(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1990 2018 Oregon State Beavers – Gary Payton Born and raised in Oakland, California, Payton played high school basketball at Skyline High School, along with former NBA player Greg Foster, and headed north in 1986 to attend Oregon State University in Corvallis. In his sophomore year of high school, his grades plummeted and he was …