<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-kenyon-martin-dishes-why-he-snapped-mark-cuban');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin dishes on why he snapped on Mark Cuban');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Kenyon-Martin.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin dishes on why he snapped on Mark Cuban</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-19T14:32:21-07:00">June 19th, 2:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-19T14:32:21-07:00">June 19th, 2:32pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kenyon Martin has always been the type of person that you may not want to start trouble with, because he’s not afraid of a little confrontation, regardless of who you are. In a recent episode of the OGs podcast, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-kenyon-martin-blames-george-karl-for-nuggets-not-winning-title">Martin shared a story</a> about why <a href="https://youtu.be/dlWJcb6kIgg?t=3039" rel="noopener">he went off</a> on Mark Cuban while he was playing for the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>“So we go back to Dallas and we are kicking their a–,” Martin said. “So my mom is sitting in a certain seat. So he walks by and he says something to the effect like ‘Your son’s a thug too’ or something. So after the game, I see my mom is visibly upset, but won’t nobody at real time tells me what happened. They wait till we leave the arena to tell me, like this is what he said to her.”</p><p>Martin was not able to confront Cuban at that time, but he made sure that the next time the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/grading-espns-hypothetical-nuggets-mavericks-luka-doncic-trade">Nuggets played the Mavericks</a>, he would say something. And indeed he did.</p><p>“The game is over, I’m walking dead towards him,” Martin said. “And police start lining up, security starts lining up. And I told Mark Cuban, ‘I don’t give a f— if you’re a billionaire or not, I’ll whoop your f—-ing a— man. Don’t you ever, she is off limits.’ I don’t give a —- who you are, y’all have to call swat in this b—-.”</p><h2><b>Mark Cuban apologized to Kenyon Martin</b></h2><p>Since things ended up getting out of hand, Cuban decided that <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4160606" rel="noopener">he would apologize</a> to Martin, and her did so on the Blog Maverick website.</p><p>“When tempers and such start impacting the fan experience both in Dallas and Denver, and it requires special security, that’s not what I want for Mavs or Nuggets fans. No one takes more abuse and gets more threats on the road than I do. So I know exactly how it feels,” Cuban wrote. “I’ve also had my family and friends spit on at games in this series. So I know how unpleasant that is as well.</p><p>“So at this point, I would like to apologize to you and your mom, KMart, for my comment. I should have not said anything and I was wrong. Hopefully, you will accept the apology and we can move on.”</p><p>Martin noted on the OGs podcast that he wished at the time that Cuban’s apology was private and not public, but it seems like all may be well now.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin dishes on why he snapped on Mark Cuban

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-kenyon-martin-blames-george-karl-for-nuggets-not-winning-title');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin blames George Karl for Nuggets not winning title');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nuggets-newsGeorge-Karl-reacts-to-Kenyon-Martin-once-threatening-his-life-mid-game_cleanup.png"></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin blames George Karl for Nuggets not winning title</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-19T13:52:00-07:00">June 19th, 1:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-19T13:52:00-07:00">June 19th, 1:52pm</time><address><a>Randall Barnes</a>Randall Barnes is a Fall 2019 Graduate of Fort Valley State University, an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in Fort Valley, Georgia, where he majored in Media Studies. He is the Founder of HBCU Pulse, a multimedia outlet with the mission to tell the authentic stories of HBCU Life via traditional, digital and social media outlets to amplify our voice. He is also the host of HBCU Pulse Radio, which can be heard on SiriusXM Channel 142 HBCU Fridays at 5 p.m. EST and wherever you get your podcasts.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>One thing about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/heat-news-why-kenyon-martin-rejected-to-join-lebron-james-heat">Kenyon Martin is that he’s known for his honesty</a>, specifically when it comes to his time playing for the Denver Nuggets. Martin has been blunt about his experience at that time and specifically his relationship with former Nuggets coach George Karl. In the latest episode of <i>The OG’s Podcast with Udonis Haslem &amp; Mike Miller</i>, Martin expressed <a href="https://youtu.be/dlWJcb6kIgg?t=2169" rel="noopener">that he believed</a> that the Nuggets should’ve won an NBA championship.</p><p>“If we have a different coach, we win a championship bro. No doubt about it. If we have a different coach that was well rounded, the game and people. Not just the game…and people. Because it just can’t be one part. So did the man know basketball? Yeah, but it wasn’t in it’s totality in the game situations. Like all the s—t you need, like if you ain’t got no timeouts or if they take this away what are we going to do. I played for this man for six and a half years, we never worked on it bro. End of game situations, never worked on it dog.”</p><p>Martin spent several seasons with the Nuggets, joining the team in 2004 after a rather successful four-year stint with the New Jersey Nets after being drafted by them in 2000. The team boasted immense talent in those seasons, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-allen-iverson-thinks-his-former-denver-team-was-the-most-talented-hes-played-with">even trading for former NBA MVP Allen Iverson</a> midway through the 2006-2007 season and then moving Iverson to secure 2004 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups. Plus, Carmelo Anthony was in his prime and emerged as one of best scorers in the league.</p><p> </p><p>Karl’s struggles with connecting to players are well known. Several players, including Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony, had conflicts with him during that time. Karl even detailed his side of the issues with Martin in his book, <i>Furious George, </i>saying, “I knew right away that our power forward was one of the most insecure, immature players I ever coached.”</p><p>George Karl described Carmelo Anthony as the best offensive player he ever coached but also called him a “user of people” who was addicted to the spotlight. The tension between Karl and the other players on that team certainly derailed them from reaching their full potential, with the closest they got to championship success being the 2009 NBA Finals that saw Kobe Bryant and the Lakers dispatch them en route to an NBA title.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin blames George Karl for Nuggets not winning title

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-why-kenyon-martin-rejected-to-join-lebron-james-heat');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Kenyon Martin rejected chance to join LeBron James Heat title team');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Why-Kenyon-Martin-rejected-chance-to-join-LeBron-James-Heat-title-team.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Kenyon Martin rejected chance to join LeBron James Heat title team</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-19T13:09:05-07:00">June 19th, 1:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-19T13:09:05-07:00">June 19th, 1:09pm</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA All-Star Kenyon Martin <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlWJcb6kIgg&amp;t=1989s" rel="noopener">passed on an opportunity</a> to join LeBron James and the Miami Heat during their championship run, citing physical limitations and concerns over playing time as key reasons behind his decision.</p><p>Martin shared the story on a recent episode of The OGs, hosted by Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller. He revealed that he considered signing with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/the-biggest-asterisks-championships-in-nba-finals-history">Heat during the 2011–12 lockout-shortened season</a>, when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-rich-pauls-disrespectful-chris-bosh-take-ripped-apart-by-fans">Miami’s “Big Three” of James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh</a> were in their prime.</p><p>“So the year after the lockout you know I was supposed to come down and —– with y’all,” Martin told Haslem.</p><p>Haslem acknowledged the Heat’s interest in the veteran forward at the time.</p><p>“Yeah I remember that. I remember hearing rumblings about that,” Haslem said.</p><p>Martin explained that he even visited the team but was deterred by Miami’s demanding conditioning program and his own physical limitations.</p><p>“I came to visit, I was on the road and I came down there and all that,” Martin said. “My body had been through so much, he was talking about all that mother f—-ing conditioning, all that s—t y’all was doing. I was like yeah, I ain’t going to make that. See I’m not going to let you put me in that situation.”</p><p>He added, “Y’all got a great organization, y’all have a great group of guys here man, if my body’s not going to do it that day, I’m not going to let you force me to do it.”</p><h2><b>Kenyon Martin turned down Heat over role uncertainty before 2012 title run</b></h2><p>Instead of signing with Miami, Martin joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2011–12 season. In 42 games, he averaged 5.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, one block and one steal per game while shooting 44.1 percent from the field in 22.4 minutes per contest. The Clippers finished the season 40–26 but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the playoffs.</p><p>Meanwhile, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-kendrick-perkins-blames-lebron-james-dwyane-wade-breaking-up-big-3">Miami Heat captured their second NBA championship, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder</a>, and LeBron James secured the first title of his career.</p><p>Martin also cited a lack of guaranteed playing time as a deciding factor in his decision not to join the Heat.</p><p>“I need to be on the floor to be productive right? So I was like listen I need around 25 minutes a night,” Martin explained. “He was like I don’t know if we can promise you that. We got to go, I respect it man, but for me to be effective to be here, I can’t do it sitting on the bench.”</p><p>Martin played two additional seasons after his stint with the Clippers, finishing his NBA career with the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks before retiring following the 2014–15 season.</p><p>Though he passed on a potential title opportunity in Miami, Martin stood by his decision, valuing honesty about his body and role over chasing a championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Kenyon Martin rejected chance to join LeBron James Heat title team

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/cavaliers-news-kenyon-martin-rips-evan-mobley-injury-absences-pacers-series');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin rips Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley for injury absences in Pacers series');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cleveland-Cavaliers-guard-Donovan-Mitchell.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin rips Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley for injury absences in Pacers series</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-16T10:41:21-07:00">May 16th, 10:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-16T10:41:21-07:00">May 16th, 10:41am</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Cavaliers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/cleveland-cavaliers-most-to-blame-for-playoff-series-flameout-vs-pacers">Cavaliers suffered a shocking second-round exit</a> in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. This drew significant criticism from Kenyon Martin.</p><p>Martin appeared on an episode of Gilbert Arenas’ “Gil’s Arena Podcast” on Friday. He called out Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and De’Andre Hunter for <a href="https://youtu.be/9-coGkHmAKU?t=225" rel="noopener">not fighting through the injuries</a> they had throughout the Cavaliers’ series against the Indiana Pacers.</p><p>“You don’t suit up bro, give me something? We’re already down Darius Garland, we know he ain’t healthy. We know this going into it, he missed Game 1. So him playing in Game 2 is slim and none. We’ve got to this point DeAndre Hunter, when you came in we started playing better. Evan Mobley we rely on you nightly, it ain’t just your points, it’s your defensive presence, it’s you being out there, it’s something that we could use. When they didn’t play in Game 2 I’m like, ‘Oh man they ain’t going to beat nobody, ain’t got no heart,’” Martin said at the 3:45 mark.</p><p>“If I’m Donovan Mitchell, I’m going to that mother f—-r like, ‘Yo, man we got to do something. Whoever you’ve got to go get, whoever you’ve got to get rid of.”</p><h2><b>What’s next for Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cleveland-Cavaliers-guard-Darius-Garland-and-guard-Donovan-Mitchell.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Kenyon Martin’s point is if both DeAndre Hunter and Evan Mobley were healthy enough to play in Game 3, why couldn’t they toughen it out and play Game 2. Hunter had a dislocated thumb from Game 1, and Mobley was out with a sprained ankle. Garland dealt with his toe injury that persisted from the first-round series against the Miami Heat.</p><p>Despite what Martin says, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/2-early-cleveland-cavaliers-trade-targets-2025-nba-offseason">Cavaliers have a lot of things to address</a> this offseason. They were dominant in the regular season, winning 64 games as head coach Kenny Atkinson won Coach of the Year. It was the franchise’s best season outside of the LeBron James era, meaning there is a lot to come for the squad.</p><p>However, they have some issues to iron out if they wish to get over the hump that is the second round. They haven’t reached the East Finals since James left in 2018, so Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers will be busy in retooling throughout the summer.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin rips Cavaliers’ Evan Mobley for injury absences in Pacers series

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-blame-joel-embiid-shove-saga-reporter-76ers-kenyon-martin-gils-arena-podcast');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blame for Joel Embiid shove on 76ers according to Kenyon Martin');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/76ers-news-Blame-for-Joel-Embiid-shove-is-on-76ers-according-to-Kenyon-Martin.jpg"></figure><h1>Blame for Joel Embiid shove on 76ers according to Kenyon Martin</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-05T21:51:21-08:00">November 5th, 9:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-05T21:51:21-08:00">November 5th, 9:51pm</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-gets-real-on-completely-frustrating-injury-delaying-philly-debut">completely frustrated Philadephia 76ers</a> and a local reporter have more blame to shoulder than <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-suspended-3-games-reporter-altercation">Joel Embiid for the shoving saga that shocked the NBA</a>. Well, at least according to Kenyon Martin. The respected veteran had two problems with how the 76ers handled the situation but also offered a solution while on the Gil’s Arena Podcast.</p><p>Martin began with a <a href="https://youtu.be/OOaYNG4XZU0?t=124" rel="noopener">line of to-the-point questions.</a></p><p>“Why did you give the dude a media pass,” Martin started. “This was Friday, the interview he did was Friday. They played Saturday, why give the motherf—-ing dude a media pass? Why, why, why? So why put him in that situation?”</p><p>“They’ve pulled people’s media pass for less,” continued Martin. “(Embidd) had already made a statement and called the man by name. Joel called him by name on Friday. You turn around and not revoke his media pass the very next day? Come on man! We have got to do better. You put him in the situation for this to happen!”</p><p>The 76ers have a $190 million investment in Embiid and they aren’t protecting him from things that can be avoided according to Martin. It started with the messaging and decisions regarding Embiid’s Olympic participation.</p><p>“Philly, you didn’t stop him from playing in the Olympics, you should have,” Martin asserted. “You definitely should have then. You could step in. You’re paying him. People want to say ‘Oh you had no say’ but they had some say so. (The 76ers) did. It’s either this or this. Give him an ultimatum at this particular point. We’re trying to win around here, you should’ve sat his a– down this summer, I’m a firm believer of that.”</p><h2><b>76ers trying to survive without Joel Embiid</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Joel-Embiid-injured-for-76ers.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Joel Embiid was suspended for three games without pay just as the 76ers were getting ready to re-introduce the big man into the lineup. The face of the franchise was set for a season debut against the New York Knicks in the In-Season Tournament opener. Embiid will miss games against the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Charlotte Hornets.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-paul-george-season-debut-vs-suns">76ers did get to see Paul George in action</a> for the first time in a Philadelphia uniform. Now the franchise just has to survive three more games without the foundational duo suiting up together. It has been a challenge operating without the All-Stars though. Doc Rivers has gotten just one win from the first six games with a mish-mashed group.</p><p>Fortunately for basketball fans in the City of Brotherly Love, they are still just two wins behind the third-placed Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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