Gary Dwayne Payton II, at one point, …

Gary Dwayne Payton II, at one point, wanted no part of The Glove. He was the opposite of his younger brother in that way. Julian is a reincarnation of their dad and was always enamored by the mystique. But Payton II was ready to renounce his rights to the throne. It was too weighty. The comparisons and the pressure. The clawing for every inch. The expectations of a fire-breathing father. He wanted a wall of separation, giving him access to his dad but shielding him from the persona. Just wearing the same name was too much. Restricting. Suffocating. The glove didn’t fit. He wanted his independence. “He hated his name,” said Payton II’s mother, Monique. “He wanted to be called Dwayne and not Gary.”