Kenyon Martin

Martin's flame still burning

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Kenyon Martin's boom of echoing expletives interrupted the intrasquad scrimmage.

Denver defeats Suns under the moon

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

... game on a breezy night at a California tennis stadium. "Good idea, wrong time of day," Denver's Kenyon Martin said. Bench players wore towels over their heads like hoodies. As the temperature slipped into the mid-60s, many fans in jackets sipped $3 hot chocolates, while the brazen folks guzzled frosty $6 beers. But on the hardwood at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the weather didn't...

Denver Nuggets Defeat Phoenix Suns 77-72 In Outdoor Game at Indian Wells

The Starting Five (Free subscription) | yesterday

... what’s going on so hopefully we can get it done.” TNT’s Cheryl Miller interviewed Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin before the game. Martin on what the Nuggets have focused on in the pre-season: “Defense and intensity - two things that weren’t there last year. We are playing hard all the time and making stops on the defensive end. That was the focal point for the team.” Barkley...

Nuggets open victoriously

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin dunks during the first half of Friday night's preseason opener, a 118-95 victory over the Timberwolves at the Pepsi Center. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post )The Nuggets' preseason opener was a breeze. Next, they'll face a gust. The Nuggets dispatched the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-95 on Friday night, as reserve J.R. Smith finished with 21 points and Chris...

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Chat with Richard Jefferson

NBA.com: Bobcats News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

... believe so. I’ve been blessed to play with a lot of talented players, Gilbert Arenas, Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Alonzo Mourning, Vince Carter. All very talented and all very different. I believe I have a history of gelling well with other talented players. Q: I was disheartened to hear Gilbert Arenas say what he said about NBA players not wanting to play in Milwaukee. Do you think...

Iverson back at practice

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

DATELINE — Allen Iverson left the Iverson Five to rejoin the Denver Five on Thursday, his first practice with the team since the birth of his fifth child, Dream Alijha. The highlight of the practice was Kenyon Martin's highlight-reel dunk, in which he drove down the lane, faked a pass and tomahawked a dunk. When Martin landed, he stood still for a few seconds, soaking in the play....

A "different me" from Anthony

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

... just me wanting to be more responsible and wanting to take more of a leadership role." Forward Kenyon Martin said he has noticed a change in Anthony, and emphasized it was needed. "We have to have it," Martin said. "We have to have it." Said Carter: "Oh, yeah, we need it big-time with him. If he's leading by example, everybody else has to do it. He's the one that's our star...

Nuggets draw big crowd for practice

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

... Weems (sports hernia) were limited in practice and four other players practiced through pain — Kenyon Martin (right knee inflammation), Renaldo Balkman (right ankle sprain), Ruben Patterson (right hamstring strain) and Steven Hunter (right knee inflammation). All-Star Allen Iverson, who has a left knee contusion, wasn't in attendance because he is with his wife, who gave birth two...

New RotoWire Blog Post: Sleepers, Man Crushes and Shameless Plugs

RotoWire.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

... this season. The Nuggets gave away Marcus Camby in the offseason and will be relying on Nene and Kenyon Martin to troll the paint. The likelihood of either of those players staying healthy is slim, meaning the Nuggets with have to run out a small lineup. Smith will see plenty of time on the hardwood and a green light to launch from downtown. Linas Kleiza (168): All of the reasons...

Paul Forrester: Nets season preview

SI.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

... Harris isn't Jason KiddYi Jianlian isn't Richard Jefferson and nobody on the front line has been Kenyon Martin since 2004. Kenyon Martin hasn't been Kenyon Martin since 2004 either, but we digress. But after a season where the best player quit on his team in the first month, the other All-Star played hobbled and nobody played a lick of defense, we'd rather...

Nuggets "banged up" at camp

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

... first preseason game on Friday at Pepsi Center, have numerous players nursing injuries, notably Kenyon Martin (left knee inflammation and right shoulder inflammation), Sonny Weems (sports hernia), Chris Andersen (left Gastroc contusion), Ruben Patterson (right hamstring strain) and Allen Iverson (left knee contusion), who missed practice to be with his wife, who went into labor with...

Zo’s Take on His Time With Nets Revealing but Incomplete

NetsDaily Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

... only a one-year vets’ minimum contract. He accepted the Nets’ offer of an MLE. –Mourning calls Kenyon Martin a “very tough but at times immature forward” and provides an alternative story line to the one often reported. In the original telling, reported at the time, that Mourning and Martin had had an argument over KMart’s commitment to training. Mourning had told Martin...