Veteran NBA guard Cameron Payne officially signed a one-year contract with the Turkish “Anadolu Efes”, Sporty relay.
Payne, 32, found himself overseas again after failing to land another NBA contract. Payne worked out for kings in August.
Payne was on the Pacers’ training camp roster last season but was released before the opener. Then he joined the Serbian KK “Partizan”. before signing with the Sixers in February. He was refused just before the postseason.
Payne was a part of his first 20 games with Philadelphia, but has fallen out of the rotation recently, suffering a pair of DNP-CDs before suffering a hamstring strain. Overall, Payne produced 7.4 PPG and 2.6 APG while shooting .376/.330/.864 in 17.0 MPG.
The journeyman, a 2015 first-round pick, also played for Oklahoma City, Chicago, Cleveland, Phoenix, Milwaukee and New York. He played in 499 regular season games (72 starts), averaging 7.7 points and 3.2 assists in 17.5 minutes per game.