There are some things in common among the four NBA relics – Chris Webber, Gary Payton, Glen Rice and Mitch Richmond – taking part in the 2010 NBA Asia Challenge on Friday night (August 27) at the Araneta Coliseum.

Rice, who turned 43 last May, was a starter for the Lakers during their 2000 NBA championship run. The 6-8 forward played for six teams in 15 seasons (1989-04) in the league – Miami Heat, Charlotte (now New Orleans) Hornets, LA Lakers, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets and the LA Clippers.

The 45-year-old Richmond, a 6-5 guard and a 10-time 20 points-or-more scorer (1988-98) with the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings early in his career. He completed his distinguished 14-year pro tenure in 2002 with a title ring from the Lakers even though he was a seldom-utilized substitute in his lone season in Hollywood City.

Payton, 42, was a tough defender who started his NBA career in 1990-91 with Seattle and spent his best years with the SuperSonics. The 6-4 guard, though, grabbed his lone NBA championship in 2006 with a Miami Heat team that was bannered by Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal and Antoine Walker. He retired in the summer of 2007 following a colorful 17-year career that also included stops in Milwaukee, LA Lakers, Boston and Atlanta.

The youngest of the quartet at age 37, Webber never got an NBA ring but registered averages of 17.5 points and 9.1 rebounds to earn Rookie of the Year honors in 1993-94 with the Golden State Warriors. The 6-10 forward also hung up his jersey with the Bay Area squad midway through the 2007-08 campaign after touring Washington, Sacramento, Philadelphia and Detroit in a 15-year tenure.

Like Webber, Richmond also snared the Rookie of the Year award with Golden State in 1988-89, ranking 16th in the league in scoring that year with a 22-point clip.

Webber, Richmond, Payton and Rice all made at least three NBA All-Star Game appearances. Payton did it nine times (1994-1995-1996-1997-1998-2000-2001-2002-2003); Richmond, five (1994-1995-1996-1997-1998); Webber, four (1997-2000-2001-2002); and Rice, three (1996-1997-1998).

Richmond and Rice were once winners of the All-Star Most Valuable Player award.

During the 1995 midseason showcase at Phoenix, Richmond gained MVP honors after collecting 23 points in the West’s 139-112 shellacking of the East.

Two years later, at Cleveland, Rice duplicated Richmond’s feat after pouring in 26 points in leading the East past the West, 132-120. In the same contest, Michael Jordan (14 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists) registered the first and only triple-double performance in All-Star history.

Rice and Webber are products of the University of Michigan. Richmond played collegiately at Moberly (Missouri) Area Junior College and Kansas State University. Payton attended Oregon State University.

Of the four, only Rice won an NCAA Division I championship, turning in the trick with the Wolverines in 1989. He also was voted the tournament’s Final Four Most Outstanding Player.

Richmond and Payton are two-time Olympians.

Richmond was a member of the U.S. team that settled for the bronze in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. It was the last time that the Yanks brought an all-collegiate unit to the Olympiad.

Payton captured a gold during the 1996 Atlanta Olympiad and he and Richmond were part of the NBA-dominated American team that also took the gold in the 2000 Games in Melbourne, Australia.