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"Payton told Aaron Goodwin he longed to play his trademark aggressive game, but that in 56 games as a Laker he'd been boxed in by Jackson's rigid system, shortened playing time and the organization's unalterable reliance on Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. With less than two months left in the regular season, Payton and Goodwin feel the Lakers have not gotten what they expected from Payton, primarily because of games like Thursday's when he played less than six minutes in the fourth quarter and had only a minor role on offense when he was in the lineup." LA Times
"Goodwin said Friday there are moments when Payton "regrets" his decision to sign last summer with the Lakers, an organization Payton believed would adjust as much to his game as he would to it. Instead, Goodwin said, Payton has become a cog in the system, unable to affect games for long periods, if at all." LA Times
""He's not happy," Goodwin said. "To be quite honest, he's tired of it. If they're not listening, it's crazy. All L.A. has seen is a shell of Gary Payton. He's gone out of his way to defer, and he's getting nothing back from Phil…." LA Times
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"Payton told Aaron Goodwin he longed to play his trademark aggressive game, but that in 56 games as a Laker he'd been boxed in by Jackson's rigid system, shortened playing time and the organization's unalterable reliance on Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. With less than two months left in the regular season, Payton and Goodwin feel the Lakers have not gotten what they expected from Payton, primarily because of games like Thursday's when he played less than six minutes in the fourth quarter and had only a minor role on offense when he was in the lineup." LA Times
"Goodwin said Friday there are moments when Payton "regrets" his decision to sign last summer with the Lakers, an organization Payton believed would adjust as much to his game as he would to it. Instead, Goodwin said, Payton has become a cog in the system, unable to affect games for long periods, if at all." LA Times
""He's not happy," Goodwin said. "To be quite honest, he's tired of it. If they're not listening, it's crazy. All L.A. has seen is a shell of Gary Payton. He's gone out of his way to defer, and he's getting nothing back from Phil…." LA Times
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