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Gary Payton



Position: Point Guard
Full Name: Gary Dwayne Payton
Nickname: The Glove
Born: July 23, 1968 in Oakland, California
Height: 6-4
Weight: 180
High School: Skyline in Oakland, California
College: Oregon State University
Drafted: 1st Round, 2nd Pick - Seattle SuperSonics, 1990
Jersey#: 20

Played for the Lakers from 2003 to 2004


Payton spent his first 12 and a half seasons with the Sonics. Entering the league to star-studded expectations, Payton struggled during his first two seasons in the league, averaging 8.2 points per game during that span. However, he soon proved himself to be one of the league's top point guards, earning the first of his 8 consecutive All-NBA team selections when he was chosen to the All-NBA Third team in 1994. He was selected All-NBA First-Team in 1998 and 2000, All-NBA Second Team in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2002, and All-NBA Third Team in 1994 and 2001. He was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team a record nine consecutive seasons (1994?2002), and won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1996, the only guard to have won the award in the past 18 years. He has been selected to the NBA All-Star Team nine times and was voted as a starter in 1997 and 1998. He was a member of the gold medal-winning 1996 and 2000 U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Teams. In 1996, Payton and the SuperSonics, under coach George Karl, reached the NBA Finals and lost in six games to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. In the middle of the 2002-2003 season at the trade deadline, Payton was sent to the Milwaukee Bucks in a five-player deal that sent Ray Allen to Seattle. Payton played the remaining 28 games with the Bucks. As an unrestricted free agent prior to the 2003-2004 season, Payton, along with Karl Malone, signed with the Los Angeles Lakers to make a run at the NBA Championship with Shaquille O'Neal. According to his agent, he turned down a $35 Million dollar contract with the Portland TrailBlazers to sign with the Lakers for the mid-level exception. Despite injuries to Malone, O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant during the regular season, the Lakers won 56 games and the Pacific Division. The Lakers then beat Houston, San Antonio, and Minnesota on the way to the Finals, where they lost to the Detroit four games to one.

Prior to the 2004-05 season, the Lakers traded Payton and Rick Fox to the Boston Celtics for center Chris Mihm, small forward Jumaine Jones and point guard Chucky Atkins. While Payton expressed displeasure with the trade, he ultimately did report to Boston and began the 2004-05 season as the Celtics' starting point guard. On February 24, 2005 Payton was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in a deal that brought former Celtic Antoine Walker back to Boston. The Hawks then waived Payton immediately following the trade, and he returned a week later to Boston as a free agent. Payton started all 77 games he played for the Celtics and they won the Atlantic Division before losing in the first round to the Indiana Pacers.

On September 22, 2005, he signed a one-year USD $1.1 million contract with Miami, reuniting with Walker (who was acquired seven weeks earlier by the Heat), as well as former Lakers teammate, Shaquille O'Neal. Payton finally won his first NBA Championship in his sixteenth season in the league when, on June 20, 2006, the Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in game 6 of the NBA Finals for a 4 to 2 series victory. Payton hit a game-winning shot in game three of that series.

On September 6, 2006, the 38-year old Payton re-signed with the defending champion Miami Heat on a one-year contract.



Regular Season Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1991 SEA 82 2244 259 575 .450 69 97 .711 1 13 .077 243 3.0 528 249 165 180 15 588 7.2
1992 SEA 81 2549 331 734 .451 99 148 .669 3 23 .130 295 3.6 506 248 147 174 21 764 9.4
1993 SEA 82 2548 476 963 .494 151 196 .770 7 34 .206 281 3.4 399 250 177 148 21 1110 13.5
1994 SEA 82 2881 584 1159 .504 166 279 .595 15 54 .278 269 3.3 494 227 188 173 19 1349 16.5
1995 SEA 82 3015 685 1345 .509 249 348 .716 70 232 .302 281 3.4 583 206 204 201 13 1689 20.6
1996 SEA 81 3162 618 1276 .484 229 306 .748 98 299 .328 339 4.2 608 221 231 260 19 1563 19.3
1997 SEA 82 3213 706 1482 .476 254 355 .715 119 380 .313 378 4.6 583 208 197 215 13 1785 21.8
1998 SEA 82 3145 579 1278 .453 279 375 .744 134 397 .338 376 4.6 677 195 185 229 18 1571 19.2
1999 SEA 50 2008 401 923 .434 199 276 .721 83 281 .295 244 4.9 436 115 109 154 12 1084 21.7
2000 SEA 82 3425 747 1666 .448 311 423 .735 177 520 .340 529 6.5 732 178 153 224 18 1982 24.2
2001 SEA 79 3244 725 1591 .456 271 354 .766 102 272 .375 361 4.6 642 184 127 209 26 1823 23.1
2002 SEA 82 3305 737 1578 .467 267 335 .797 74 236 .314 396 4.8 737 179 131 209 26 1815 22.1
2003 MIL 80 3208 665 1466 .454 250 352 .710 54 182 .297 334 4.2 663 181 133 187 20 1634 20.4
2004 LAL 82 2825 482 1024 .471 180 252 .714 55 165 .333 342 4.2 449 169 96 151 19 1199 14.6
2005 BOS 77 2542 339 725 .468 153 201 .761 42 129 .326 236 3.1 469 121 88 148 12 873 11.3
2006 MIA 81 2306 230 547 .420 100 126 .794 66 230 .287 233 2.9 257 169 71 102 10 626 7.7
2007 MIA 68 1503 144 366 .393 38 57 .667 32 123 .260 132 1.9 201 117 43 66 3 358 5.3
CAREER 1335 47123 8708 18698 .466 3265 4480 .729 1132 3570 .317 5269 3.9 8964 3217 2445 3030 285 21813 16.3


Playoff Stats


YEAR TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
1991 SEA 5 135 11 27 .407 2 2 1.000 0 1 - 13 2.6 32 16 8 9 1 24 4.8
1992 SEA 8 221 27 58 .466 7 12 .583 0 2 - 21 2.6 38 26 8 10 2 61 7.6
1993 SEA 19 605 104 235 .443 25 37 .676 1 6 .167 63 3.3 70 64 34 34 3 234 12.3
1994 SEA 5 181 34 69 .493 8 19 .421 3 9 .333 17 3.4 28 15 8 8 2 79 15.8
1995 SEA 4 172 32 67 .478 5 12 .417 2 10 .200 10 2.5 21 13 5 8 0 71 17.8
1996 SEA 21 911 162 334 .485 69 109 .633 41 100 .410 108 5.1 143 69 37 62 7 434 20.7
1997 SEA 12 546 105 255 .412 50 61 .820 25 75 .333 65 5.4 104 26 26 35 4 285 23.8
1998 SEA 10 428 87 183 .475 47 50 .940 19 50 .380 34 3.4 70 31 18 26 1 240 24.0
2000 SEA 5 221 50 113 .442 20 26 .769 9 23 .391 38 7.6 37 16 9 18 1 129 25.8
2002 SEA 5 207 45 106 .425 17 29 .586 4 15 .267 43 8.6 29 12 3 13 2 111 22.2
2003 MIL 6 251 48 112 .429 14 20 .700 1 15 .067 18 3.0 52 18 8 13 1 111 18.5
2004 LAL 22 773 68 186 .366 21 28 .750 14 56 .250 72 3.3 116 60 23 28 4 171 7.8
2005 BOS 7 239 33 74 .446 5 6 .833 1 14 .071 29 4.1 32 10 6 11 1 72 10.3
2006 MIA 23 560 49 116 .422 18 25 .720 17 58 .293 40 1.7 36 55 23 18 3 133 5.8
2007 MIA 2 32 0 3 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 4 2.0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0
CAREER 154 5480 855 1938 .441 308 436 .706 137 435 .315 575 3.7 811 434 216 297 32 2155 14.0