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This should not be up for debate. Derrick Rose needs to start for the NY Knicks over Elfrid Payton if they plan on having any chance of making noise come playoff time.
Elfrid Payton is not a bad player by any means.
He does lack a bit in the Basketball IQ department and his decision-making is atrocious at times.
I cringe every time Payton drives into 2 or 3 defenders at the rim and gets stuffed instead of kicking it out to an open RJ or Reggie in the corner.