Kevin Martin
American former basketball playerWikipedia
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Nov 6, 2026
Kevin GleasonHOST
Somebody coming after you.
Kevin GleasonHOST
Martin, the technician.
Kevin GleasonHOST
We love Martin, technician.
Kevin GleasonHOST
Alan drew that mustache on.
Kevin GleasonHOST
He did not, and I know that you probably... are just kind of harvesting the vibes that were laid down today in the morning show where Dave unfairly, unjustly went after you and, you know, your mustache.
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Kevin GleasonHOST
I think we had three.
Kevin GleasonHOST
Then, you know, you, we went through that and the Lakers series and C-Web's injury.
Kevin GleasonHOST
And then, you know, Kevin Martin and on and on, it got to the point where towards the end of the run there, you know, the team was falling apart.
Matt BonnerHOST
Yeah.
Matt BonnerHOST
His other go-to move, You remember Kevin Martin? I love Kevin Martin.
Matt BonnerHOST
Kevin Martin had the most annoying foul-drawing play ever.
Matt BonnerHOST
His release was crazy.
Matt BonnerHOST
We called it, like, the veer drive, where he would, like, drive to the hoop and kind of veer off, make contact, and, like, hurl himself
Orlando Brown Jr.HOST
bro really since i mean i got kevin garnett signed in there like you know like i i'm i don't know i'm a
Orlando Brown Jr.HOST
wolves fan i don't kevin martin i don't know if you remember him kevin martin was like a three-point shooter for timberwolves for a while there
Orlando Brown Jr.HOST
you know obviously al jefferson ricky rubio like i don't know i just always liked him
Malik WrightHOST
Man, if they ever come back, they won't.
AlexHOST
And then Boogie Cousins made a couple all-star games.
AlexHOST
I think Kevin Martin made an all-star game one year on Sacktown.
AlexHOST
I hope so.
AlexHOST
They just fell apart.
Torrence StaggerHOST
Those are the spots that you got to refill, and there's no better commodity than getting a late lottery pick in the draft.
Torrence StaggerHOST
Hell, the original James Harden trade, it got them Kevin Martin, but it also got them the number 12 pick that turned into Steven Adams, who became a fixture on that roster for many years later.
Torrence StaggerHOST
Even when you look at the San Antonio Spurs, The Spurs are ahead of schedule because if you're crazy like me and you looked at their payroll up until 20, 32, 33. you will see that they're in the building phase right now as of this moment.
Torrence StaggerHOST
But by the time they get to 2029, 2030, the Spurs, they were expecting them to be a championship team because that's when all of their additional first-round picks kick in, when it's going to be time to surround Wimby, Dylan Harper, and Stephon Castle with great young role players when they're all on new max deals.
Tom HaberstrohHOST
He can kind of play neutral on this, but you can clearly see that he wanted James back.
Tom HaberstrohHOST
And Kevin Martin was incredible for them.
Tom HaberstrohHOST
But I think KD really wanted to make this work.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
Yeah.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
Kevin was like, you know, teams weren't as scared because they didn't have James.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
They didn't have somebody who could come off and give 25 to 30 off of the bench.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
But Kevin Martin, the immediate year after, was really, really good.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
And that team offensively, their offensive metrics were better than they had been with James for the most part.
speaker_0NARRATOR
And in one of the most shocking turn of events, OKC traded him to Houston, which was one of the worst trades in NBA history.
speaker_0NARRATOR
considering what kind of a player the beard became, that he still had a year left on his contract, and that OKC only received Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, and two first-round picks in return.
speaker_0NARRATOR
During the summer, Russ and KD played for Team USA at the 2012 Olympics, where Westbrook was tasked to be a defensive disruptor, to which he responded with the best on-ball defense of his life, and Team USA took home gold over Spain.
speaker_0NARRATOR
He never played that kind of defense in the NBA.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
It's not reflective of how close that series was.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
And then the following year, even after they traded James, with Kevin Martin, that team offensively, their numbers were the best team of that era.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
They were sailing.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
They were cruising.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
I mean, Kevin sort of told me that the teams didn't fear them the same way moving forward.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
They often seem to be running on all cylinders with Kevin Martin that year after but he just said James added something that was just completely unique teams just did not fear them in the same way that they did when they had James.
Jonathan AbramsGUEST
That's
Justin PeabodyHOST
great.
David GrubbGUEST
You can keep doing this, but at best you're going to get first round exits out of this group.
Lyle SwithenbankHOST
And I think the great fear, and I've said this for a while is that you don't ever want to become like the Kevin Martin Houston Rockets or like, those or even the kevin martin you know um oklahoma city thunder where or even the russell westbrook oklahoma city thunder where they would consistently get to a level and realize that this is the maximum we are getting out of this we have squeezed the orange as far as it is going to go there is nothing left in this and you've got to be strategic on this thing you know i've I hate to compare to other sports, but down here you've got Australian rules football and the team I support is West Coast Eagles.
Lyle SwithenbankHOST
They're awful at the moment.
Lyle SwithenbankHOST
But they have a 12-year plan.
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