He has Steph [Curry] -- they're going to double him most of the time. A teammate often brought the ball up the court, then offered it to him at the top of the key. Gary Payton II Found the Right Space at the Right Time Payton breaks elbow; Kerr: Brooks 'broke code' - ESPN Kendrick Perkins shares hilarious story about Gary Payton during his Before you can figure out whether Payton is the best two-way point guard of all time or where he fits into the hierarchy you run into a troublesome question. There is something aesthetically captivating about the back-cut and the way it unfolds. "At that point, you started to see a trend, a philosophy of getting the ball into the hands of your best passer-playmaker. "I was always handling the ball and making the play, so that was my first time being a big. Hubie Brown - Wikipedia His other role models were Isiah Thomas, the darting Tiny Archibald and Philadelphia's steady Maurice Cheeks. Brown currently calls games on ABC and ESPN working alongside such play-by-play announcers as Mark Jones and Mike Breen. Check Your Bracket, Brown's unconventional success earned him the role of captain on ESPN's Zach Lowe's team of 2021 "Luke Walton All-Stars," which features players starring in their under-their-radar roles. How did Brown, a 6-foot-4 guard who had started at point guard for the Detroit Pistons the previous season, end up screening for some of the league's top superstars and rolling to the basket -- the typical province of players several inches taller? Still, even old hands show no hesitation inviting Payton to a very prestigious party: "He deserves consideration when you're talking about the Oscars and the Magics, Newell says. He saw just 40 minutes of action over 10 games last season. He was the MVP of the Far West Classic tournament three times and was the Pac-10 Player of the Week nine times. Thursday's game If there is a knock against him, it's that he has not been able to produce an NBA title a heavy cross to bear at a position often called the "quarterback" of a basketball team. He taught the game in a way that was different from any other way it was taught to me. His dad coached him for many years. Many attribute his greatness to the tremendous work ethic and courage he displayed throughout his career. But Stockton is more of a pest on defense, not the smothering blanket Payton can be. That's very rare.". Hubie Brown is an American retired basketball coach and a current television analyst. But once the game starts, it's all about business. [4], Hubie Brown played college basketball and baseball at Niagara University, graduating in 1955 with a degree in education. Of his trash talking, Payton has stated "I never take it too farI just try to talk and get their mind off the game, and turn their attention on me", adding that "sometimes I get accused of trash talking even though I'm not[referees and spectators] immediately figure you're trash talking. Brown was given medical clearance to start the season, but was forced to delegate much work to his assistant coaches, including his son, Brendan Brown. [13], After two seasons in the NBA, Brown was given his first professional head coaching opportunity with the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association. In a statement, he cited "unexpected health-related issues [that were] absolutely nonexistent at the beginning of the season." You certainly never get that with Payton. Mike D'Antoni, an assistant coach for the Nets last year working with his former Phoenix Suns star Steve Nash, has always kept an open mind to using players how they naturally play. He married Monique James on July 26, 1997. Although the 6-foot-10 Durant gave the Nets one player of traditional frontcourt height, and he and Harden defended opposing big men, the presence of four players with guard skills allowed Brown to function as the team's center on offense. Prior to Magic, guards weren't really classified as a point guard or a shooting guard. KJ asks. He laid the groundwork. 00:00 / 00:00. He is currently. On February 24, 2005 Payton was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in a deal that brought former Celtic Antoine Walker back to Boston. I always looked up to him. I felt I knew a little about it. But it was the Big O's move after that. [20] During this series, Payton and his Sonics also held Jordan's Bulls to the lowest-scoring quarter in their NBA Finals history. "Magic Johnson came into the league when I left, in 1979," Goodrich says. Jerry West is the logo. [3] Payton got his nickname "The Glove" 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.[4]. In his sophomore year, his grades plummeted and was declared academically ineligible. 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