What's Wrong with GP?

[twinbree]

I have just been forced to conclude GP is a bitter (and hypocritical) old man. No other explanation. Can't call out anyone for lucking out onto a ring.

[Andy Jick]

he should change his name to stephen a. payton...

[idrinkdetergent]

I defiantly missed Charles last night. I havent liked Gary since I saw him first on NBA TV.

[Change]

GP is just selfish guy, he ruins everything he touches. I started laughing when he said Duncan doesn't deserve to start & Amare does. That alone explains his lack of knowledge about the game he played. At least Charles made sense when he spoke, but GP is a washed up player that hates on everyone.

Dam TNT bring charles back.

[Andy Jick]

maybe TNT ought to get gary payton liquored up before he takes his seat in studio...

[crownsy]

all i think of when GP goes on his rants-





"Im the most diabolical hater of all time"

[guava_wrench]

GP should also get a suit that fits. Maybe TNT can give him an advance to pay a decent tailor.

[LarBrd33]

I think that he is ticked off at the Celtics for not letting him ride their coattails to a championship last season.  Remember he wanted to sign with the C's, but DA said thanks, but no thanks?  Every since then all the negative stuff has been about the Celtics.  First Rondo is overrated, KG shouldn't start and now an ex-Celtic (Al Jefferson) is better than Tim Duncan.  So I guess GP thinks Jefferson is better than KG too.

He feels he was better than J.Stockton also...seem mad at America and the media for always choosing Stockton over him.He has some after playing days issues.(imo)

Payton was the best point guard of his generation.   I'd take him over Stockton. 

[LarBrd33]

GP's words tells why he never won a championship as a young player,only on the backside of his career as a role player.He never understood that team work is more important to win than an indiviual's stats.

The above comment sheds a little light on why Payton might feel bitter.  He played in Seattle his entire prime... was absolutely incredible... and people don't respect him, because not enough people watched him play.

And now he will not even get to have his number raised in the rafters with a group of fans who actually watched what he was capable of...

[kenmaine]

GP's words tells why he never won a championship as a young player,only on the backside of his career as a role player.He never understood that team work is more important to win than an indiviual's stats.

The above comment sheds a little light on why Payton might feel bitter.  He played in Seattle his entire prime... was absolutely incredible... and people don't respect him, because not enough people watched him play.

And now he will not even get to have his number raised in the rafters with a group of fans who actually watched what he was capable of...
 

Awwwwww, poor baby. Hard to have much sympathy for someone who's such an obvious jerk

[LarBrd33]

GP's words tells why he never won a championship as a young player,only on the backside of his career as a role player.He never understood that team work is more important to win than an indiviual's stats.

The above comment sheds a little light on why Payton might feel bitter.  He played in Seattle his entire prime... was absolutely incredible... and people don't respect him, because not enough people watched him play.

And now he will not even get to have his number raised in the rafters with a group of fans who actually watched what he was capable of...
 

Awwwwww, poor baby. Hard to have much sympathy for someone who's such an obvious jerk

Heck yeah he was a jerk.  He was fierce... a punk... a competitor... and the best point guard of his generation.

He was like a mini KG, really.

[crownsy]

GP's words tells why he never won a championship as a young player,only on the backside of his career as a role player.He never understood that team work is more important to win than an indiviual's stats.

The above comment sheds a little light on why Payton might feel bitter.  He played in Seattle his entire prime... was absolutely incredible... and people don't respect him, because not enough people watched him play.

And now he will not even get to have his number raised in the rafters with a group of fans who actually watched what he was capable of...
 

Awwwwww, poor baby. Hard to have much sympathy for someone who's such an obvious jerk

Heck yeah he was a jerk.  He was fierce... a punk... a competitor... and the best point guard of his generation.

He was like a mini KG, really.

Kg does not appear to touch GP in the off the court jerk department. on the court, i see your point though.

[LarBrd33]

GP's words tells why he never won a championship as a young player,only on the backside of his career as a role player.He never understood that team work is more important to win than an indiviual's stats.

The above comment sheds a little light on why Payton might feel bitter.  He played in Seattle his entire prime... was absolutely incredible... and people don't respect him, because not enough people watched him play.

And now he will not even get to have his number raised in the rafters with a group of fans who actually watched what he was capable of...
 

Awwwwww, poor baby. Hard to have much sympathy for someone who's such an obvious jerk

Heck yeah he was a jerk.  He was fierce... a punk... a competitor... and the best point guard of his generation.

He was like a mini KG, really.

Kg does not appear to touch GP in the off the court jerk department. on the court, i see your point though.

We haven't heard KG try to commentate... so who knows.   

But I'm tellin ya... I refuse to disrespect Gary Payton.  The guy really doesn't seem to get enough respect.  Kinda sad that he's one of the greatest players of all time and his fanbase is dead... people on the east coast probably remember him more in his short little post-prime stints with the Lakers, Celtics and Heat.     That Gary Payton on the mid 90s Sonics teams that nobody outside of Seattle really watched...  he was a god.

And btw... not that I have to mention this, but... back to housecall's original quote...  the reason why Payton never won a championship as a young player had nothing to do with him focusing on stats/not understanding team work.  It has to do with Michael Jordan and a 72 win team colliding with Payton's 64 win Sonics.

[LarBrd33]

I just want to share a depressing story before I bail on this thread.

The night the Celtics won game 6, I went out to celebrate with some friends in Seattle.   I was at some bar and some old man noted my Celtic jersey.   He goes up to me, points at my jersey and says, "I still say the Royals are better!" ...  My friends and I laughed a little.  It seemed like a weird comment, but my buddies probably just figured the old man was a big baseball fan and was making a dumb joke.   

The old mean repeated it, though... "I'm telling you the Royals are better!"   At this point I realized he was trying to be clever and figured out what he was talking about.  I answered, "I hear ya!"...

He leaned in with an incredulous look and goes, "Do you know what I'm talking about?"         

I says to him, "Of couse!  The Cincinnati Royals"

He goes, "YES!... Best Point Guard Ever!"

I goes, "Hah!  Oscar Robertson.  Sorta LeBron before LeBron, right?"

Then he bought my buddies a pitcher of beer.  He didn't expect some young whippersnapper to know what he was talking about.     

I thought it was a funny story until I realized that in 30 years... that's going to be my buddy Dan...  Sitting at some pub out of state trying to explain to some young whippersnapper about Gary Payton and the team that became the Oklahoma City Thunder.

[Bankshot]

Donnie Marshall and Gary Payton have recently proven that just because you played the game doesn't mean you know what your talking about when speaking about the game.