They will be without a different guard when they welcome in the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. Pesky defender Gary Payton ...

Decades earlier, on the unforgiving courts of Oakland, Gary's merciless defense and ceaseless trash talk nearly drove Jason away from the game entirely. Kidd grew up in Oakland, c ...

Payton (knee) is listed as questionable for Thursday's game against the Raptors, Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Payton finished with 18 points (8-10 FG, 2-3 3Pt, 0-1 FT), three rebounds, one assist, one block and three steals in 26 minutes during Monday's 114-105 loss to the Nuggets.

Golden State’s defense is forcing turnovers on 18.1% of opponent possessions ... Who can make life hard on superstar ...

Gary Payton. The elder Payton was one of the most popular players of his generation, known for his lockdown defense and notorious trash-talking. The 56-year-old Payton was a nine-time All-Star ...

Niko shares conversations from the awards show with both NBA Hall of Famer and Sonics Legend Gary Payton, and University of Washington Athletic Director Pat Chun. Plus, Chris shares who he thinks ...

For a franchise that has prided itself as a white-glove defense firm, the last season and a half has been a tough pill to swallow. In their last full season with Jrue Holiday helming their defense ...

Gary Payton has never lacked confidence, and he still believes he could have shut down Michael Jordan in the 1996 NBA Finals. The Glove’s elite defense did slow MJ down in a few games, but whether he ...

Miami Heat legend and Hall of Famer Gary Payton revealed his all-time starting five of NBA teammates, with the biggest surprise being the exclusion of Dwyane Wade from the lineup.

The 32-year-old Payton isn’t much younger than Curry (he’ll be 37 this month) and the 35-year-old Green, but he didn’t enter the league until 2016. Meanwhile, Curry has been in the league ...

Jalen Green #4 of the Houston Rockets dribbles the ball against Gary Payton II #0 of the Golden State Warriors ... His IQ for the ball, he's back there looking like a little Deion [Sanders] in our ...