Payton Blasts NBA's New Generation: Sky-High Salaries and Unmanageable — Coaching Is Not for Me, I Want to Be the Boss!

NBA legend Gary Payton appeared on the *Iconic Sonics* show and clearly stated that he has no intention of coaching. The 1990s defensive enforcer bluntly said his personality is too dominant to handle today's batch of over-pampered young players. Payton fiercely criticized these rookies for having extremely inflated salaries and strong control tendencies, wanting to take the wheel from him. Rather than suffer as a coach, he would prefer to move into management, where he could build his own team and staff coaches with a solid bench. He also took a shot at the league, demanding that it stop feeding coaches bad rosters and then blaming them when things go wrong.