DraftExpress.com's take on Kevin Martin's performance in SL

[Greg Ostertag]

Since I can't copy and paste from it.. here's the article (it's the 1st game they talk about)

http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=1035

I'm liking that those stats on the homepage were wrong. 21pts, 9rbs, 5asts for KMart is impressive and the fact that he was "clearly the best player on the court"

 

[Bricklayer]

They forgot to defend their page's source code:

Suns-Kings

Kevin Martin- 21 points, 9 rebounds, ~5 assists

Kevin Martin was clearly the best player on the court against Phoenix. Martin Has deceptive quickness going toward the hoop and his balance allows him to finish difficult floaters in traffic, which is important as he has not put on an ounce of weight since last season. His off the ball movement and activity both looked excellent.

Still, Martin didn’t shy away from contact as much as he put himself in a position to free up his shooting hand. Martin began the game with a couple of nice corner 3’s that got his defender leaning in on him the rest of the game. Martin’s shot has a slight hitch during the delivery, his leg looks as if it buckles in slightly and this led to his defender being unsure of whether Martin was going to drive or shoot. It’ll be interesting to see how he handles himself as the week progresses…

 

[BigSong]

Chris Kaman- 7 points (2-10 FG), 3 rebounds, 3 turnovers -
Probably the biggest disappointment of the day, Kaman is a
player who should be able to come in and dominate on his way
to 20 points and 10 rebounds with the greatest of ease playing
here. Kaman was getting the ball in good positions early on
thanks to Shaun Livingston, but was very impatient using that
position to get a good shot off and often ended up settling for
soft fadeaways or just downright heaving the ball at the basket
hoping it sticks. He was guarded effectively by Ryan Gomes,
Taylor Coppenrath, Al Jefferson and especially Kendrick Perkins.
You can tell why he was drafted where he was with his size,
footwork, mobility and touch around the basket, but his extremely
average basketball IQ makes you wonder whether he will ever put
it all together. Kaman wasn’t trying very hard to make his
presence felt on the defensive end or on the glass, and didn’t
look to be in very good shape either. Kaman was dominated by the
Celtic big men all night and did a very poor job helping
Livingston out.

gotta love that, summer league drop out, but against the Kings he tears it up.

 

[Fillmoe]

not an ounce of weight? i thought he put on like 10 lbs?

 

[Warhawk]

not an ounce of weight? i thought he put on like 10 lbs?

He said about 13 pounds since last year's summer ball (in an interview w/Grant and Mike), but how much since the season started, who knows?

 

[Kev.in]

He probably looks exactly the same as he did last year, despite being in the gym putting on weight lately.

 

[kings52/23]

actually now he looks like he actually kinda has muscles

 

[AriesMar27]

^^^ kinda..... lol....

 

[kings52/23]

well in person at least he does look like he has some

 

[AriesMar27]

you said kinda.... that [Explicit] had me fallin out of my seat when i read that.....

 

[kings52/23]

well you know not real big like ben wallace but still muscles i know i dont describe very well

 

[slugking50]

which is important as he has not put on an ounce of weight since last season.

What a Twit. The guy must be blind as a bat. You can see that he has put on atleast 15 pounds. Last year there was no muscle definanition at all. This year you can actually see some. Its pretty obvious. Anybody know a good Optomitrist?

 

[OHSacFan]

Kevin has put on quite a bit of muscle. When he was out at his aunt's at the end of May, I was amazed at how much bigger he was than last year in the upper body region.