Gary Payton Ii Biography

Gary Payton Ii born Gary Dwayne Payton II is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a junior and senior playing college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers, Payton was named first-team All-Pac-12 as well as Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. He is the son of NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton.

Gary Payton Ii Age

He was born on 1 December 1992 in  Seattle, Washington, United States. As of 2018, he is 26 years old.

Gary Payton Ii Stats

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Milwaukee	6	0	16.5	.364	.111	.600	2.0	2.2	.5	.7	3.3
2017–18	Milwaukee	12	6	8.8	.394	.167	.667	1.4	.8	.3	.1	2.5
2017–18	L.A. Lakers	11	0	10.5	.415	.308	.167	2.5	1.1	.4	.2	3.5
2018–19	Washington	1	0	1.0	0.00	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Career		30	6	11.0	.396	.206	.429	1.9	1.2	.3	.2	3.1

Gary Payton Ii Education

He attended Spring Valley High School where he lettered two years in basketball and one year in swimming before graduating in 2011. He then enrolled at Westwind Preparatory Academy for the 2011–12 season.

Gary Payton Ii Draft | Gary Payton Ii Rockets

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Payton II joined the Houston Rockets for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On September 23, 2016, he signed with the Rockets but was later waived on October 24 after appearing in six preseason games. On October 31, 2016, he was acquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Rockets. On December 3, 2016, he scored 51 points on 20-of-29 shooting to go with 11 rebounds in a 140–125 win over the Los Angeles D-Fenders.

Gary Payton Ii NBA

On April 2, 2017, Payton II signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. He made his debut for the Bucks that night, scoring five points in nine minutes off the bench in a 109–105 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Payton II was waived on October 14 as one of the team’s final 2017–18 preseason roster cuts.

On October 17, 2017, Payton II was given a two-way contract with the Bucks via their NBA G League affiliate the Wisconsin Herd, meaning he’d officially return to Milwaukee for the start of the season. Payton II would have his first start in the NBA on November 22, 2017, against the Phoenix Suns, playing as the starting small forward for the Bucks that night due to team injuries.

While he would end the night early due to an injury of his own, the Bucks would win that night in overtime. On December 13, Payton II was waived from the Bucks in favor of Sean Kilpatrick. On January 15, 2018, the Los Angeles Lakers signed Payton II to a two-way contract.

Throughout the rest of the season, he split his playing time between the Los Angeles Lakers and their NBA G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers. On the final game of the season, Payton scored a career-high 25 points and also posted a career-high 12 rebounds against the Los Angeles Clippers.

On September 4, 2018, Payton signed a training camp contract with the Portland Trail Blazers. On October 13, 2018, Payton was waived by the Trail Blazers. On December 12, 2018, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League announced via Twitter that they had re-acquired Payton.

On January 21, 2019, Payton signed with the Washington Wizards on a 10-day contract.

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Marc J. Spears: Guard Gary Payton, Jr., expected to sign a 10-day contract with the Wizards tomorrow, a source said.

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Gary Payton II: Let go by Washington

Payton was informed after the Wizards’ 107-89 win over the Pacers on Wednesday that he wouldn’t be re-signed to another 10-day contract, Candace Buckner of The Washington Post reports.

Payton, who appeared in three games for Washington, will surrender his spot on the 15-man roster to another 10-day signee in John Jenkins. It’s expected that Payton will head back to the Wizards’ G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, with the hope of being picked up by another NBA team at some point.

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