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Chapters: José Ortiz, Gary Payton, Brent Barry, Slats Gill, A. C. Green, Terry Baker, Greg Wiltjer, Steve Johnson, Swede Halbrook, Mel Counts, Lester Conner, Red Rocha, Nick Dewitz, Lonnie Shelton, Ricky Berry, Dave Gambee, C. J. Giles, Charlie Sitton, Lew Beck, Corey Benjamin, Vic Bartolome, Fred Boyd, Gary Freeman, John Mandic, Loy Petersen, Jim Jarvis, Mark Radford, Scott Eaton, Scott Haskin, Ray Blume, Jay Carty. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 103. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gary Dwayne Payton, nicknamed "The Glove" for his tenacious defense, (born July 23, 1968) is a former American professional basketball player. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals. He has also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, the last with whom he won his only NBA Championship. The only point guard ever to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, Payton is widely considered one of the greatest of all time at that position. He was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team nine times, an NBA record he shares with Michael Jordan. Payton got his "The Glove" nickname when Payton's cousin called him during the 1993 Western Conference Finals series against Phoenix and told him, "you're holding Kevin Johnson like a baseball in a glove," and the nickname was born. Considered the "NBA's reigning high scorer among point guards" in his prime, Payton is referred to as "probably as complete a guard as there ever was" by NBA Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich. Payton was born in Oakland, California. He played high school basketball at Skyline High School in Oakland, California, along with former NBA player Greg Foster, before attending Oregon State University in ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=739751 ... Read more