Payton's opinions are right

[Enrile, Roy]

He may not have taken the C's far in the playoffs, but GP's comments
were spot on.  Wish the C's had paid Scal level money, to have him
finish up his career in Boston.  

1. Kids can't learn from kids, so an alphadog vet bench leader helping
Paul would've been great this year and the next few years.  When the
team was Raef/Toine/Paul/Ricky/GP , then Del/Al gained playoff
experience & bball IQ, from vets they could respect, instead of from
what Danny called young vets w/ PT experience and a longer future than
GP: Scal/Sebastian.

2. GP's right that the owners ARE more focused on the money aspect than
playoffs.  The team purposefully has more big-minute players on their
rook contracts than anyone.  And it's a fact they gave up on tradition,
to fill more seats w/ non-hardcore bball fans
(dancers/acrobats/soundeffects) .  I'd bet money that the owners would
vote for offensive-excitement Durant over Oden.

3. How much more devastating would Rajon be longterm, if hall-of-fame
Gary was tutoring him?  Especially since they're both crafty creators,
finishers, defenders, and hesitant shooters. 


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If I recall, Gary "Mr. Congeniality" Payton's and Antoine "Have another
cheeseburger" Walker's veteran leadership got us pretty far.