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Malta said:
:NaiGOAT: Not a wise choice IMO, dude won't be back till December.


And it was his shooting hand that he broke, so it's going to take him a minute to get back into things.
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I think it was an autopick, only reason why he went so high.
 
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Kenyon Martin Upset He Can't Get NBA Job

By Marc J. Spears

The NBA season is nearly a week old, and Kenyon Martin doesn't know why he still can't find a job in the league. He helped the Los Angeles Clippers during their playoff run last season. His knee issues of the past no longer seem to trouble him. And he's even willing to take a contract for the league minimum.

So why hasn't any team called wanting to sign him?

"There is a notion about me that is not accurate at all – I don't know who started it or where it came from – that people can't control me," Martin told Yahoo! Sports. "I don't understand. Have I had my issues like a lot of other people? Yeah. But I'm getting back that people think they can't control me, that if I don't play I'm going to explode, or I can turn a locker room.

"In 12 years there was not one day where I told one guy to dislike anybody. If you ask guys who I've played with that know me, they know what it is and know I'm about winning basketball games and competing."

Martin came off the bench to average 5.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 22.2 minutes in 42 games with the Clippers while backing up Blake Griffin last season. The Clippers didn't attempt to re-sign Martin in the offseason. The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets, Atlanta Hawks and San Antonio Spurs expressed interest at the start of free agency, sources said, but no NBA team has offered a contract – even a non-guaranteed deal – to Martin.

Martin, 34, had hoped to sign with a title contender. Now, he'll be open to joining any NBA team.

"If someone calls me tomorrow, I don't care who it is, whether it's losing or winning at this point," Martin said. "If someone calls me tomorrow and wants me to come in, I'm going. Guys are going down and [teams] are like, 'Well, we are going to stick with what we got.' I'm like, 'Really?' I started questioning myself, 'Am I that bad of a guy?' "

Martin wonders if his reputation as an emotional player who has been known to speak his mind is being held against him.

"Am I emotional? Yeah, but that's what made me who I am," Martin said. "Is that too much or did I not do enough? Do I have my flaws? Yes. But have I done things the right way on and off the court? Yeah."

Portland Trail Blazers general manager Neil Olshey was the Clippers GM last season when he signed Martin. He thinks Martin's intense side can be "misperceived."

"He demands excellence from everyone around him," Olshey said. "He expects coaches to be prepared. He expects his teammates to compete at the same high level that he does. The one thing about Kenyon, if guys are not performing and are not as intense or focused on playing winning basketball, he's not reluctant to let them know about it. And I think that can be misperceived at times."

Olshey said he was "thrilled" with Martin's impact on the Clippers last season.

"We don't win the Memphis series [without Martin] and we certainly wouldn't have finished as high as fifth in the Western Conference without Martin," Olshey said. "His ability to impact the game by guarding multiple positions, switching pick-and-rolls, blocking shots and protecting the rim was an element we really didn't have and it made us unique. I was thrilled with Kenyon in Los Angeles. He was a good teammate."

Olshey's Blazers already have a full roster with 15 players. And he thinks teams needing to develop younger forwards probably wouldn't have interest in Martin playing a reserve role. Martin just hopes he gets a call from someone soon.

"I understand I'm not bigger than the game," Martin said.
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a young forward like Kenneth Faried can't learn from Kenyon defensively? :beli:

my breh is getting Abdul-Rauf'd. :pacspit:
 
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He Who Posts Well said:
There is plenty of value PGs in the lower rounds if you plan correctly. You can reach for Harden in the 1st and either pick up Lowry in the 3rd or Lilliard in the 4th. Vasquez is a sleeper. I threw away my mock drafts but I had him available somewhere around the 6th/7th rounds.
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I ended up taking Paul.

Harden lasted to the 11th pick. This league was odd as fukk. The guy who had the first pick wasn't there and his team is ridiculous because of it.

nikka has KD and Kevin Love
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I fukked up, I should have taken Love, but I wasn't thinking about the fukking Autopick factor and took Marc Gasol second. I'm not really happy with my squad at all.
 
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My team is... :ld:

Chris Paul
Paul George
Tyreke Evans
Varejao
M. Gasol
Lin
John Wall (an autopick WTF moment)
Glen Davis
Spencer Hawes
Kawhi Leonard
Andrei Kirilenko
JJ Hickson

My wings are :flabbynsick: outside of George. Hopefully Tyreke goes off this year, I picked him more for his flexibility (can run him at PG, SG and SF) than his production so far this year.

But my team could have been so much better. I should have taken Love with my second pick and Noah with the 3rd if Gasol wasn't there.

:mindblown:
 
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GoldenGlove said:
I ended up taking Paul.

Harden lasted to the 11th pick. This league was odd as fukk. The guy who had the first pick wasn't there and his team is ridiculous because of it.

nikka has KD and Kevin Love
:why:

I fukked up, I should have taken Love, but I wasn't thinking about the fukking Autopick factor and took Marc Gasol second. I'm not really happy with my squad at all.
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I feel your pain breh. Same thing happened in my league with the guy with the first pick not being there. Post your squad though. I have to see this :whoo:
 
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Ritzy Sharon said:
a young forward like Kenneth Faried can't learn from Kenyon defensively? :beli:

my breh is getting Abdul-Rauf'd. :pacspit:
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I thought eventually he would find his way to NY before preseason started.

Imagine Rasheed, Kenyon, Melo and JR on the court at the same time though. The fukkery :noah:
 
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