1. Darrick David Martin was born on March 6,1971 and is an American basketball coach, most recently head coach for the Reno Bighorns of the NBA G League.
17 Facts About Darrick Martin
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Darrick Martin played basketball for more than a decade, shuttling between the Continental Basketball Association, where he won the 2003 CBA Playoffs MVP, and the NBA.
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Darrick Martin then went on to play for the Los Angeles Lightning of the Independent Basketball Association.
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Darrick Martin was named the head coach of Reno in June 2016.
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Darrick Martin received a full scholarship from UCLA and played on a Bruins squad with future NBA players Don MacLean, Tracy Murray and Mitchell Butler.
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Darrick Martin averaged 9.3 points and 4.9 assists in his four years at UCLA.
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Darrick Martin was selected to the CBA All-League Second Team in 1995.
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Darrick Martin signed two consecutive 10-day contracts with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves in February 1995.
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Darrick Martin's scoring average in these first two seasons remained at about seven points per game.
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Darrick Martin signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in 1996 and remained with them for three seasons, averaging ten points per game in the first two of them.
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Darrick Martin's contract expired after the lockout-shortened 1999 season, and he signed with Sacramento Kings where he would spend the next two years.
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Darrick Martin was given the nickname "The Domino" by his teammates.
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Darrick Martin won a Continental Basketball Association championship with the Yakima Sun Kings in 2003.
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Darrick Martin's most notable moment in a Raptors uniform was a 3-pointer against the Dallas Mavericks on November 29,2006.
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In November 2009, Darrick Martin returned to his first NBA team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, as the assistant director of player development.
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In 2012, Darrick Martin was named an assistant coach of the St John's Red Storm men's basketball team, working under head coach Steve Lavin.
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On June 22,2016, Darrick Martin was named the head coach of the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League.