Following a home sweep of the Los Angeles schools Payton was named the JanuPac-12 Conference Player of the Week. His father, Hall of Famer Gary Payton, is the other Beaver with a triple-double when he had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists against the University of Portland in 1988. In their game against Grambling State Payton recorded 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming only the second Beaver ever with a triple-double in a game. Instead, the up-tempo Beavers finished 7th with a 4–1 record against the conference's top three teams, Arizona, Oregon and Utah. Having lost their top five scorers from the previous season, Pac-12 coaches picked Oregon State to finish 12th in the 2014–15 season.
Robinson was fired before the start of the 2014–15 basketball season and was replaced by University of Montana head coach Wayne Tinkle. Oregon State Beavers ĭuring Payton's sophomore season at Salt Lake CC he signed a letter of intent to play for his father's alma mater Oregon State under men's head basketball coach Craig Robinson. The Bruins finished with a 27–7 overall record and won their second consecutive Region 18 Championship. In his sophomore year, he averaged 14.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.9 steals per game earning him Second Team NJCAA Division I All-American and was voted 2014 Region 18 Co-Player of the Year and Region 18 Tournament Most Valuable Player. Payton was named First Team All-SWAC and made Region 18 All-Tournament Team as a freshman.
He averaged 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.9 steals per game as a freshman (2012–13) and led the Bruins to a 29–5 overall record and 14–1 mark in the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC), where they won the Region 18 Championship and outright SWAC title in 2013. Payton played two seasons at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah. He then enrolled at Westwind Preparatory Academy for the 2011–12 season. He attended Spring Valley High School where he lettered two years in basketball and one year in swimming before graduating in 2011. Payton was born in Seattle to Monique and Gary Payton, while his father was a member of the Seattle SuperSonics. 2.10 Golden State Warriors (2021–present).His nickname is "The Mitten," a reference to his father's nickname "The Glove", although he prefers the nickname "Young Glove." He is the son of NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton. 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.
Gary Dwayne Payton II (born December 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). AP Honorable Mention All-American ( 2016).NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year Award (2021).