New York Knicks guard Elfrid Payton is donating 10,000 protective masks to medical workers in New Orleans who are on the front lines in the fight against coronavirus, the team announced Thursday.

.@elfrid has donated 10,000 protective masks to support workers in his hometown of New Orleans serving on the frontlines during this pandemic. #NBATogether pic.twitter.com/BQTXTMqV12 — NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) April 16, 2020

Payton played at John Ehret High School in Jefferson Parish before going on to star at UL. He was the 10th overall pick in the 2014 draft. He had stops with the Magic and Suns before agreeing to a one-year deal with the Pelicans in 2018. He is in the first year of a two-year deal with the Knicks.

The New York Post's Marc Berman reported Payton is quarantining in his native Louisiana.

The NBA has been shut down since March 11, and there is no timetable for a return. Commissioner Adam Silver said April 6 in an interview on TNT he didn't anticipate making any decisions about a return to play until May 1 at the earliest.

Payton's donation was the latest in professional athletes lending a hand in New Orleans. In March, Zion Williamson announced he would pay Smoothie King Center arena workers' wages for games that were missed on account of COVID-19. JJ Redick also partnered with the Pelicans and Lineage Logistics to make a donation through Second Harvest Food Bank that would provide 1.8 million meals throughout south Louisiana.