Ahh....that made my night. Watching my Beavers man up and take down Stanford, followed by that thrashing of the overrated collection of mercenaries down there in Eugene....

Look forward to Saturday's game....GeePee (Gary Payton) is in the house to be honored that night.... Should be a good one!

BeaverDreams;842259121 said:

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Ahh....that made my night. Watching my Beavers man up and take down Stanford, followed by that thrashing of the overrated collection of mercenaries down there in Eugene....

Look forward to Saturday's game....GeePee (Gary Payton) is in the house to be honored that night.... Should be a good one!

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Gary Payton - a great east Bay Baller. In an alternative universe that is precisely the kind of kid I wished had stayed home to play for the Bears.

socaltownie;842259127 said:

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Gary Payton - a great east Bay Baller. In an alternative universe that is precisely the kind of kid I wished had stayed home to play for the Bears.

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Yeah....different era. Back then the Beavs were coached by the great Ralph Miller and winning PAC 10 championships often. Good to see him coming back around though after years of disappearance.
I was lucky enough to watch him play one year....it's hard to comprehend how much he dominated opponents.

He was the biggest trash talker there maybe ever was....I still remember him talking trash at a younger Mike Montgomery in his early days at Stanford.... he ran by Mike and yelled audibly, "GET SOMEONE OUT HERE THAT CAN GUARD ME!!!!"

Will GP's mom be at the game?

ducky23;842259154 said:

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Will GP's mom be at the game?

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Some one should bake her a cake.

Wearing a three piece suit. AND its Oski's Birthday!:p

Skyline's finest backed down from no man.

BeggarEd;842259223 said:

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Skyline's finest backed down from no man.

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True...except for that one night he was mugged in his old Oakland neighborhood and had reportedly $50k worth of his jewelry and money taken....

Ah yes. "Oakland's own was in the Oakland zone!"

DrDanger;842259233 said:

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True...except for that one night he was mugged in his old Oakland neighborhood and had reportedly $50k worth of his jewelry and money taken....

Ah yes. "Oakland's own was in the Oakland zone!"

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Except he was in San Leandro at his girlfriend's (at the time) mother's house: LINK.

Sounds like GP still went down fighting because according to the article there was a "struggle" at which point a gun went off, which is when Payton finally fled to safety. I'm sure he was running his mouth the whole time at the dude robbing him. Haha.

Edit: Better recap of the 1993 story here

Wasn't that a pie?

It was great. but so later.

Gary backed down once outside a Corvallis bar....he was popping off as usual...some football players, who were also bouncers, essentially told him to get out of there, or something might happen that would put his NBA chances in jeopardy....He got the hell out of there...

oskidunker;842259217 said:

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Wearing a three piece suit. AND its Oski's Birthday!:p

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Oski warming up for the game: