In his 13-year career with the Sonics, he earned nine consecutive All-NBA Team selections and was also a nine-time NBA All-Star as well as an Olympic gold medalist on the 19 teams.įollowing in his dad’s footsteps, Gary Payton II took it a step further. In fact, he is the first point guard to win the Defensive Player of the Year, awarded in 1996. Best known for his tenure with the Seattle Supersonics, the Hall of Famer still holds records with the franchise for points and assists. Going back through NBA history, when thinking of the best all-time point guards, Gary Payton is definitely in the conversation. He’s since showed his playoff strength as a clutch shooter with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Nets. His career began to blossom when he joined the Sacramento Kings, and later the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trailblazers, consistently hitting career high points in games. Not to be outdone, Seth Curry, currently a shooting guard with the Brooklyn Nets, started 2013 with stints in both the NBA Development League and with the Memphis Grizzlies Cleveland Cavaliers, and Phoenix Suns. He stayed with the Bucks for one season, then played the final three years of his career with the Toronto Raptors.
When he left the team for Milwaukee he was its all-time leader in points, three-point shots, and games played. In the 1993-94 season he was chosen NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
In the 1988 expansion draft he wound up on the Charlotte Hornets, spending 10 seasons there. His dad, Dell Curry, had a successful NBA career himself: first drafted by the Utah Jazz in 1986, then being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers a year later.