Pay attention you participation trophy loving, "winning isn't everything" type parents ... Gary Payton is about to give you a lesson in tough-love ... by giving you a SUPER REAL scouting report on his son.
And it's kinda prophetic.
We got Payton out in L.A. Sunday night ... only hours before his kid Gary II -- an undrafted rookie -- was released by the Houston Rockets. We wanted to know, are we looking at another Hall of Fame Payton.
What Gary gives us is a huge, whopping, "NOT SO FAST" Lee Corso would be proud of .