“I started talking back, and it was like thousands against just Gary – who’s going to win?” Payton says.
He maintained a running verbal feud with Bear fans during visits to Berkeley. “Get someone out here who can guard me!” he screamed at the Cardinal bench when Stanford’s physical tactics “got under my skin” last year. With such impunity, Payton was his trash-talkingest best with the homeys in the Bay – Cal and Stanford.
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Payton was not to his relief, Pac-10 officials never invoked a code of silence against him. The cheerleader, who’d invoked the inner-city fighting words, “hookhead,” against Payton, had to be restrained. Source: Open Court 2) “Get Someone Out Here Who Can Guard Me” – Payton vs StanfordĪs a freshman, Payton hit a male Oregon cheerleader between the eyes with a wad of gum. If he saw you in the mall…”remember that time I crossed you up big fella and I gave you that thang and you almost pulled your arm out of the socket…you can’t guard me boy, I’m a Hall of Famer, I’m first ballot boy, I’m first ballot!” “The craziest thing about GP on the court, he was like that off the court. “I played with GP and I played against GP, he just didn’t care,” Shaq once said on NBA Open Court. Shaq has both played against and Gary Payton, so has a uniques perspective. Here are 17 of the best Gary Payton trash talking stories we’ve compiled! 1) “I’m a Hall Of Famer, I’m First Ballot!” – Gary Payton vs Shaq
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Someplace totally quiet.”Īnd like that journalist, Phil Taylor said: ‘He wasn’t the first player to talk smack, but he was one of the cockiest and most creative, and - credit him or blame him for this - he helped make trash-talking an expected, and largely accepted, part of the pro game.’ Michael Cage, who played with Payton in Seattle, once said to a SI journalist on playing with Payton: “You just want to go find a library or something. While MJ and Larry Bird talked a lot, none of them took it as far as Gary Payton – who some might argue took it too far.Įven Payton’s teammates were sometimes overwhelmed by his verbiage. We’ve already looked over Michael Jordan’s best trash talk, and then Larry Bird’s trash talking, so now it is time to look at some of Gary Payton’s trash talking. For more sports, news, and entertainment, follow us on Twitter or like our page on Facebook.The one name that comes up more than any others when talking about the greatest trash talkers in NBA history, is undoubtedly Gary Payton, aka Gee Pee, aka the Glove.
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Let’s take a look at 10 NFL trash-talkers, past and present, who loved to “talk the talk,” but could never “walk the walk”!ĭon’t forget to subscribe to TPS and make sure you hit the bell and turn on our notifications and join the notification squad.įor copyright matters please contact us at: Aaron Leger Unfortunately, not all of the players that talk trash are prepared to back it up.Īnd they end up embarrassing themselves worse than they would’ve if they’d said nothing at all!
Not all players do it, but there have been quite a few guys over the years who LOVE to let their opponent hear it when they’re beating them. Football is a competitive sport-and the NFL is the pinnacle of that competition… So, it isn’t surprising that trash talk can play a pretty big role in the game.