APRIL 19: The Warriors have officially re-signed Payton, per a team tweet.
APRIL 18: Gary Payton II will sign a second 10-day contract with the Warriors, tweets Anthony Slater of The Athletic.
The versatile guard appeared in five games during his first 10-day deal, averaging 2.4 points and 1.4 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per night. He was effective in Saturday’s loss to the Celtics, Slater notes, displaying his defensive skills in seven minutes of action.
Payton, 28, has logged brief stays with four teams in a five-year NBA career. He has also spent extensive time in the G League and was named Defensive Player of the Year during the league’s abbreviated season in Orlando.
Payton will earn $118,983 during his second 10-day contract. If it’s finalized today, it will expire April 27, and the Warriors would have to sign him for the rest of the season if they want to keep him on the roster beyond that.
Steve Kerr is not a good coach
He has 8 rings
I wish Kerr put him in to take JTA place hit his head. Lee’s defense was not very good. Payton changed the game on defense when he was in. If the warriors coaches can improve Payton’s 3 point shot he could be a great piece off the bench.
JTA has concussion, should rest 3 games
JTA is worth tax payer MLE
Payton has already shown a superior on-court IQ to the moron brigade of Bazemore, Lee, Mannion, Wiggins, Oubre, Mulder and Paschall, all of whom need to get off this team before next season starts or else I’m going to have a aneurysm.
And you’ve discovered this based on the 18 total minutes he’s played?
Bazemore fouls so much on defense he is not who you want in when game is on the line. Lee is too short to play defense on taller players. Paschall gets lost on rotations. Mulder is more of a scorer than a defensive player. Mannion is small and very raw to play good defense right now. Oubre and Wiggins I trust on defense. This is what I have seen so far this season. Payton has a high BB IQ he is who I want guarding a top PG in the game.
@arc89 why are you the only one who truly gets it around here? Its nice to actually have someone not trolling, kudos to you.
most here are not warrior fans but just trolls hating on warriors.
You mean we actually see them for what they are? Has-beens.
@rct yup, his 18 minutes have been action-packed, he brings an IQ and energy in those 18 minutes that Bazemore has not shown all season, period.
Sign a Big Man to a 10-Day Contract. Omari Spellman is available and already knows the system and would transition quicker than say a Thon Maker, Tyler Zeller, or Justin Patton.
We all wish they would do something like that but looks like the team is trying to save tax money and just go with what they have.
It’s not the tax, its just those players are bad, and going all small-ball with Draymond at C is massively, massively better than shoehorning in a bad big into the rotation.
It made sense before the season started, they absolutely should have gotten JaVale in here and started Wiseman in the G-league to get his experience up and to work him into “the system” just like they did with Jordan Poole. They should have also gotten Fournier and Jabari Parker for nothing, but that’s a F to the front office, who seems to be on autopilot this year, hence Bazemore and Wanamaker – or maybe there’s more to what KD said and players simply don’t want to play under Kerr, as his refused to run PNR-heavy plays for 6 years like KD, Steph and everyone in the NBA wants.
Warriors and Steph had this game in the bag if JTA doesn’t get hurt.
I was furious watching Kerr take a time out after watching a rotation not work because it had idiot Lee in the game over JTA, and then Kerr leaving Lee in to continue to be stupid. JTA IS A SHOOTER! He literally is a better shooter than Mannion, Mulder and Lee, who are stealing his minutes because Kerr has no idea how to coach a team that isn’t loaded with high IQ guys.
JTA is the 4th best player on the team by far. He’s better than Oubre, period – but moron Kerr refuses to give him starters minutes like he deserves. Instead we get the massively inferior Bazemore and Lee getting all the court time. Kerr has blown this season by himself.
Kerr should be careful with JTA with a tank opportunity in progress. They will still have plenty of mystique for next year and nobody cares about your aneurysm.
Kerr wants JTA to play with the second team is why Bazemore is in to start the game. If Bazemore is on the second team they get in foul trouble right away. Then its free throws plenty for the opposing team. JTA should stay in the rotation with second team in the second quarter. JTA should play over Bazemore in the last minutes of a close game.
The problem is Bazemore deserves no more than 10 minutes a game, and JTA needs those minutes more.
If Kerr was a good coach he would play Curry 48 minutes per game.
Payton needs more minutes. In his limited playing time, he has been what I said he could potentially be
Agreed, he has been incredible in his short stints so far, like night and day between him and Wanamaker, Mannion or Bazemore (the dumbest players on this team). GP2 is smart and skilled, hope he sticks and gets lots of Bazemore’s minutes.
Glove Jr looked pretty good yesterday. Came in and shut down Kemba. I was surprised he didn’t come back in down the stretch.
Warriors should waive mychal mulder sign Gary Payton II to a 1 year deal
Here is my final roster cuts and roster adds 1. Cavs waive Matthew dellavedova sign lance stephenson 2. Nets waive Timothe luwawu cabarrot sign Michael Beasley 3. Lakers waive Alfonso mckinnie sign Pau gasol and both gasol brothers retire together 4. Pelicans waive wenyen Gabriel sign Jeremy Lin 5. Rockets waive Dante Exum sign Kenneth Faried 6. Bucks waive Rodions Kurucs sign Demarre Carroll
Is this The Gloves son?
Nah his parents were just huge fans
Yeah he is The Glove Jr!!!
Top 5 Gary’s of all Time:
1. Gary Radnich
2. Gary Carter
3. Gary Payton
4. Heroine Gary (neighbor who sold heroine)
5. Gary Pettis