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Supersonicsoul (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
(SuperSonicSoul will spend the day today reliving memories of Sonic great Gary Payton. Pete offers up the first piece, to be followed as the day goes along by the other two members of the SSS team. Feel free to add yours in the comments section.) Picking a singular Gary Payton memory is tough. Perhaps because he had so many great moments as a Sonic that they begin to cloud the brain, and picking out...
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Supersonicsoul (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Words: Peter Nussbaum | Illustration: Rafael Calonzo Jr. How does it happen? How does a man so menacing, so scowling, so intense become so beloved? How does a brash youngster from Oakland by way of Corvallis become the most treasured player in four decades of Seattle basketball? So many questions, all coming back to the same answer. Intensity. Gary Payton’s given middle name may have been Dwayne, but...
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Straight Cash Homey Dot Net (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Gary Payton, Boston Celtics: “Honey, check out this sweet Ray Allen jersey I got for just $4. Stop asking me to turn around! Why don’t you ever trust me? LET GO OF ME. I WANT A DIVORCE!” Just kidding; this guy would never get married. (Found in New York City.)
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The Starting Five (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Our resident big brotha almighty Dave Zirin hits us off one mo’ time. Enjoy… Be Peace fam Kevin Durant, we hardly knew ya. Goodbye Slick Watts. Farewell Gary Payton. And Tom Chambers’ mullet can find somewhere else to call home. Two contemptible men named Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon - who in their spare time [...]
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Mac Gs World (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
I have no personal attachment to the Seattle Supersonics other than loving to play NBA Jam with Shawn Kemp and Detlef Schremp. Also, I enjoyed watching the "Glove" aka Gary Payton play lock down d and talk trash during his Sonics career. There is no sane reason that an American city with 3.2 million area residents and a 41 years history of fervent fan support should lose their basketball franchise...
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Blog-a-Bull (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
[From the FanPosts. A very fun and interesting read. -ed.] The events of the last few weeks has me thinking about the Seattle Supersonics of the 1990's. They had the #2 overall pick in the 1990 draft, which they used to select Gary Payton after Derrick Coleman went 1st overall. Payton joined a team that had just missed the playoffs with 41 wins after losing in the 2nd round the year before. He also...
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SeaTown Sports (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Thanks to Citizen Rain for the heads up! This video has footage of the Sonics rally featuring Gary Payton and X-Man. Some sweet stuff. Related Posts: Sonics Rally at the Courthouse: A Success Photos from the Rally
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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Three thousand highly-caffeinated NBA fans can't be wrong ... Gary Payton and Xavier McDaniel lead Save Our Sonics rally on Monday outside Seattle courthouse. Sadly, it probably won't do much good....
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Three thousand people showed up for a Save Our Sonics rally on the first day of trial proceedings, including former players Gary Payton and Xavier McDaniel.
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Supersonicsoul (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
For those of us stuck in the hinterlands, we could only experience the Sonic rally at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle vicariously. Judging by various reports, the crowd was upwards of 1,000 people, and - when you add in Xavier McDaniel and Gary Payton's combined presence - made for some gripping video on the local news. Hopefully, the rally will reach a national audience and let the rest of the country...
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Supersonicsoul (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
What’s so wonderful about this Monday’s rally at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle , is the fact that two of my heroes – Gary Payton and Xavier McDaniel – will be taking time out of their lives to come and show their support for the cause. Heck, if you haven’t rooted for the team in 15 years, isn’t a chance to see the X-Man reason enough to take off work early on Monday? Growing up rooting for the...
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Restaurant News Ressource (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Former NBA players Gary Payton and Brian Shaw have signed an agreement with Wingstop to open three restaurants in southern California. The agreement is through Wingmen Ventures, LLC, a franchise investment group that includes Payton, Shaw, Dornell Griffin, Stanley Bae and Mike Shockley.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former NBA players Gary Payton and Brian Shaw have signed an agreement with Wingstop to open
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SeaTown Sports (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Local +Mariners moving back to 710 Kiro? Strong possibility. [Seattle Times] +Erik Bedard, tradeable? Bad idea. [Chicago Tribune] +Final trial details for the Seattle SuperSonics vs. the City of Seattle will be flushed out today. [TheNewsTribune] +Psyched for the June 16th Rally? So is Gary Payton. [Sonics Central] +Bobby Engram might skip the training camp. Should the Seahawks give in? [FOX Sports]...
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Supersonicsoul (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Game 7. June 2, 1996. It may have been twelve years ago today, but it seems like one hundred. Can it really have only been a little more than a decade since a Utah-Seattle matchup meant so much? Is it really possible that Greg Gumble mused that Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp were about to take the mantle from John Stockton and Karl Malone as the pre-eminent inside-outside tandem of the next decade? If...
