣
what a doofus…
this guy was so so bad it was cringe watching him on the Suns. Dude not only had zero skill but zero confidence as well. How the hell did he get to play in the league?
Black Flock of Seagulls
This was back when bangs were all the rage. I guess it looks dumb now
It looked dumb back then too
Combs cry when he’s around
Besides looking absolutely regarded, she also seems mega dumb