Payton Sr. was in attendance at the Chase Center to watch his son, Gary Payton II, play for the Golden State Warriors against the Phoenix Suns, and engaged in an animated back-and-forth with Suns superstar forward Kevin Durant. Payton Sr. would later describe the exchange to ESPN's Jorge Sedano as "talking junk."

Kevin Durant is one of the best trash talkers of his generation. Gary Payton is one of the best of his era. Was there any chance the two wouldn't jaw at each other as Payton sat courtside in San Francisco with Durant's Suns in town?