Gary Payton is complaining about the playing time given to him by Lakers coach Phil Jackson. With the ability to opt out of his contract in the offseason, Payton may want to take his services elsewhere if he doesn't agree with the team's philosophy.
"I don't get it, but that's the way it is," Payton said. "This is his team. He's got to coach it the way he's going to coach it. Then I have to deal with it and I'll make a decision where I'll go from there.
"I've got to weigh a lot of things. Do I want to go back to being the guy I want to be, dominating on the ball, getting more looks, helping the team win? I'll weigh all that in the thing. I've got to go to a coach that's going to let me do that or whatever. I'm going to have to weigh it in at the end of the year, if I want to come back and try that. But right now, I'm not comfortable with that."