Gary Payton

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Gary Payton
Position Point Guard
Nickname(s) "The Glove"
League NBA
Height 6 ft 3
Weight 180 lbs
Team Free Agent
Born July 23,1968 in Oakland, California
College Oregon State
Drafted 2nd overall in 1990 by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro Career 1990 -
Former Teams Seattle SuperSonics (1990-2001) Milwaukee Bucks (2002) Los Angeles Lakers (2003) Boston Celtics (2004) Miami Heat (2005-2006)
2006-07 Stats
Games Played 2
Minutes Per Game 16 min
Field Goal % .00%
Free Throw % .00%
3 Point % .00%
Points Per Game 0

Gary Dwayne Payton. (born July 23, 1968 Overview|1968 ) is a NBA Point Guard and current Free Agent. He earned his nickname "The Glove" when his cousin phoned him during the week of the Western Conference Finals against Phoenix and told him “You’re holding Kevin Johnson like a baseball in a glove”.

As a player at Oregon State, Payton was named UPI, NABC and The Sporting News All-American First Team his senior year. He was voted College Player of the Year by Sports Illustrated and Pac-10 Player of the Year by the conference coaches. He finished his career as the all-time leading scorer in Oregon State history with 2,172 points and sixth in the history of Pac-10. He was also selected to the Pac-10 All-Decade Team. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1990 nba draft. He then signed with the Los Angeles Lakers then the Miami Heat. He was quoted as saying " I like to stay with Shaq. When he moves it's just my job to follow him". Unfortunately, Shaq did move on to the Phoenix Suns but Payton didn't move with him. NBA Bio