<!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>

Blame for Joel Embiid shove on 76ers according to Kenyon Martin

<!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', '/olympics-news-jayson-tatum-dnp-gets-ripped-apart-from-gilbert-arenas-kenyon-martin');   ga('set', 'title', 'Olympics news: Jayson Tatum DNP gets ripped apart from Gilbert Arenas, 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/2024/08/Jayson-Tatum-DNP-gets-ripped-apart-from-Gilbert-Arenas-Kenyon-Martin-1.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Olympics news: Jayson Tatum DNP gets ripped apart from Gilbert Arenas, Kenyon Martin</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-07T13:06:28-07:00">August 7th, 1:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-07T13:06:28-07:00">August 7th, 1:06pm</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">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team USA’s formidable run at the 2024 Paris Olympics has captured the world’s attention as they effortlessly secured a spot in the semi-finals. Their recent victory over Brazil, ending in a staggering 122-87, underscored their dominance, propelling them into a highly anticipated match against Serbia led by Nikola Jokic. Amidst the fanfare, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-devin-booker-labels-kevin-durant-with-captain-america-status">Kevin Durant etched his name into Olympic history</a> by surpassing Lisa Leslie’s scoring record, setting a new benchmark with 494 points.</p><p>However, not all news from the Team USA camp is of triumph and records. In a recent episode of “Gil’s Arena,” former NBA stars Gilbert Arenas and Kenyon Martin expressed severe criticism of Team USA’s coaching strategies, particularly pointing fingers at Head Coach Steve Kerr. The duo’s scathing comments highlighted what they perceive as a significant flaw in the team’s management, especially concerning the handling of star player Jayson Tatum.</p><h2><b>Gilbert Arenas and Kenyon Martin critique Jayson Tatum’s unexpected bench role in the 2024 Paris Olympics</b></h2><p>Tatum, who has had an exceptional year in the NBA by winning a championship, becoming the highest-paid player in the league, and featuring on the cover of NBA 2K25 and Sports Illustrated, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/steve-kerr-makes-promise-after-benching-jayson-tatum-vs-serbia">found himself unexpectedly sidelined</a> during Team USA’s crucial 110-84 victory over Serbia in the group stage. This season, Jayson Tatum has been averaging 6.3 points and 6 rebounds per game in the Olympics, <a href="https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/mens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/teams/usa/203183-jayson-tatum" rel="noopener">a stark contrast</a> to his usual high-scoring performances.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Team USA Coaching is the WORST <a href="https://t.co/9y460qOnkl">pic.twitter.com/9y460qOnkl</a></p><p>— Gilbert Arenas (@GilsArenaShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/GilsArenaShow/status/1820973382332195185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Gilbert Arenas did not mince words when he attacked the coaching decisions. “The worst part of the USA team is the coaching staff. They handicapped,” Arenas said. He criticized the underutilization of key players, stating, “Bro, you’re not going to sit Jimmy Butler and bring him off the bench, right? You’re going to put the best starting five that you have on your team in the game.” His frustration was palpable as he continued, “Same with the rest of them. You’re not going to have your best players and your number one and two options coming off the bench to fit whatever.”</p><p>Kenyon Martin’s remarks were equally harsh. He directly addressed Coach Kerr, questioning the rationale behind Tatum’s benching. “Steve, let me ask you a question. If Jayson Tatum was on your roster, would there ever be a situation where he had a DNP? What the f**k makes you start now? This man is First Team All-NBA three years in a row. I don’t care for what game plan you put together, at any particular time, that it didn’t include Jayson Tatum.”</p><h2><b>Controversy over Tatum’s role unfolds as Team USA prepares for Serbia</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jayson-Tatum.jpg"><figcaption>© John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Martin further emphasized the absurdity of the situation by suggesting that if it was known Jayson Tatum might not play, “they should have had him f**king admitted to a psych ward.” He added, “No, we just gonna put somebody else. Steve, you know what, we’re gonna send you back home, man. You’re not well. Like really? Are you f**king with this man’s legacy? This man, come over here spend time away from his family, come over to not f**king play?”</p><p>While Team USA continues to perform strongly on the court, the controversy surrounding Jayson Tatum’s non-participation reveals a tense backdrop of dissatisfaction with coaching decisions. The criticism from Arenas and Martin highlights a broader debate about the balance between individual talent and team strategy, especially in high-stakes environments like the Olympics.</p><p>As Team USA prepares for their upcoming game against Serbia, the focus is not only on maintaining their unbeaten streak but also on how Kerr will manage his roster, particularly with the world watching how he handles the deployment of his star players. The outcome of this managerial decision could very well influence not just the results on the court but also the team dynamics as they strive for Olympic glory.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Olympics news: Jayson Tatum DNP gets ripped apart from Gilbert Arenas, Kenyon Martin

<!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', '/warriors-news-kenyon-martin-blame-klay-thompson-exit');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin pins blame on Warriors for Klay Thompson exit');   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/2024/07/Kenyon-Martin-pins-blame-on-Dubs-for-Klay-Thompson-exit-Slap-in-the-face.jpg"></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin pins blame on Warriors for Klay Thompson exit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-02T08:30:35-07:00">July 2nd, 8:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-02T08:30:35-07:00">July 2nd, 8:30am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After 13 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-fans-air-frustration-over-returns-in-klay-thompson-sign-and-trade">Klay Thompson is departing</a> for the Dallas Mavericks. A half of the famed ‘Splash Brothers’ with Stephen Curry, Thompson helped Golden State win four championships in an eight-year span, but there may be some harsh feelings as the two sides part ways. And according to at least one former NBA player, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-golden-state-confirms-klay-thompson-jersey-retirement-heartfelt-statement">Warriors are more</a> to blame for the breakup than Thompson.</p><p>Although the Warriors reportedly offered Thompson a two-year, $48 million contract last offseason, which carried a higher average annual salary but a shorter term than the three-year, $50 million contract he signed with the Mavericks, former NBA player Kenyon Martin, who played 15 seasons in the league, <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1807972047500288438" rel="noopener">said on</a> Gil’s Arena podcast, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-richard-jefferson-story-about-klay-thompson-disrespect">Warriors disrespected Thompson</a>.</p><p>“You paid Draymond [Green]…I’m a bucket, I’ve averaged more points than him, we don’t do none of this without me. I fought through all this to get back here and help us win again, and this is the motherf—ing thanks I get?” Martin said of what he thinks Thompson’s mentality was in negotiations with Golden State. “It’s a slap in the face, man. Very disrespectful. And like [Gilbert Arenas] said, certain guys with certain organizations, it’s never a negotiation. It should never be about that. It shouldn’t be about the money because what I’ve helped bring in, it ain’t nowhere near what I’m asking for. It’s foul on the Golden State Warriors’ behalf.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"You paid Draymond [Green]…I'm a bucket, I've averaged more points than him, we don't do none of this without me. And this is the thanks I get? It's a slap in the face."</p><p>Kenyon Martin on the Warriors disrespecting Klay Thompson 😳</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/GilsArenaShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GilsArenaShow</a>)<a href="https://t.co/xhtWoEpylq">pic.twitter.com/xhtWoEpylq</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1807972047500288438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Warriors core breaking up after Klay Thompson’s departure</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Warriors-greats-Klay-Thompson-Stephen-Curry-and-Draymond-Green.jpg"><figcaption>Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>At one time, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-golden-state-confirms-klay-thompson-jersey-retirement-heartfelt-statement">Golden State Warriors were</a> the pinnacle of the NBA. By winning championships in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022, the Warriors core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green cemented themselves as all-time greats that forever changed how the game was played.</p><p>However, the last two seasons have been anything <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-klay-thompson-equally-exhausting-dubs-draymond-green-per-insider">but easy for Golden State</a>. Just months after winning a championship, Green punched then-teammate Jordan Poole in the face during a preseason practice, earning criticism and a short suspension from the team. And while Green eventually returned and the Warriors tried to win their fifth title in nine years, the team proved to be wildly inconsistent, evident by possessing one of the worst away records and best home records in the NBA.</p><p>The Warriors eventually finished with the sixth seed in the Western Conference and triumphed over the Sacramento Kings in Game 7 in the first round behind a 50-point effort from Curry, but another postseason meeting with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers ended in disappointment, as the Lakers won the second-round series 4-2. Unbeknownst to many at the time, but the Game 6 road defeat against the Lakers would prove to be the last playoff game together for Green, Thompson, and Curry on the Warriors.</p><p>While a better road team in 2023-24, the Warriors’ problems were evident. Thompson appeared to decline and spoke on multiple occasions about how difficult he found it to accept he was not the same player he was before suffering back-to-back catastrophic leg injuries in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr began to replace Thompson in the starting lineup with rookie Brandin Podziemski, which may have led to Thompson feeling alienated considering he had started every game he had played since his rookie season.</p><p>Thompson’s exit was reported as a possibility; he earned $43.2 million in the final season of a five-year, $189.9 million contract that the Warriors signed him to a month after he tore his ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals. While the deal was seen as a good-faith gesture as Thompson began his long road back to the NBA, which was made even longer by a torn Achilles tendon in late 2020, the struggles of the past two seasons for the team and Thompson appear to have led to the end of the Warriors core.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin pins blame on Warriors for Klay Thompson exit

<!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', '/iowa-womens-basketball-news-kenyon-martin-claims-caitlin-clark-wouldnt-score-point-big3-she-accepts-ice-cube-5-million-offer');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin claims Caitlin Clark wouldn’t score a point in BIG3 if she accepts Ice Cube’s $5 million offer');   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/2024/03/Kenyon-Martin-claims-Caitlin-Clark-wouldn_t-score-a-point-in-BIG3-if-she-accepts-Ice-Cube_s-5-million-offer-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin claims Caitlin Clark wouldn’t score a point in BIG3 if she accepts Ice Cube’s $5 million offer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-27T16:32:38-07:00">March 27th, 4:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-27T17:42:15-07:00">March 27th, 5:42pm</time><address><a href="http://erinachenbach.com">Erin Achenbach</a>Erin Achenbach is the Lead Women’s Sports Editor at ClutchPoints, championing women’s sports coverage and media representation. Originally from Dallas, she graduated from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism in 2017. Now residing in St. Louis, the lifelong Texas Rangers fan has spent the past five years covering community news, and avoiding any Cardinals fans who remind her about Game 6 of the 2011 World Series.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Basketball</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In a recent episode of his podcast, former NBA star Kenyon Martin made headlines by claiming that Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark wouldn’t be able to score a single point in the BIG3 league, despite an unprecedented $5 million offer from the league’s co-founder, Ice Cube. Martin, along with Gilbert Arenas, discussed the physicality of the BIG3, comparing it to “prison ball” and highlighting the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ice-cube-confirms-5-million-caitlin-clark-big3-contract-offer">challenges Clark would face</a>, especially when matched against seasoned players.</p><p>“It’s a step under prison ball,” Martin said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, via the Gils Arena Show. “Could you imagine her getting stuck down on Reggie Evans? Just for shits and giggles if this was a real thing. Could you imagine Reggie guarding her for one? It’s 3-3, she can’t hide nowhere. She would not score one point. It’s 3-on-3, she can’t hide nowhere.”</p><p>Arenas also doubted Clark’s ability to <a href="https://twitter.com/GilsArenaShow/status/1773061956313710633" rel="noopener">score in the league</a>, a sentiment Martin agreed with.</p><p>“She would not score. She would not score one point,” both men said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"It's a step under prison ball. You got prison ball. You got Big 3…Imagine her gettin' stuck down on Reggie Evans….It's 3-on-3…She can't hide nowhere." </p><p>– Kenyon Martin on Caitlin Clark in the Big 3 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/llwv796fMl">pic.twitter.com/llwv796fMl</a></p><p>— Gilbert Arenas (@GilsArenaShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/GilsArenaShow/status/1773061956313710633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The conversation comes in the wake of Ice Cube’s BIG3 league extending a groundbreaking $5 million offer on Wednesday to Clark, setting the stage for her to become the highest-paid women’s basketball player for a 10-game stint. The offer not only marks a historical moment for women’s basketball but also positions Clark, the most popular figure presently in college basketball, at the center of a potential sports paradigm shift.</p><p>Meanwhile the league founder, Ice Cube, appears to have plenty of faith in Clark.</p><p>“The skeptics laughed when we made Nancy Lieberman the first female coach of a men’s pro team, and she won the championship in her first year,” Ice Cube said in his initial statement announcing Clark’s offer. “Then Lisa Leslie won it all in year two. With our offer, Caitlin Clark can make history and break down even more barriers for women athletes.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/iowa-womens-basketball-news-caitlin-clark-eye-opening-stephen-a-smith-shannon-sharpe-takes-breaking-pete-maravich-record">Clark has shattered NCAA scoring records</a> and has been a key factor in Iowa’s success, leading them to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament where the Hawkeyes will face Colorado on Saturday. With her likely selection as the first pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever, the BIG3 offer adds another layer to her career.</p><p>The BIG3, known for its 3-on-3 format and featuring former NBA players and international athletes, proposed the deal with minimal scheduling conflicts, allowing Clark the opportunity to participate in both the BIG3 and WNBA. Beyond the base salary, the package includes potential earnings from merchandise and sponsorship deals, significantly eclipsing the top WNBA salary last year of $242,000.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin claims Caitlin Clark wouldn’t score a point in BIG3 if she accepts Ice Cube’s $5 million offer

<!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', '/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-luka-doncic-kenyon-martin');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavs’ Kyrie Irving is better than Luka Doncic, Kenyon Martin says');   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/2023/10/Kenyon-Martin-makes-surprising-_best-player_-pick-between-Luka-Doncic-and-Kyrie-Irving-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavs’ Kyrie Irving is better than Luka Doncic, Kenyon Martin says</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-10-21T12:27:40-07:00">October 21st, 12:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-10-21T14:37:40-07:00">October 21st, 2:37pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football, with an emphasis on MLB as a Lead Editor. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA player Kenyon Martin recently made a surprising selection for the best player on the Dallas Mavericks. The decision obviously came down to Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic. Although Doncic is often regarded as one of the best players in the NBA, Martin believes Irving is the <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1715763523157115033" rel="noopener">better player</a>.</p><p>“In my opinion, I don’t think he’s [Luka Doncic] the best player on this basketball team,” Martin said on Gil’s Arena presented by Underdog Fantasy, via ClutchPoints. “If you give Kyrie the ball first [in a 1v1], Luka won’t touch the ball. Luka can’t guard this godd**n camera stand.”</p><h2><b>Mavs: Kyrie Irving vs. Luka Doncic</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kenyon-Martin-makes-surprising-_best-player_-pick-between-Luka-Doncic-and-Kyrie-Irving-2.jpg"></figure><p>Irving and Doncic feature the potential be one of, if not the best duo in the NBA. They both are confident that improved chemistry will lead to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-warning-nba-luka-doncic-partnership" rel="noopener">better all-around 2023-24 season</a> for the Mavs.</p><p>Both players are stars without question. They have different styles of play, but Doncic and Irving are both dominant while on the court. Irving relies on elite handles and 3-point shooting ability, while Doncic can shoot from all over the court and excels at driving to the rim.</p><p>Doncic isn’t exactly a top-tier defender though. Irving can hold his own on defense, however. In fact, Irving previously <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-kyrie-irving-drops-take-guarding-luka-doncic" rel="noopener">made an eye-opening comment</a> about guarding Doncic.</p><p>“I feel like I’m one of the guys that guards [Doncic] the best,” Irving said. “That’s probably why I’m on this team.”</p><p>Fortunately for Dallas, the Mavs won’t have to worry about Irving and Doncic playing against one another. Instead, the two superstars will lead the Mavericks throughout the 2023-24 season. It would not be surprising to see this Dallas team shock some people in the West with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving leading the way.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs’ Kyrie Irving is better than Luka Doncic, Kenyon Martin says

<!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', '/clippers-news-kenyon-martin-comes-to-russell-westbrooks-defense-after-low-result-on-espns-player-rankings');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin comes to Russell Westbrook’s defense after low result on ESPN’s player rankings');   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/2023/10/Russell-Westbrook-playing-with-Kenyon-Martin.jpg"></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin comes to Russell Westbrook’s defense after low result on ESPN’s player rankings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-10-14T13:12:42-07:00">October 14th, 1:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-10-14T13:12:42-07:00">October 14th, 1:12pm</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Ben Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-kenyon-martin-believes-carmelo-anthony-can-still-play-basketball-highest-level">Kenyon Martin</a> wants to shout it from the rooftops. That’s just what he did while coming to the defense of Russell Westbrook.</p><p>The former NBA All-Star is calling out ESPN for its player rankings for the upcoming NBA season. Martin is especially upset that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-russell-westbrook-pushed-back-against-notion-that-2023-is-championship-or-bust-for-la">Los Angeles Clippers guard</a> is ranked below a few rookies on the list of best players in the league.</p><p>“Show me f*cking 93 other people better than Russell Westbrook in the NBA. You got two people on the list that ain’t played one f*cking NBA minute,“ Martin said on the Gilbert Arenas show.</p><p>Martin used <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1713255798758162880">several other profanities</a> to defend Westbrook on the show.</p><p>ESPN ranked Westbrook near the bottom of this year’s list of top players, at No. 94. He was outranked by many NBA veterans and even some rookies including San Antonio Spur Victor Wembanyama.</p><p>Westbrook is entering his first full season with the Clippers. They will surely need his experience and scoring if they are going to make a playoff run this year. Entering his 16th season in the NBA, Westbrook averaged 15.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game with LA last season after joining the team in post All-Star break. He’s played in more than 1,000 career games and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2017.</p><p>The ranking might be used as a point of pride for Westbrook, who is nearing the end of his career. The guard who played at UCLA in college was drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in 2008 as the fourth overall pick. He’s one of the most talented players in league history to never win a championship, and he no doubt knows that his window to get a ring is closing.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin comes to Russell Westbrook’s defense after low result on ESPN’s player rankings

<!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', '/clippers-news-kenyon-martin-jr-paul-georges-goat-status');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenyon Martin Jr. gets 100% real on Clippers star Paul George’s GOAT status among young players');   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/2023/08/Clippers_news_Kenyon_Martin_Jr._gets_100__real_on_Paul_Georges_GOAT_status_among_young_players.jpg"></figure><h1>Kenyon Martin Jr. gets 100% real on Clippers star Paul George’s GOAT status among young players</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-27T23:52:57-07:00">August 27th, 11:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-27T23:52:57-07:00">August 27th, 11:52pm</time><address><a>Gerard Angelo Samillano</a>Gerard is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, with his focus primarily on the NBA, NFL, and Gaming. When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball. He's also working on his BS Mathematics degree.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Who is the most influential player for the current generation? Well, the easy answer would be a player like LeBron James or Stephen Curry or Kobe Bryant, right? After all, these are the legends that played during this era. However, over the last year, a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-brandon-miller-doubles-down-wild-paul-george-lebron-james-goat-take" rel="noopener">rather unlikely answer</a> to this question emerged: Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George.</p><p>So why is Paul George so popular as a GOAT pick? Well, George’s Clippers teammate Kenyon Martin Jr <a href="https://youtu.be/omu-vSahi8A?si=h5hTPHXCPhLAeigY" rel="noopener">shared his insight</a> on the matter, per Brandon Robinson. Martin Jr cited PG’s versatility as a reason why he’s so popular amongst the younger generation.</p><p>“I mean, he can do a little bit of EVERYTHING. He has a handle, he can get to the rim, he’s super athletic and he can shoot the ball. So all this time Paul George has had the whole package and that’s what I always saw growing up.”</p><p>That’s an incredibly accurate assessment of George’s game. It’s not a big stretch to say that PG has the “smoothest” game amongst NBA players. Whether he was with the Clippers, the Thunder, or the Pacers, PG always looked like a clean player to watch. He had incredible guard handles that you almost forget he’s 6’8. He’s also an elite shot-maker, and at his peak, he was arguably the best two-way wing in the league. He was that good, and it’s no surprise that younger players idolize George.</p><p>George has the accolades and the popularity to become a GOAT amongst the younger fans. However, there’s really just one thing missing from PG’s resume: a ring. Whether it’s due to injuries or bad play, the Clippers have always unfortunately lost in the playoffs before even reaching the Finals. Will 2023 be a different story for PG? Or will</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenyon Martin Jr. gets 100% real on Clippers star Paul George’s GOAT status among young players

<!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', '/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-gets-sage-advice-from-kenyon-martin-amid-massive-expectations');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Wembanyama gets sage advice from Kenyon Martin amid massive expectations');   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/2023/08/Wembanyama.jpg"></figure><h1>Victor Wembanyama gets sage advice from Kenyon Martin amid massive expectations</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-25T20:42:29-07:00">August 25th, 8:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-25T20:42:29-07:00">August 25th, 8:42pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs surprised nobody when they selected Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama had been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-reincarnation-of-tim-duncan-victor-wembanyama-draws-bold-praise-drew-gooden" rel="noopener">the consensus No. 1 pick</a> for a while and multiple teams engaged in tank jobs to try and land him. Wembanyama has been called a generational talent and a for sure franchise player. So it comes as no surprise that he has massive expectations placed on him as he is set to begin his NBA journey. He will be under a microscope this upcoming season as well as have a target on his back. Former NBA player Kenyon Martin was once the No. 1 overall pick and in a recent interview with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson of Bally Sports, Martin <a href="https://youtu.be/cotb2mR0fqA" rel="noopener">divulged some wisdom</a> for Wembanyama.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>“He’s going to have his own expectations. He’s the number one pick and him being in San Antonio I think is the perfect place for him because he’ll be able to grow and the organization will protect him and take care of him. And he can go on his own expectations, not everyone else’s expectations. If you’re a real hooper and you know what you are then your expectations should exceed anybody else’s,” Martin said.</p><p>Victor Wembanyama had an impressive NBA Summer League debut for the Spurs before they held him out for the remainder of the summer. He’s a gifted player in that he’s versatile on both ends of the court. He can handle the ball, he can shoot the three and he has the tools to be a defensive anchor.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Victor Wembanyama gets sage advice from Kenyon Martin amid massive expectations

<!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', '/blazers-news-damian-lillard-71-point-outing-kenyon-martin-jr-sick-to-his-stomach');   ga('set', 'title', 'Damian Lillard’s 71-point outing made Kenyon Martin Jr ‘sick to his stomach’');   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/2023/08/damian-lillard-kenyon-martin-jr-damian-lillard-71-blazers-damian-lillard-kenyon-martin-jr.jpg"></figure><h1>Damian Lillard’s 71-point outing made Kenyon Martin Jr ‘sick to his stomach’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-01T11:39:47-07:00">August 1st, 11:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-01T11:39:47-07:00">August 1st, 11:39am</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland and now resides in Los Angeles, as he recently received his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; Tv from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the Portland Trail Blazers continue to be embroiled in trade talks surrounding star Damian Lillard, new Los Angeles Clippers forward Kenyon Martin Jr is reminiscing on the time Lillard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-damian-lillards-bold-scoring-record-prediction-after-dropping-71-this-season" rel="noopener">torched him for 71 points</a>. Martin Jr says that watching Damian Lillard put up 71 made him ‘<a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1686439926806564889?s=20" rel="noopener">sick to his stomach</a>,’ via Podcast P presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I was sick to my stomach… [Damian Lillard] had 40 at halftime against us. He could have scored 90 if he wanted to."</p><p>KJ Martin on guarding Dame while he went off for 71 points 😅</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/PodcastPShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PodcastPShow</a>)<a href="https://t.co/7IgAG6AV9U">pic.twitter.com/7IgAG6AV9U</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1686439926806564889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I was sick to my stomach…he had 40 at halftime against us, he could have scored 90 if he wanted to, I truly believe that…if we didn’t double team him, he would have had 90.”</p><p>Kenyon Martin Jr is talking to his new teammate Paul George, saying there was simply no answer to stopping Damian Lillard during this game. He goes on to emphasize that if it weren’t for the double teams that they were tossing at Lillard every possession, he would have had close to 90 points.</p><p>The 71 point game by Lillard is definitely a fond memory for Blazers fans despite the fact it might be the last big performance he gives them. Lillard continues to see his name <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-heat-improved-damian-lillard-trade-package-for-blazers-revealed" rel="noopener">mentioned in trade talks</a>, and it seems like any day now a deal could be announced that sends him elsewhere, specifically the Miami Heat.</p><p>Lillard getting paired with the Heat would make Miami an NBA Finals favorite immediately, especially after making the trip to the NBA’s biggest stage this past season. For Kenyon Martin Jr, he hopes to help his new Clippers team find themselves in a similar situation, particularly since the Clippers are entering an NBA Finals or bust year. Stay tuned into the rest of the NBA offseason to see if Damian Lillard switches conferences and Kenyon Martin Jr will be able to predominantly avoid him next season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Damian Lillard’s 71-point outing made Kenyon Martin Jr ‘sick to his stomach’

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Per Kelly Iko of The Athletic, GM Rafael Stone has elected to <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyIko/status/1674415392129974276" rel="noopener">exercise their $1.9 million team option</a> on the 22-year-old.</p><p>This decision comes amid serious speculation that the Rockets were considering the possibility of moving on from the youngster via trade this summer, with Iko telling <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/rockets-rumors-james-harden-kyrie-irving-brook-lopez-austin-reaves-cam-johnson/" rel="noopener external">Michael Scotto of HoopsHype</a> that there are several teams headlined by fellow Texas club in the Dallas Mavericks that have shown interest in the swingman.</p><p>Kenyon Martin has spent his first three seasons in the association with the Rockets, with 2022-23 serving as arguably his best. Through 82 games played, the wing would go on to post per-game averages of 12.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists while shooting 56.9% from the field.</p><p>Despite his impressive productivity and this decision by the organization to pick up his 2023-24 option, however, the front office has created somewhat of a logjam at the wing position already his summer what with the addition of two first-round selected talents in Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-2023-nba-draft-class/" rel="noopener">during the 2023 NBA Draft</a>.</p><p>Add in the fact that they’re also looking into <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/rockets/article/rockets-nba-free-agent-targets-next-stage-rebuild-18175998.php" rel="noopener">adding veteran talents</a> to their rather youthful rotation, and it seems as though the decision to keep Kenyon Martin Jr. around may actually be hampering his upside potential, as he will almost certainly see a decrease in minutes.</p><p>Houston picking up his final year under contract may not necessarily mean he’ll remain in Space City, as he’s still viewed as a serviceable two-way commodity who teams could feasibly land by means of the trade route for a reasonable package.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets make Kenyon Martin Jr. contract decision amid trade rumors

<!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', '/nuggets-news-george-karl-reacts-to-kenyon-martin-threatening-his-life');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ex-Nuggets coach George Karl reacts to Kenyon Martin once threatening his life mid-game');   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/2023/06/Nuggets-newsGeorge-Karl-reacts-to-Kenyon-Martin-once-threatening-his-life-mid-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Ex-Nuggets coach George Karl reacts to Kenyon Martin once threatening his life mid-game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-12T23:02:04-07:00">June 12th, 11:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-12T23:02:04-07:00">June 12th, 11:02pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s no secret that former Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl has had his fair share of player squabbles during his time in the NBA. His <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/demarcus-cousins-george-karl-beef-timeline-breakdown" rel="noopener">beef with former player</a> DeMarcus Cousins immediately stands out. However, for those who have been following the league for a much longer period, you might remember George Karl’s highly-controversial altercation with ex-Nuggets star Kenyon Martin.</p><p>In 2006, Martin got suspended by the Nuggets for actions that were deemed detrimental to the team. This was after he had a heated confrontation with Coach Karl in the middle of a playoff game after the latter opted not to give Martin his usual minutes. In a recent interview, Martin shared the details of his altercation:</p><p>“I <a href="https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1665770345687814144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener">threatened his life</a> and everything,” Martin admitted.</p><p>The former All-Star also revealed that he truly wanted to beat up George Karl at that point in time — a feeling that apparently, he hasn’t been freed from after all these years:</p><p>“Man, f— George Karl, first of all,” Martin said. “I know it’s early in the morning, it’s seven o’clock, but that’s just the way I feel about George Karl. … No love lost at all, as you can see.”</p><p>Karl has now responded to his former player recently reliving their beef. The 72-year-old got brutally honest with is reaction:</p><p>“<a href="https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1668273200193470464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1668273200193470464%7Ctwgr%5E7b8b55ed797c31d16c9c772e4677e8c14ea52b43%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwisportsheroics.com%2Fmilwaukee-bucks-george-karl-kenyon-martin-fanduel-tv%2F" rel="noopener">It made me sad</a>. It disappoints me that I can get a person that angry, that disappointed in me,” Karl said. “I want to love my players. I want to care for my players. But I am also the leader and the policeman of my team. And my response in that game, I don’t think was out of control or unusual. I was doing something I thought I had to do for my team. I might have been wrong. When those things happen, you want to move forward and not backwards. The suspension in that situation was very difficult for the organization. I know it was very difficult for him. You know, I just want to tell you that he was one of the brightest defensive players I ever coached.”</p><p>George Karl took the high road here, but I doubt that it will change Kenyon Martin’s feelings toward him. It’s been nearly two decades since this incident went down, and it is clear that Martin still feels aggrieved to this very day. Reconciliation does not sound like an option between these two.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2024-25 SEASON STATS
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