If Curry and Tang Shen are the league's most successful NBA stars in the second generation, no one will have an opinion, after all, many NBA celebrities are very accomplished in playing, but they are somewhat incompetent in cultivating the next generation, including but not limited to magicians and Jordan.
But today's protagonists are not Curry and Tang Shen, but Payton, who performed well in the just-concluded Game of warriors and Hornets. Compared with the situation of Curry and Tang Shen, Payton's career is not smooth, and he participated in the draft in 2016, and he was not favored by any team in the first and second rounds, and regrettably failed.
Compared with Curry and Tang Shen's father, Payton's father is obviously much more famous, in the 75th anniversary video filmed by the NBA this year, "Glove" Payton was also invited to appear on camera, and was selected as one of the 76 superstars, it can be said that the reason why Peyton Jr.'s defensive ability is so good is more or less influenced by his father. However, having a superstar father is sometimes not a good thing for the player, if you are also a superstar, it is naturally praised, but when your results are not ideal, you will naturally receive a lot more criticism than ordinary people.
After a few years of upheaval, 2021 Payton came to the Warriors, after signing two consecutive 10-day contracts in April, the Warriors officially signed Payton in May, and after playing in the preseason this season, the Warriors cut Payton and immediately signed back, abandoning bradley, which many people once favored, and Bradley's outstanding performance in the Lakers also made many Warriors fans feel that Bradley should not be put, although the Warriors still have a quota, but as a team whose salary has seriously exceeded the standard, Leave a quota for flexibility, better than signing after feeling inappropriate and then cutting, and then go to the operation of the signer.
Payton's performance this season has actually been good, when the Warriors feel the need to improve the intensity of defense, Payton can always make a lot of contributions to the Warriors in a short playing time, in the game against the Kings Payton scored 10 points, in the key moments to score three points to help the team stabilize the situation, today against the Hornets, 3 steals and 14 points, including the block is detonated in the whole field, Rego feels that he was deducted out of the shadows today, 1 point was not scored, and he was properly undercover.
From the 2016 draft to the 2021 Warriors rotation, Payton's NBA career began with D'Antoni (when the Rockets gave him a contract, but did not use him, D'Antoni did not have much trust in the newcomers, although he once bet on Jeremy Lin, but in his coaching career, 7-8 rotation is his coaching philosophy), shining but in the Golden State Warriors.
It has to be said that Kerr has given players such as Juan Er and Payton a chance and stage to show themselves, which may not exist in other teams, and the Warriors' star Curry is an excellent team leader and selfless humble gentleman, which is why we still love this team after experiencing peaks and underestimations.
I also hope that Payton will perform better and better in future games, get more opportunities, live up to his father's prestige, and show us more defensive family heirlooms.