🏀 Autographed Gary Payton Seattle SuperSonics Green Basketball Jersey JSA COA — Born Oakland California, Oregon State University Beavers, 2nd Overall Pick 1990 NBA Draft, The Glove, Only Point Guard to Win NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, 9x NBA All-Star, 1996 NBA Finals, 2006 NBA Champion, Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013 — Signed SuperSonics Green, JSA Authenticated

The Seattle SuperSonics green. The color of the most celebrated era in Seattle basketball history — the team that played at KeyArena and the Coliseum, the team that Gary Payton anchored at point guard for 13 seasons and that in 1996 reached the NBA Finals against Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls in one of the most storied championship series of the decade. Signed by Gary Payton — The Glove — the point guard from Oakland who arrived in Seattle as the 2nd overall pick of the 1990 draft and became the most suffocating defensive point guard in the history of the NBA, the only player at the position to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award, a Hall of Famer whose green jersey carries the full weight of what Seattle basketball was and what it still means to the SuperSonics community. JSA authenticated. The green. The Glove.

🌟 Oakland, California — Oregon State University — The Glove Is Made

Gary Dwayne Payton was born July 23, 1968, in Oakland, California — the East Bay city across the bay from San Francisco, the city of sports culture and competitive intensity that has produced some of the most formidable athletes in American sports history. He played his college basketball at Oregon State University in Corvallis under Coach Ralph Miller — a program that developed his defensive fundamentals and his competitive drive into the package that the Seattle SuperSonics selected second overall in the 1990 NBA Draft. His combination of quickness, length, hand speed, and anticipatory read of opposing ball-handlers was apparent from his first professional season. The nickname "The Glove" — as in the hand that covers the ball — emerged from the experience of the NBA guards who found that Payton's defensive pressure on the ball was unlike anything they had encountered at the point guard position. The defense was the foundation. The scoring and the court vision built the complete All-Star game.

🏆 Seattle SuperSonics — Defensive Player of the Year — The 1996 NBA Finals — The Green Legacy

Gary Payton spent 13 seasons as the Seattle SuperSonics' primary point guard — the longest sustained run of excellence at the point for any single franchise in the Sonics' history. In 1995-96, the SuperSonics finished 64-18 in the regular season and reached the NBA Finals against Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls, who finished 72-10 — the then-record for regular season wins. The Sonics pushed the Bulls to six games, with Payton's defensive assignment on Jordan in the final three games of the series producing statistical results that were unprecedented in terms of containing the era's best player. Chicago won in six games, but the performance cemented Payton's reputation as the most defensively capable point guard of his era. He won the 1996 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award — the only point guard in history to receive that honor. He made 9 NBA All-Star appearances as a Sonic and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. He won an NBA championship in 2006 with the Miami Heat alongside Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal. The green jersey signed by Payton and authenticated by JSA is the Seattle chapter — the most complete chapter of a career that belongs to the history of the SuperSonics and to the city of Seattle.

⭐ The SuperSonics Green — The Seattle Chapter — JSA Authenticated — The Glove's Signature

The Seattle SuperSonics ceased to exist in 2008 when the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City — a departure that remains one of the most painful events in the history of Pacific Northwest professional sports. The green jersey signed by Gary Payton is a tangible piece of what the SuperSonics were: a franchise with a Hall of Fame point guard, a Finals appearance, and the best defensive player at the guard position in the history of the game. For the Seattle basketball fan. For the Gary Payton collector. For anyone who appreciates that the Sonics green and The Glove's signature belong together as a historic pairing. JSA authenticated.

📦 Item Details

Item: Autographed Gary Payton Seattle SuperSonics Green Basketball Jersey. Authentication: JSA COA included. Player: Gary Payton (The Glove). Born: July 23, 1968, Oakland, California. College: Oregon State University. Draft: 2nd overall pick, 1990 NBA Draft, Seattle SuperSonics. Career: Seattle SuperSonics (1990-2003), Milwaukee Bucks (2003), Los Angeles Lakers (2003-04), Boston Celtics (2004-05), Miami Heat (2005-07), Seattle SuperSonics (2007 brief). Accolades: 1996 NBA Defensive Player of the Year; 9x NBA All-Star; 9x All-Defensive First Team; 2006 NBA champion; Hall of Fame 2013. Condition: NOS.

🏀🏆 Oakland. California. Oregon State. Seattle. The Sonics. The green. The Glove. 13 seasons. 9 All-Stars. Defensive Player of the Year — the only point guard. 1996. The Finals. Jordan. Chicago won. But Payton contained him better than anyone had. 2006. Miami. The championship. Dwyane Wade. The ring. The Hall of Fame. 2013. Gary Payton. Signed SuperSonics green jersey. JSA authenticated. The signature of the greatest defensive point guard who ever played the game.