Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Does Gary Payton II have the best hands in the NBA? In this segment from the Thinking Basketball podcast, Ben and Cody discuss a new nickname for GP2, his athleticism, and compare his pick-pocket skills to his father, Gary Payton. They also reveal what award Payton won this year based on the roundtable voting for the Thinking Basketball "defensive awards."

Full episode on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/109-2022-defensive-awards/id1428290303?i=1000556245846
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2xxZqWMiRocZUjyiQaxrRt

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Book: amazon.com/Thinking-Basketball-Ben-Taylor/dp/1532968175
Podcast: https://player.fm/series/thinking-basketball or at stitcher.com/podcast/ben-taylor/thinking-basketball-podcast
Website: backpicks.com
Twitter: @elgee35

Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

Stats courtesy:
pbpstats.com @bballport
basketball-reference.com
stats.nba.com
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