Gary Payton was a huge star in Seattle and an even bigger jerk

Gary Payton, like several of his contemporaries, was an unabashed jerk. He took pride in that. He was nasty to opponents and maniacally hypercompetitive with teammates. All the famous anecdotes about MJ -- the trash talk, the bullying, the ludicrous bets -- they all have counterparts in the lore of Payton. But on the court, things just broke differently for Gary. Obviously, Gary and the Sonics were not as great as MJ...