The following is adapted from the author’s new book Trash Talk: The Only Book about Destroying Your Rivals That Isn’t Total Garbage.
When you set out to report a book about trash talk, as I did, you can feel pretty confident that you’re going to hear a few stories about Gary Payton—and I heard my share, and then some. I heard stories from former players, reporters, coaches, and from GP himself. But even I wasn’t prepared for just how wild Payton could occasionally be on the hardwood, or how deeply ingrained trash talk was in him as both a player and a person. To wit,
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