Kenyon Martin played college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was named the national college player of the year during his senior season.
28 Facts About Kenyon Martin
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Kenyon Martin was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on December 30,1977, to Lydia Moore, a single mother of two.
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Shortly after, the family moved south to the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, where Kenyon Martin's mother worked two jobs.
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Later, Kenyon Martin was often watched by his sister while their mother worked.
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Kenyon Martin attended three high schools in four years, but he sought refuge in sports, playing basketball, baseball, and football.
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Kenyon Martin graduated from Bryan Adams High School in Dallas in 1996.
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Kenyon Martin went to the University of Cincinnati and played for the Cincinnati Bearcats under the direction of head coach Bob Huggins.
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Kenyon Martin was homesick early in his freshman year and actually took a bus back home to Dallas.
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However, Kenyon Martin suffered a broken leg three minutes into the Bearcats' first game of the Conference USA Tournament, keeping him out of the NCAA Tournament that year.
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Kenyon Martin was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and finished second in voting for NBA Rookie of the Year.
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The next year, Kenyon Martin averaged 16.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks en route to his first NBA All-Star selection, as a backup forward for the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
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Kenyon Martin later admitted that he had made a mistake and apologized to Mourning.
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Kenyon Martin now participates in Mourning's annual charity basketball game.
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On November 15,2006, after playing two regular season games, Kenyon Martin underwent his second knee operation in less than two years.
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Kenyon Martin is believed to be the first NBA player to have, and to return from, microfracture surgery on both knees.
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Kenyon Martin was fined $15,000 by the NBA when, during the third quarter of a 2006 game against the Chicago Bulls, Kenyon Martin as well as some of his friends got into a verbal altercation with some fans.
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Kenyon Martin was cautioned to no longer bring his entourage to games.
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Kenyon Martin became an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2011; however, due to the 2011 NBA lockout, he opted to sign a one-year contract with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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On December 24,2011, Kenyon Martin was released from the club so that he could "take care of family affairs".
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Kenyon Martin was initially not allowed to return to the NBA until the Flying Tigers' season ended on February 15,2012, if not later due to the 2012 CBA Playoffs.
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On February 3,2012, Kenyon Martin signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.
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On February 21,2013, Kenyon Martin agreed to join the New York Knicks on a 10-day contract, which reunited him with Jason Kidd.
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On January 9,2015, Kenyon Martin signed a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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On July 3,2015, Kenyon Martin announced his retirement from professional basketball.
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Kenyon Martin is the half-brother of former Colorado Buffaloes shooting guard Richard Roby.
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Kenyon Martin is the cousin of Robert "50" Martin of AND1 Mixtape Tour fame.
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In 2019, Kenyon Martin requested that his child support obligations be reduced to reflect his lower income since the end of his NBA career.
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Kenyon Martin stated that his current obligations, which included paying his ex-wife Heather $3,000 per month in child support, plus "additional child support" of $7,000 per month in credit card bills, a new car for Heather every three years and private school fees for the children, were no longer affordable.