Gary Payton

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee basketball player human point guard

Gary Payton is a Hall of Fame NBA point guard renowned for his elite perimeter defense, playmaking, and long tenure as the emotional leader of the Seattle SuperSonics.

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basketball player →
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awardReceived NBA All-Defensive Team →
surface form: "NBA All-Defensive First Team selection"

NBA All-Star →
surface form: "NBA All-Star selection"

NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award →
NBA champion →
surface form: "NBA championship"
collegeAttended Oregon State University →
collegeTeam Oregon State Beavers men's basketball →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1968-07-23 →
draftedBy Seattle SuperSonics →
draftLeague National Basketball Association →
surface form: "NBA"
draftPickNumber 2 →
draftRound 1 →
draftYear 1990 →
familyName Payton →
givenName Gary →
hallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear 2013 →
jerseyNumber 20 →
knownFor on-ball defense →
trash talking →
league National Basketball Association →
memberOfSportsTeam Boston Celtics →
Los Angeles Lakers →
Miami Heat →
Milwaukee Bucks →
Seattle SuperSonics →
name Gary Payton →
NBAChampionshipTeam Miami Heat →
NBAChampionshipYear 2006 →
nickName The Glove →
notableFor elite perimeter defense →
leadership →
playmaking →
occupation professional basketball player →
professional basketball player →
placeOfBirth Oakland →
surface form: "Oakland, California, United States"
playsInLeague National Basketball Association →
surface form: "NBA"
positionPlayed point guard →
relative Gary Payton →
surface form: "Gary Payton II"
role emotional leader of the Seattle SuperSonics →
sexOrGender male →
shoots right →
sport basketball →
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George Karl → coachedNotablePlayers → Gary Payton →
Shawn Kemp → formedDuoWith → Gary Payton →
Gary Payton → name → Gary Payton →
Seattle SuperSonics → notablePlayer → Gary Payton →
Gary Payton → relative → Gary Payton →
this entity surface form: "Gary Payton II"
Shawn Kemp → teammateOf → Gary Payton →
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