So, I’m going to tell you how this went. In '96, I made First Team All-NBA. I made First Team All-Defense. I was on the Olympic team. We won a gold medal. I got the first contract for a point guard to ...

Dyson Daniels of the Atlanta Hawks is continuing to make a push for the Defensive Player of the Year award this season.

Gary Payton was a nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA, a champion, and a Defensive Player of the Year awardee. Nonetheless, his career started slow on the Seattle SuperSonics, but he eventually ...

Gary Payton: What’s your take ... For the first time—92! I won Defensive Player of the Year. And then, all of a sudden, everything started rolling in at once. You know what I’m saying?

Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II is the son of arguably ... nine-time All-Defensive First Team Selection and a Defensive Player of the Year during the same year he led the Seattle ...

Kerr called Green “the best defender in the league,” and said he believed that Green should be a lock for the NBA’s ...

The last guard to win DPOY was Marcus Smart in 2021-22, and before him, the league had not honored a guard with the award since Gary Payton in 1995-96. While Kawhi Leonard (2014-15, 2015-16 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Golden State's Gary Payton left the Warriors' game against Charlotte on Monday night with a head injury following a collision with Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball.

Read More: Gary Payton, Kevin Durant Engage in Massive ... At All-Star weekend, Payton (a nine-time All-Star and the 1996 Defensive Player of the Year) declared that, in his playing prime, he ...

Gary Payton: So, I’m going to tell you ... For the first time—92! I won Defensive Player of the Year. And then, all of a sudden, everything started rolling in at once. You know what I ...