| Position | Power forward |
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| Nickname | K-Mart |
| League | NBA |
| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Team | Denver Nuggets |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 30 1977  Saginaw, Michigan |
| High school | Bryan Adams High School |
| College | Cincinnati |
| Draft | 1st overall, 2000 New Jersey Nets |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | New Jersey Nets (2000–2004) |
| Awards | 2000 Oscar Robertson Trophy, 2000 John R. Wooden Award 2000 Naismith College Player of the Year 2000-01 NBA All-Rookie First Team 2003-04 All-Star |
Kenyon Lee Martin (born December 30 1977, in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed 'K-Mart', he currently plays power forward for the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets.
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College
Martin was an outstanding player in college, playing for the Cincinnati Bearcats under the direction of Bob Huggins. As a senior, he averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game and was the consensus National Player of the Year, earning numerous awards from various organizations, but suffered a broken leg in the Conference USA Tournament, keeping him out of the NCAA Tournament that year. Cincinnati retired his #4 jersey on April 25, 2000. Later that year, he was selected first overall in the 2000 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets. Martin is currently the last American-born college senior to have been the top overall pick; the seven top picks since him consist of three high school players (Kwame Brown, LeBron James, Dwight Howard), one international player with two years of U.S. college experience (Andrew Bogut), two international players with no American college experience (Yao Ming, Andrea Bargnani) and one college freshman (Greg Oden).
New Jersey
As a rookie, Martin moved from center to power forward and averaged 12 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In his second season, Martin averaged 14.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks per game in helping the Nets rise from last place in the Atlantic Division to an Eastern Conference title and the best season to date in the Nets' NBA history. Along with Nets stars Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson, Martin led the Nets to the 2002 NBA Finals, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers. In his third season Martin again helped his team into the NBA Finals, where the Nets lost in six games against the San Antonio Spurs. The next year, Martin averaged 16.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks en route to his first NBA All-Star selection, as a backup forward for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. In the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, Martin scored 17 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 3 assists. Kenyon Martin and then teammate Alonzo Mourning almost fought when Martin mocked Mourning's life-threatening kidney disease. [1] [2] Martin later admitted that he had made a mistake and apologized to Mourning.
Denver Nuggets
At the end of the 2003-04 season, Martin was traded to the Nuggets for three future 1st round draft picks in a sign-and-trade deal. Trade rumors have plagued Martin in his first season as he is rumored to be feuding with his coach George Karl. As of April 27, 2006, Kenyon Martin was suspended from the Denver Nuggets indefinitely for "conduct detrimental to the team". During half-time of game two in the Los Angeles Clippers / Denver Nuggets playoff series, Martin got into an argument with coach George Karl over his playing time, and proceeded to refuse to play for the second half of the game. During the offseason Karl and Martin have admitted they have "patched things up". Martin had microfracture surgery on his right knee and missed all but two games of the 2006-07 NBA season. His future status in the NBA is uncertain, because the only players in NBA history who have returned from reconstructive surgeries in both knees are Danny Manning and Amare Stoudemire (but none have had microfracture surgery on both). Martin was on the opening day roster of the 2007-08 NBA season, and changed his uniform number from 6 to the number 4 which he wore in college.[1]
References
External links
- Kenyon Martin NBA Profile
- 2000 Oscar Robertson Trophy College Basketball Player of the Year
| Preceded by Elton Brand |
Naismith College Player of the Year (men) 2000 |
Succeeded by Shane Battier |
| Preceded by Elton Brand |
John R. Wooden Award (men) 2000 |
Succeeded by Shane Battier |
| Preceded by Elton Brand |
NBA first overall draft pick 2000 NBA Draft |
Succeeded by Kwame Brown |
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| First Round Kenyon Martin • Stromile Swift • Darius Miles • Marcus Fizer • Mike Miller • DerMarr Johnson • Chris Mihm • Jamal Crawford • Joel Przybilla • Keyon Dooling • Jérôme Moïso • Etan Thomas • Courtney Alexander • Mateen Cleaves • Jason Collier • Hidayet Türkoğlu • Desmond Mason • Quentin Richardson • Jamaal Magloire • Speedy Claxton • Morris Peterson • Donnell Harvey • DeShawn Stevenson • Dalibor Bagarić • Jake Tsakalidis • Mamadou N'diaye • Primož Brezec • Erick Barkley • Mark Madsen |
| Second Round Marko Jarić • Dan Langhi • A. J. Guyton • Jake Voskuhl • Khalid El-Amin • Mike Smith • Soumaila Samake • Eddie House • Eduardo Nájera • Lavor Postell • Hanno Möttölä • Chris Carrawell • Olumide Oyedeji • Michael Redd • Brian Cardinal • Jabari Smith • DeeAndre Hulett • Josip Sesar • Mark Karcher • Jason Hart • Kaniel Dickens • Igor Rakočević • Ernest Brown • Dan McClintock • Cory Hightower • Chris Porter • Jaquay Walls • Scoonie Penn • Pete Mickeal |
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| McNeeley • Tonkovich • Shannon • Share • Melchiorre • Workman • Beck • Selvy • Ricketts • Green • Hundley • Baylor • Boozer • Robertson • Bellamy • McGill • Heyman • Barnes • Hetzel • Russell • Walker • Hayes • Alcindor • Lanier • Carr • L. Martin • Collins • Walton • D. Thompson • Lucas • Benson • M. Thompson • E. Johnson • Carroll • Aguirre • Worthy • Sampson • Olajuwon • Ewing • Daugherty • D. Robinson • Manning • Ellison • Coleman • L. Johnson • O'Neal • Webber • G. Robinson • Smith • Iverson • Duncan • Olowokandi • Brand • K. Martin • Brown • Yao • James • Howard • Bogut • Bargnani • Oden |
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| NAME | Martin, Kenyon |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saginaw, Michigan |
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