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Gary Payton II Golden State Warriors · #0

Guard · 6'2", 195 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Age 34 · 12th season

Gary Payton II is a guard for the Golden State Warriors who has played 343 games over 10 seasons, averaging 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 2025-26.

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Gary Payton II

Season avg7.5 pts · 3.6 reb · 1.7 ast · .583 fg

Career avg5.9 pts · 3.0 reb · 1.3 ast · .562 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

7.5pts

3.6reb

1.7ast

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Scouting report

Gary Payton II — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 53

Gary Payton II is a guard for the Golden State Warriors who has played 343 games over 10 seasons, averaging 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists i

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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A+

Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Gary Payton II stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

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43%

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23%

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19%

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Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #317 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

53Impact index

26Star score

Career scoring average5.9 ppg

Seasons in the index12

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Gary Payton II — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

7.5 PPG

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Playmaking

1.7 APG

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Rebounding

3.6 RPG

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Shooting

.291 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Gary Payton II

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 78% confidence

7.6

pts

6.1–9.1

3.6

reb

2.9–4.3

1.8

ast

1.2–2.4

15.3

min

proj

health

.577

fg%

~base

.322

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 7.5 → projected 7.6 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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12 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 34 — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 44 / 62 / 73 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Gary Payton II career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2016-17	6	16.5	3.3	2.0	2.2	.364	.111
2017-18 (Milwaukee)	12	8.7	2.5	1.4	0.8	.394	.167
2017-18 (LA Lakers)	11	10.4	3.5	2.5	1.1	.415	.308
2018-19	3	5.3	3.7	0.7	1.3	.625	.500
2019-20	29	14.9	3.9	2.8	1.7	.414	.283
2020-21	10	4.0	2.5	1.1	0.1	.769	.500
2021-22	71	17.6	7.1	3.5	0.9	.616	.358
2022-23 (Portland)	15	17.1	4.1	2.6	1.5	.585	.529
2022-23 (Golden State)	7	15.9	5.7	4.3	1.1	.607	.444
2023-24	44	15.5	5.5	2.6	1.1	.563	.364
2024-25	62	15.0	6.5	3.0	1.3	.574	.326
2025-26	73	15.6	7.5	3.6	1.7	.583	.291
Career	343	15.1	5.9	3.0	1.3

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Golden State Warriors built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

40–42proj record

#10conf seed

-0.4net rtg

113.8off rtg

114.4def rtg

31%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton.

How his role moves

Projected 40–42, 10th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

53 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Gary Payton II

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1992-12-01

The beginning

Gary Payton II is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

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Gary Payton II is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

Chapter

He has played 343 games over 10 seasons (2016-26), averaging 15.1 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 73 games, averaging 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 15.6 minutes.

Where things stand

Where II goes from here.

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II's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Oregon State
Experience: 11th Season
NBA debut: 2016
Born: Las Vegas, NV
Age: 34
Jersey: #0

Beyond the game

Gary Payton II is from Las Vegas, NV, born 1992-12-01, listed at 6'2" and 195 lb. He has 11 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A guard on 15.1 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth15.6 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 29.1% from three.

Veteran11 seasons of NBA service.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Gary Payton II — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Gary Payton II, answered.

What position does Gary Payton II play?

Gary Payton II is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

How many NBA games has Gary Payton II played?

343 regular-season games over 10 seasons, averaging 15.1 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Gary Payton II played?

10 seasons (2016-26).

How tall is Gary Payton II?

6'2", 195 lb

Gary Payton II career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.