Who You Takin in His Prime? Gary Payton or Chris Paul?

[Archangel]

Gary Payton

• NBA champion (2006)
• 9× NBA All-Star (1994–1998, 2000–2003)
• 2× All-NBA First Team (1998, 2000)
• 5× All-NBA Second Team (1995–1997, 1999, 2002)
• 2× All-NBA Third Team (1994, 2001)
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1996)
• 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1994–2002)
• NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1991)
• NBA steals leader (1996)
• USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1999)
• Consensus first-team All-American (1990)
• Pac-10 Player of the Year (1990)
• No. 20 retired by Oregon State

Career NBA statistics
Points 21,813 (16.3 ppg)
Rebounds 5,269 (3.9 rpg)
Assists 8,966 (6.7 apg)
Steals 2,445 (1.8 spg)

Olympic Games

1996 Atlanta

2000 Sydney

Chris Paul

• 9× NBA All-Star (2008–2016)
• NBA All-Star Game MVP (2013)
• 4× All-NBA First Team (2008, 2012–2014)
• 3× All-NBA Second Team (2009, 2015, 2016)
• All-NBA Third Team (2011)
• 6× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009, 2012–2016)
• 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2008, 2011)
• NBA Rookie of the Year (2006)
• 4× NBA assists leader (2008, 2009, 2014, 2015)
• 6× NBA steals leader (2008, 2009, 2011–2014)
• Consensus first-team All-American (2005)
• No. 3 retired by Wake Forest
• USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2004)
• North Carolina Mr. Basketball (2003)

Career Averages
PPG 18.7
APG 9.9
RPG 4.4
SPG 2.3

Olympic Games

2008 Beijing

2012 London

Both are fantastic talents especially defensively. and are very similar. Both benefited from super athletic PFs in Shawn Kemp and Blake Griffin respectively. Who you takin?

 

[AlainLocke]

Chris Paul is better than Gary Payton...CP3 is an MVP caliber player

 

[Jplaya2023]

GP are you with me!

 

[Jplaya2023]

Chris Paul is better than Gary Payton...CP3 is an MVP caliber player

When chris paul plays in 1 conference finals game let's have a pizza party breh

 

[Tide Run This]

The Glove

 

[Broad Street Bully]

All the nikkas and stuck in the 90s nikkas like @Raul ready for this one

 

[Swiggy]

The Glove

I'mma need them stops at crunch time.

 

[Archangel]

Chris Paul is better than Gary Payton...CP3 is an MVP caliber player

I initially thought that way too breh but when I look at the numbers and their careers, its much closer than you think. CP3 has underachieved most of his career. IDK breh, I think I'm leaning more towards GP.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

CP3.......I think Payton was overrated most of his career.Didn't really hit his stride until the tail end of the 90's.

Once the Kemp era was over and the Sonics hired Paul Westphal, he took off....Ironically the Sonics fell the fukk off.

Before then, I would've taken Kevin Johnson, J Kidd, Stockton, Tim Hardaway, and maybe even Rod Strickland over him.

I think CP3 is a better shooter, scorer, passer, 3pt shooter.

Easy decision for me.

 

[noble]

GP

 

[Archangel]

CP3.......I think Payton was overrated most of his career.Didn't really hit his stride until the tail end of the 90's.

Once the Kemp era was over and the Sonics hired Paul Westphal, he took off....Ironically the Sonics fell the fukk off.

Before then, I would've taken Kevin Johnson, J Kidd, Stockton, Tim Hardaway, and maybe even Rod Strickland over him.

I think CP3 is a better shooter, scorer, passer, 3pt shooter.

Easy decision for me.

 

[Trot LaRoc]

If i need one stop, Glove.

Overall CP is superior

 

[Remote]

All the nikkas and stuck in the 90s nikkas like @Raul ready for this one

GP.

Oakland dudes are just built different.

 

[QuintessentialBM]

Why is this even a thread?

 

[Optimus Prime]

CP3 is a better scorer and passer