Despite being left off the team's training camp roster, Payton has signed another contract with the Pelicans. It's unclear if he will make the regular-season roster in New Orleans.

"Everyone around the Pelicans believes he's primed for a big season. In past years, at this point of the training camp or early in the season, there's always an injury, there's always been something with Zion Williamson where he hasn't been really at the same level as all his teammates in terms of conditioning - where he's at physically,