payton is headed to the lakers!!!

[mikeOG]

Payton to 'follow dream' with Lakers  



Aaron Goodwin, the agent for Gary Payton, told ESPN's David Aldridge Tuesday afternoon that Payton has chosen to sign a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, despite L.A.'s financial limitations.

The Lakers, well over the NBA's $40-plus million salary cap, were limited to offering Payton a starting salary of $4.9 million for next season. It is believed Payton will sign a multi-year deal with the dethroned champions on July 16, the first day teams are permitted to formally sign free agents.

"He could have taken a lot more money to go somewhere else," said Goodwin, referring to efforts by the Portland Trail Blazers to acquired Payton in a sign-and-trade with Milwaukee. "But he's going to Los Angeles to follow his dream."

espn.com

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[Sub-Z]

theres still players in pro sports that care more about winning than money!?  


whoa,let me catch my breath here

[js83]

theres still players in pro sports that care more about winning than money!?  

yup...i respect payton even more now for this move...damn...shaq/kobe/payton...whos gonna fuck with the lakers now?  

[Black_Smoke]

fuck yea look at there starting 5

C-Shaq
F-Karl Malone
F-Rick Fox/devin George
G-Kobe
G-Gary Payton


all star line up

[M Dogg™]

*crys tears of joy*

Mailman and Payton finally get there rings. I said before, Barkley and Ewing should have sign small deals with the Bulls back in the day to get there rings. Harper, Jordan, Pippin, Barkley, Ewing, with Rodman off the bench would be tight. Now Malone and Payton are not making those two guys mistakes. They want rings, and Payton, Bryant, Fox, Malone and O'Neal will be the team the gets Payton and Malone their long awaited rings.

[Skindiana bon3z]

wow...this is great news...are you positive he's on the Lakers?  for dam sure?  I hope so...

[Sub-Z]

i still dunno about karl malone,he just doesnt seem to fit in the equation

[legend]

i don't think the lakers need malone i mean kobe/shaq/payton should be enough for a ring maybe they should get pj brown instead

[.:DayGoStyLz:.]

dethroned

lol@ Laker fans assuming a Championship again....before actually winning it. When will they learn?  

[IKON]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i was probably one of the few lakers fans that "knew" we werent gonna get a championship this year, we needed more support for kobe and shaq

BUT DAMN GETTIN PAYTON IS WHOA!!!!!!

hopefully now we can convince pj brown or karl malone to come on over for the ride

honestly though daygo u gotta admit that we are gonna be a force to be reckon with for a few years if we get payton and somebody else

i only got one question though, what about derek fisher??? will he now be the backup? obviously payton will be the starter


DAMN Y'all this shit is really happening, hopefull all this Kobe rape bullshit is gone by the start of the season and shaq better come in good physical shape to run down the court with payton
ultimately payton picked the best team to go to, portland isnt going nowhere especially with their player conflicts and milwaukee gots to rebuild, Good choice Gary if it comes true of course
 

[Don Jacob]

wow this is GREAT mother fucking news. i love payton, dude has Defense AND a SNEAKY........i REPEAT, a SNEAKKY OFFENSE, i love the glove. Also him and Shaq are really good friends and have great chemistry . Shaq said that when he was playing with him on the dream team in 96' he had a blast playing with payton, so the chemistry is established there.



dump malone mitch and get PJ  Brizown