How Much To Play Kenyon?

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<span style="font-style: italic">Oct 25</span> - Kenyon Martin's minutes are a fluid situation. So much so, coach George Karl already has taken a proactive approach and talked to the Nuggets forward about how he should be played during the regular season.</p>

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"Kenyon, if he's going to play 15 or 20 minutes, how do you play him?" Karl said. "Do you save eight minutes for the end of the game? Kenyon and I talked about that."</p>

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The consensus? Wait and see. Martin, who played in only two games last season before undergoing microfracture surgery on his right knee in November, has looked good in the two preseason games he has played in, averaging 10.5 points and 5.0 rebounds, and shooting 62.5 percent in an average of 17 minutes per game. -- <font color="#000000">Denver Post</font></p></div></div>

 

Is he the most expensive sub in the league now? I think Denver should only use him for defensive reasons against the premiere PFs in the league. The rest of the time let him heal on the bench and don't risk injurying him against weaker competition.</p>

 

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He is only on the reduced minutes until January. After that he will be available as full rotation player.</p>

Karl is trying to figure out how to give Kenyon a fair chance to develop on court chemistry with his teammates while limiting his minutes until January.</p>

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Does Karl expect him to play with the starters down the line or with the second unit when he's healthy? If it's with the starters I can see a lot of potential problems for the Nuggets. If the team gets used to playing with KMart in key situations and then KMart has another setback they have to readjust all over again.</p>

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