Gary Payton
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| Full name | Gary Dwayne Payton | |
| Nickname | The Glove | |
| birthday | 23rd July 1968 (age 52) | |
| place of birth | Oakland , California , United States | |
| size | 193 cm | |
| position | Point guard | |
| college | Oregon State | |
| NBA draft | 1990 , 2nd pick, Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Clubs as active | ||
1990–2003 Seattle SuperSonics 2003 Milwaukee Bucks 2003–2004 Los Angeles Lakers 2004–2005 Boston Celtics 2005–2007 Miami Heat
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Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23, 1968 in Oakland , California ) is a retired American basketball player who was active from 1990 to 2007 in the US professional league NBA , 13 years of which with the Seattle SuperSonics . Payton is considered one of the best point guards and defenders in NBA history. In 1996 he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award , becoming the only point guard in the history of the award. In the 2005/06 season he won the NBA title with the Miami Heat .
Career
Payton was voted second by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1990 NBA Draft . The 1.93 meter tall point guard spent his best time at the Sonics, where he played until 2003 . In his first year as a professional, he was appointed to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team . Together with Detlef Schrempf and Shawn Kemp , Payton formed one of the best trios in the league. Payton was considered one of the best defenders in the league, which is why he is also known by the nickname "The Glove", as he defended his opponents as closely and persistently as if they were enclosed in a glove. In 1996 he played his most successful season and was voted the best defender in the league. He was the first guard to receive this award since Michael Jordan (1988) and the only point guard ever. That same year, he won the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics and led the Sonics to the NBA finals, where they faced the Chicago Bulls , who set a record for one-season wins (72) that year (2016 The Golden State Warriors broke the record by winning 73 games). The final series lost Gary Payton and the Sonics 4-2 after games. Four years later, Payton won his second gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 .
When the success of the Sonics waned a few years later, Payton publicly considered a change. In February 2003, the Sonics gave their superstar to Milwaukee because it was assumed that Payton would not renew his contract, which expired in the summer. In return, Ray Allen switched to the Sonics. The team from Milwaukee was hardly successful, so Payton moved again after the season. He wanted to finally win his first NBA championship and therefore switched to the Los Angeles Lakers around superstar Shaquille O'Neal , who won three championships in a row at the beginning of the millennium. The Lakers lost the final against the Detroit Pistons the following year with 1: 4, with Payton clearly losing out in the point guard duel against the younger Chauncey Billups . After the end of the season, the Lakers gave the now 36-year-old Payton to the Boston Celtics , where Payton played until he moved to Miami. That season he scored his 20,000th NBA point, a mark only 28 other NBA professionals before him had . With the Miami Heat he succeeded in the 2005/06 season, in the role of a reservist, the long-awaited win of the NBA championship. After winning the title, Payton played for another year before finally retiring from active sports in 2007. In 2013 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
After his NBA career, Payton started his career as a basketball commentator and worked for the sports broadcaster Fox Sports 1 until April 2015 .
Others
- In October 1996, Payton set up his own foundation, the Gary Payton Foundation, to help children who grow up in poor circumstances.
- Payton's son, Gary Payton II, is also a player in the NBA.
Awards and Achievements
- 2006 NBA Champion
- Defensive Player of the Year 1996
- 9 × NBA All-Star : 1994-1998, 2000-2003
- 9 × All NBA team
- 2 × All-NBA First Team : 1998, 2000
- 5 × All-NBA Second Team : 1995–1997, 1999, 2002
- 2 × All-NBA Third Team : 1994, 2001
- 9 × NBA All-Defensive Team
- 9 × NBA All-Defensive First Team : 1994–2002
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team : 1991
- Led the league in steals : 1996
- most assists (732): 2000
- most threesomes transformed (177): 2000
- most triple attempts (520): 2000
- all season games: 1991, 94, 95, 98, 99
- most three-pointers scored in playoffs (41): 1996
- most minutes in the playoffs (911): 1996
- longest playing time per game (45.5): 1997
- most assists per game in playoffs (8.7): 2003
- 2 × Olympic basketball champions at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games
- Between 1995 and 1997, his Sonics remained unbeaten 28 times in a row if he scored at least 20 points and delivered 10 or more assists. Only Wilt Chamberlain has a longer series (30 games).
See also
Web links
- Gary Payton in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018 (in English).
- Gary Payton Foundation
- Gary Payton - player profile on NBA.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ NBA.com: HOF inductees 2013
- ↑ https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/12745327/gary-payton-suspended-fox-sports-1-analyst-role-company-investigates-domestic-violence-accusations
- ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paytoga02.html
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Payton, Gary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Payton, Gary Dwayne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland , California |