“It was just one of the things that they wanted me to help out and get this team better, especially with Porter, who everybody knows had the trouble with with the NBA,” said Payton. "We’re just trying to revamp him and revamp this team, which is a good team. They’re a very good basketball team and especially with Porter – young kids make mistakes. I’m saying that everybody make mistakes. If we didn’t make mistakes, we’d be perfect, and then we can be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But we’re not, so that’s what it is. It's just that. “We’re just trying to help out here, and it’s a good thing for our city, especially with the Sonics coming back,” Payton continued. “This program is coming where it’s gonna be really great for us.”

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