Off the court Gary Payton

1 off court

1.1 personal life
1.2 post-nba career
1.3 movie , tv appearances
1.4 charity , community involvement
1.5 support of seattle basketball

off court
personal life

payton son of al , annie payton. married monique james on july 26, 1997. live in oakland , las vegas , have 3 children: gary ii, julian, , raquel. payton has son named gary payton jr different mother. brother, brandon, played in new zealand period of time, playing manawatu jets. payton ambidextrous because while shoots right hand , can lay either, writes left hand. gary payton ii, payton s son, plays point guard position milwaukee bucks.

post-nba career

during 2008–09 season, payton served studio analyst nba tv , occasional substitute analyst on nba on tnt. replaced kevin mchale 2009–10 season. in 2013, payton named analyst fox sports 1 s fox sports live. 2016 nfl season, payton provided weekly picks sports betting dime.

movie , tv appearances

payton has appeared in white men can t jump (1992), eddie (1996), mike, , performed speaking role in 1999 comedy film breaks. appeared on jamie foxx show.

payton appeared on onion sportsdome.

charity , community involvement

payton has made numerous well-regarded contributions of both time , money community. set gary payton foundation in 1996 provide safe places recreational activity, , underprivileged youth in hometown of oakland stay in school. hosts annual charity basketball game part of foundation. payton gave east oakland youth development center (eoydc), youth center attended in oakland when growing up. in 2001, payton donated $100,000 renovate eoydc s gym – first big grant in hometown of oakland. payton , wife, monique, have been active in fundraising endeavors hiv awareness, , payton has lent many hours , provided tremendous financial support boys & girls club of america , make-a-wish foundation. payton has donated miami heat tickets underprivileged children. christmas of 2003 took 10 families ronald mcdonald house in los angeles , let each of on 40 children have $100 shopping spree @ fao schwarz. christmas, 2005, gave 60 children $100 toys-r-us shopping sprees part of voices children program. in 1999, wrote autobiographical children s book entitled confidence counts part of positively kids series, illustrating importance of confidence through events in own life. in july 1999, payton named sporting news guys in sports list. payton hosted radio show in 1998 on seattle s kube 93.3 station. played hip-hop including roots, raekwon, outkast, , cam ron. did charity during nba lockout.

support of seattle basketball

due seattle supersonics moving oklahoma city, payton has openly expressed desire not have retired jersey number in oklahoma city part of team s history. wishes instead remain in seattle, enjoyed majority of career s success , popularity. seems supersonics team name, colors, uniforms , trophies remaining in seattle possible future team adopt upon arrival. despite no official acknowledgement thunder, have not issued number 20 player since relocation.

payton featured in documentary sonicsgate, covers team s relocation seattle oklahoma city. when sonicsgate won webby award best sports film, payton gave acceptance speech, consisted solely of 5 words bring our seattle supersonics.

payton working on bringing nba seattle. stated when nba comes seattle wants part of team won t relocated again.