22. Gary Payton
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Gary Payton is one of the all time great defensive guards, making nine All Defense teams and winning Defensive Player of the Year in 1996 the year Payton’s Super Sonics made the Finals. Payton was so good on defense he was called The Glove for the way he held guys in check like a baseball in a glove.
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But he could play some offense too. Payton has the unique distinction of being the only player in NBA history to lead the league in three pointers and assists in the same year, doing so in 2000, and he also weirdly finished 6th in the MVP race six different times.
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