By Divij Kulkarni View the original article to see embedded media. Not many players in NBA history can claim the distinction of having carried their franchise to the NBA Finals during their career. Gary Payton is one of the best players to have played the game of basketball and arguably the greatest defender ever as well. GP led his Seattle Supersonics to the finals in 1996, where they would go up against a returning Michael Jordan. And while Jordan is widely considered to be the greatest of all time after he won another three-peat, at the time he was coming back from a nearly 2-year long stin…
