Wow, isn't this a first for Gary Payton this season? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Gary Payton joined the Los Angeles Lakers looking to win his first NBA championship. He's found the adjustment much more difficult than anticipated. Payton is trying to put on a happy face these days, what with it being the playoffs. It hasn't always been easy -- especially after he didn't play in the fourth quarter of Games 2 and 3 of the Lakers' first-round series against the Houston Rockets.</div> Full Article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=1790450
You watch his TV interviews and you can just see the pain and frustration all over GP's face. I have to give him credit for downplaying his drop in minutes and responsibility, but he's been terrible against the Rockets. The "Glove" has picked up a lot of bad habits on his trademark defense, and he's been inconsistent with his jump shot. I know his strength is posting up on offense, but he hasn't had a chance to exploit those mismatches. I just give credit for him biting his tongue and sucking it up like a professional. Hopefully the anger, inspires him to shutdown Parker in the next round.
He hasn't really gone off about not playing. Everybody can see the fustration on his grill, but like Shapecity said he has been able to keep his mouth shut. I do hope he has a resurgence of being the glove instead of the mit starting in tonights game.
