Suns ‘Kevin Durant says the Recycle Bin with Gary Payton Sr.’ All Love ‘

San Francisco – the animated verbal exchanges between Phoenix Suns Super Star Kevin Durant and Hall of Famer Gary Payton Sr. Friday night was all in good fun.

“Just spoke junk,” Payton told Espn’s Jorge Sedano from his second row of seats in the Chase Center after the third quarter ended with Durant and Defender of the Year from 1995-96 going back and forth.

But Durant meant every word in the trash, he spoke with Payton, father of the Golden State Warriors Wing Gary Payton II, under Suns’ 130-105 victory.

“It’s always good when I come across an older player, especially if they played in the 90s because they feel like it’s NBA’s golden year,” Durant said. “So I’m trying to tell them, especially doctor, I’m trying to tell them how it would have been if they would have been on the field with me. They tend to talk down about the mentality of our era’s players.

“G is a big sport about it – one of my favorite players someone I look up to got great respect for. I think we started in the summer with Team USA. We were all in the same room with team The US and the first thing I told him he couldn’t protect me.

Durant, who scored 19 points in 29 minutes during the win, traded the Recycle Bin with Payton for most of the third quarter. Durant ended the quarter with a trio with 3-Pointers to stretch Suns’ lead to 19. At the end of the quarter he made a line against the corner where Payton was sitting but Durant was firmly in the fact that he did not need a scoring Outbreaks for feed in their conversation.

“If I needed to show him that minute of basketball to tell him what I’ve done out here … I have 18 years of recordings,” Durant said with a smile. “That minute doesn’t do much. He knew it was coming.”

Before Durant went to Suns’ bench, Durant went to the block and let Payton know that it is the area of ​​the floor that Durant would use to score at Payton.

“We’re going right into this post,” said Durant, a 15-time all-Star, 75 points shy to become the eighth member of NBA’s 30,000-point club. “He’s too small, man. (Payton is) 6-4, not really physically like that. He’s just too small for me. And he knows that.

“But GP is one of these players, you won’t get the last word about him.”

According to Durant, Payton has never explained how he would defend him.

“I still don’t know,” Durant said, pausing briefly before entering another tomb. “He would probably just try to pie me, just like his son does.”

Durant looks forward to hearing the fiery retorts of Payton who retired the year for Durant to be drafted the next time they bump each other.

“It’s always a good report with the older generation,” Durant said. “They respect me. I respect what they have done. But there are some players who still got the competitive advantage and wish they were still out there and still keep it with them everywhere they go. It’s a doctor and I respecting it about him.