Gary Payton Memorabilia & Collectibles

About Gary Payton Memorabilia & Collectibles

 Gary Payton is a retired professional basketball player. Payton, also named as “The Glove”, was known for being a good defensive player. Payton played for a total of thirteen seasons for the Seattle SuperSonics but also played for the Milwaukee Bucks, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, and the Miami Heat in the NBA.

Payton is a native of Oakland, California and went to Skyline High School. He was with Greg Foster in the high school basketball team. Payton decided to attend Oregon State University and was named as the best college basketball player by Sports Illustrated that put him on the cover of the magazine in March 1990. Payton was an All-American, and was selected as an All-Pac-10 for three instances.

During the 1990 draft, Payton was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics and was with the team for more than a decade. Although Payton was not excelling during his first two seasons in the NBA, he was able to emerge as one of the best point guards in the NBA. Payton was named into nine All-Star selections as well as into All-NBA teams. Payton was also selected into the NBA All-Defensive Team for nine instances. In 1996, Payton was named as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year.

There is an advantage to collecting NBA trading cards and game tickets. You can even collect signed trading cards of the best players in the league including Gary Payton. You can purchase signed game tickets as well as NBA autographed jerseys.