Little Payton, the "son of the gatekeeper", was born with a golden key, but chose a most inspirational path

In a recent talk show, "The Shop," LeBron made this interesting point about his old age that made the audience laugh:

"When you've played on the pitch for two generations with the player father and son, it shows that you're really old. I've now played with Ken Young Martin and Gary Trent. ”

In fact, the memory is as strong as LeBron, or missed a few pairs, such as the "big dog" Robinson father and son and Gary Payton father and son.

It's no wonder that "Puppy" Robinson was already unable to play in the NBA when the show was recorded, and Payton Jr. was still at risk of being cut in the Warriors. It's hard to get the league's most powerful players to remember the situation of every "temporary worker."

But this year's Little Payton, I'm afraid, will not let the shrewd LeBron fade away.

He became the league's most powerful defensive champion, and at Stephen Curry's side, he became LeBron's like Norris Cole, Della Vidovar, and Caruso.

Actively staring at the sharpest knives of opponents, all kinds of defensive patches like universal glue, full-time empty cut dunks, and a career-high single-season 43 three-pointers (more than he has combined in all previous seasons).

If it weren't for Dillon Brooks, he could well have become the most inspirational model in the NBA this year.

The son of a 75 superstar, he could have enjoyed the life of gold and jade food, selling shoes, engaging in live broadcasting, attending various parties, and living a life that most people in the world envied.

Gary Payton Jr., who has been at the bottom of the NBA, has been in the league for six seasons, until this year, when many people realized:

That "big mouth" Gary Payton actually has a son playing in the NBA?

First, the mirror son of the "glove", the father lacks, which is exactly what he is best at

If you want to talk about Little Payton, the topic that can't be avoided is probably his "big mouth" father Gary Payton.

He was the best defender outside Stockton in the 1990s, with 9 All-Stars, 9 Best Teams, 9 Defensive Ones, and to this day is considered by many to be the best defensive position in history.

In the 1995–96 season, he led the Seattle SuperSonics through the West, giving Michael Jordan the worst Finals in history.

And few people know that he is Olajuwon's most troubled opponent, beating the Houston Rockets twice in the playoffs around the peak of the big dream, winning consecutive championships around 94-95.

1992–93 Western Conference Semifinals, Rockets 3-4 Supersonic. Big Dream was limited to 23.1 points and 4.8 turnovers.

1995-96 Western Conference Semifinals, Rockets 0-4 Supersonics, Big Dream 18.3 points, 9.8 rebounds

Gary Payton's defense is almost flawless in his size. Flexible steps, solid downplays, keen judgment, and high-frequency trash talk that lasted all 48 minutes will torture opponents with a mental explosion.

The League had three big trash talkers in the '90s, Jordan, Miller and Payton.

If Jordan's style is to rely on invincible hands as a support and soul bombardment of you, then Payton's way is to greet your ancestors eighteen generations in an instant with a very high speed of speech.

His eldest son, Gary Payton II, was born in Seattle in 1992.

Old Payton loved his son very much, and when he was very young, he took him into the arena and became a regular in the NBA arena. Schramf, VinBeck and his old teammates like him. In the interview video of that year, it is often found that there is always a cute baby in the arms of a stubborn glove.

Like many black American children, Little Payton also likes basketball, born in such a basketball superstar family, from childhood has such a rich NBA resources, so that he also wants to copy his father's path.

In college, he attended his father's alma mater, oregon, and his junior year (2014-15) was named to the Pac-12 first team and the Best Defensive Team, and was elected The Best Defensive Player.

In his senior year, he had 16.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists, and was named the league's best defensive player for two consecutive years. Helped the Oregon University break into the NCAA for the first time since 1990. He is also the second person in the history of the team to lead the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals. (The first of course is his father)

He has the same excellent defense as his father, but unlike the old Payton, who is not outstanding in running and jumping qualities, strength and bounce are his son's biggest magic weapons in the game.

What he is best at is to use excellent physical confrontation to make opponents make mistakes in the game, and then complete a quick attack dunk in one fell swoop.

He doesn't have the same precise organization and cunning passing as his father, but he has the same style and bone as old Payton.

Unfortunately, when he entered the draft in 2016, he was only 1.91 meters tall, not as tall as daddy (1.95 meters).

This is a height that is only suitable for playing as a defender, and organizing the attack and shooting breakthroughs is not his strong point. And the defense and confrontation he relies on for survival are almost negligible at the level of the NBA.

So he lost.

But he did not give up his efforts like other brothers and lived under the shadow of his father, but like hundreds of thousands of low-level players, he began to attack the NBA from the development league.

Second, the turbulent wandering journey - should eat the suffering that should not be eaten, he has eaten

He scored 51 points on 20-of-29 shooting in the Development League. But what really impressed the team was his defense and hard work.

The Rockets gave him a chance before the start of the 2016-17 season, but was cut just a month later. His poor projections simply could not get into the eyes of the attacking master D'Antoni.

But at the end of the season, the Bucks gave him a two-way contract that gave him his first time on the NBA. Although only playing six games with 20 points and 13 assists.

"I'm so grateful to Jason (head coach Kidd) and John (general manager Hammond) for making me really feel the atmosphere in the NBA."

In the 2002–03 season, his father, Payton Sr., also briefly played for the team.

In the 2017-18 season, the Bucks gave him a two-way contract again, but was cut again after only a month.

Then, at the end of the season, the Lakers, who were hopeless in the playoffs, also gave him a chance.

Although he scored 25 points and 12 rebounds against the Clippers in the finale of the regular season, he was cut again at the end of the season.

For the first two years of his career, he did not receive a formal contract, but was cut four times by three teams.

In exchange for a noble prince like him, it is estimated that he has long given up this profession and opened up a new world of life. In this way, the NBA should be a choice made by players who are poor and have nothing to do but basketball.

But Payton persevered.

He persevered like this, during which he was signed and cut by the Blazers, and played two seasons as a short-term worker in the Wizards.

There was never a place to live, and people might be more willing to believe that the strange-haired Avery Payton was the son of the glove than he did.

It wasn't until late last season, when the Warriors gave him a short contract, that he found his fateful belonging.

This is the end of a wandering time, and the beginning of a new career.

Third, the homecoming Warriors - both a super defensive tip and a team energy

After the retirement of the elder Payton, he settled his home in Oakland, and being able to get closer to his father's house was good enough for little Payton, who had been wandering outside for a long time.

He cherished this opportunity.

He seized every opportunity to prove to the team that he had the capital to stay.

He is desperate like a mad dog in training, eager to help the team in every way.

But he was still afraid, afraid of being ruthlessly cut like he had done in the previous team.

When the Warriors decided on the final roster before the season began, choosing between him and Bradley, he even said to Kerr:

"If I could, I'd like to apply for a video editor so I can stay on the team and be ready to be called up at any time."

Finally, the Warriors chose him, with a basic salary contract (1.95 million).

But that was enough to make Payton Jr. happy, and for the first time in his career, he got a guaranteed contract and a salary that exceeded the sum of his previous careers.

And with the guarantee, he also gave himself to the Warriors wholeheartedly, which became the biggest surprise of the team this season.

He played 71 games and started 16 games in the regular season, contributing 7.1 points, 3.5 boards and 1.4 steals in 17.6 minutes.

But even more exaggerated is his defensive influence, this season his defensive real efficiency value (DBPM, 3.7) is second only to Dream Green, and the 48-minute win contribution value (WS/48) is the highest in the team.

He is Curry's best bodyguard, and at 1.91 meters tall, he can change three positions on the outside line, allowing the 34-year-old Curry and Klay who recovered from injury to save their physical strength to the maximum.

And his violent buckle has become the best fuse to ignite the Chase Center.

By the playoffs, he had even squeezed into the "eight-man rotation" at the heart of the team.

In the first round against the Nuggets, he became the vanguard of the outside team to help hang Mr. Yo. In the fifth game that sent his opponent home, it was his three three-pointers in the fourth quarter that completely ended the desperate Nuggets.

In that game, Payton Jr. scored a career-high 15 points in the playoffs.

And he really came in handy against the Grizzlies, because there is now the league's fastest star guard Ja Morant.

The lightning-fast Morant averaged 26.7 points and 6.3 assists per game against the Warriors in the regular season, leading the Grizzlies to a 3-1 lead.

In the playoffs, Kerr will not let Curry follow morant directly with the 22-year-old Morant, and will not let Thompson, who has just recovered from injury, follow him all over the field. Wiggins also had to deal with the taller Dillon Brooks and Desmond Bain.

So the most difficult defensive task was given to Peyton Jr.

In the first game, he did almost perfectly.

Under his defense, Morant scored 34 points on 31 shots, shooting only 52.6 percent from the field, five percentage points (57.6 percent) lower than in the regular season.

And he also scored 8 points, 7 boards, 3 assists and 1 steal.

The Warriors narrowly won by just one point, 117-116.

For comparison, in the second game of Payton Jr.'s injury, Morant, who released the shackles, also scored 47 points on 31 shots, and the final three-point line scored 9 consecutive points, as well as a game-high +13 plus-minus.

Without Payton, both Curry, Clay, Poole, and Wiggins were overwhelmed by Morant.

He is like an old doorman who has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and after being ridiculed and ridiculed by human feelings, he cherishes his current work especially.

In the Warriors, he will fight for every ball,

He will make up a beer from his own pocket for the Chase Center audience who was knocked down by his save ball.

He will serve as an atmosphere to cheer up the whole team before each game starts.

He will give everything up for the good of the Warriors.

Without Dillon's moment, he would have happily renewed a long contract with the Warriors in the offseason.

He was the son of Gary Payton, and he was never short of money. His years of chasing and fighting are nothing more than an affirmation and proof, and he has done all this year.

NBA officials, it's time to update your sentencing for malicious fouls.