OKLAHOMA CITY - Gary Payton sat courtside Thursday at Chesapeake Energy Arena and watched his son, Oregon State guard Gary Payton II, practice as the Beavers prepared to face VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

That's right. The greatest player in Seattle SuperSonics history inside the building that replaced his beloved NBA franchise. Were the scars still fresh eight years after the Oklahoma City Thunder came to town?

"It doesn't burn me," Payton said. "Enough years have passed."

If Payton — an NBA Hall of Famer who holds the all-time SuperSonics marks for scoring, assists and steals — has any resentment left for the demise of his former franchise, it's aimed squarely at former SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz.