<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">DENVER -- Kenyon Martin was unhappy about his limited playing time in Denver's playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers. Now, he won't be suiting up for the Nuggets at all. The Nuggets suspended their forward indefinitely Tuesday night for what they called detrimental conduct. "This is an internal matter that we will deal with in-house," coach George Karl said in a statement. Sources told ESPN's Stephen A. Smith that Martin went into a profanity-laced tirade against Karl during halftime of Game 2 on Monday night. Martin, who has been bothered by knee tendinitis all season, was dejected over his limited playing time. He played sparingly in the first half and sat out the second half of Denver's 98-87 loss to the Clippers. Martin didn't get to the Nuggets' bench until several minutes into the third quarter and then sat with a towel over his head. He left the arena without comment, but teammate Ruben Patterson suggested Martin felt he could have played and was frustrated that he had been held out. Hours before suspending him, Karl seemed miffed that Martin was upset over his benching. "I will talk to him and see what's happening," Karl said Tuesday afternoon. "He told me and the staff at halftime that he couldn't go. Now, there's stuff filtering out that there's frustration there. We'll see." Martin apparently banged his bothersome left knee in the first half while going against Elton Brand. "He's got a heck of a matchup," Karl said. "The guy is a very physical player. I don't think people understand how big that man is. He's 260, maybe 270 pounds. I'm sure he not only hit Martin's knee, but probably hit a lot of other parts of the body." Besides, "it's been a year of frustration for everybody," said Karl, who watched forward Nene go down for the season with a knee injury in the opener, then had to juggle his lineup all season with injuries to Martin and center Marcus Camby. "We've always worked through it. We've always picked ourselves up," Karl said. "I trust this team is going to do the same thing on Thursday." Before deciding to suspend Martin, Karl was asked why he wasn't giving him more minutes. "Well, it is hard for me to visualize him actually playing 20 minutes of basketball again because he doesn't participate in practice very often. He just wants to play in the games," Karl said. "That philosophically doesn't make any sense to me. I think he has a big-time heart. I think he is a big-time competitor and he did a heck of a job in the second half against Brand for Game 1. "Right now I evaluate all my players. I think Carmelo [Anthony] is going to go a lot of minutes, Andre [Miller] is going to get a lot of minutes, Marcus is going to get a lot of minutes. After that, I have no idea who is going to get the minutes. It's the guy who earns the minutes and who plays the way we want him to play."</div> Source Classic Kenyon Martin.
Why not just quit the playoffs all together if your gonna suspend him. Now they are definately going to get swept. What a baby though if you feel you can play then don't say you cant. MORON.
It just isn't the same for Martin in Denver. He is just not effective....and his big contract makes it worse for him.
If a team really felt that they had a chance to win a series I truly believe that they wouldn't suspend a player. Last year the Wizards knew that that had no chance of beating the Heat, and they also realized that Kwame wasn't going to help them even if they did have a chance. He decided to act a fool so they suspended him. Kmart is better than Kwame, but down two games the Nuggets are throwing in the towel. It's a shame because I believe that these are two fairly even teams. The Mavs came back against Houston last year from two down, so it's not like it can't be done. This issue probably goes deeper than the fans realize, or else they would try to fight back into the series.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post">If a team really felt that they had a chance to win a series I truly believe that they wouldn't suspend a player. Last year the Wizards knew that that had no chance of beating the Heat, and they also realized that Kwame wasn't going to help them even if they did have a chance. He decided to act a fool so they suspended him. Kmart is better than Kwame, but down two games the Nuggets are throwing in the towel. It's a shame because I believe that these are two fairly even teams. The Mavs came back against Houston last year from two down, so it's not like it can't be done. This issue probably goes deeper than the fans realize, or else they would try to fight back into the series.</div> Well I was watching PTI, and Denver is something like 29-9 without him since he's signed with them. Thats a pretty interesting stat.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Bobcats:</div><div class="quote_post">Well I was watching PTI, and Denver is something like 29-9 without him since he's signed with them. Thats a pretty interesting stat.</div> That actually is kind of interesting, I never would have guessed that. But this is playoff basketball, and chances are they in those 29 games they won a lot of them were going against a pf lesser than Brand.
KMart has never lived up to his number one draft status and needs to be ridden constantly to achieve the game of which he is capable. If he doesn't take his body and the game seriously as a business, then he is probably working out his last lucrative contract. Camby was a prima donna who got wise.
