Gary Payton

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Gary Payton

Payton playing for the Heat.
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Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	July 23, 1968 Oakland, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in
Listed weight	180 lbs
Career information
College	Oregon State
NBA Draft	1990; 1st round / 2nd pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career	1990-2007
Career history
Seattle SuperSonics (1990–2003) Milwaukee Bucks (2003) Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004) Boston Celtics (2004–2005) Miami Heat (2005–2007)
Career highlights and awards
1x NBA champion 9x NBA NBA All-Star
Gary Payton at NBA.com

Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23, 1968) is retired American professional basketball player who played at Point guard. 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.

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