Denver suspends KMart for quitting on team

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DENVER (AP) -- 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 on 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.

Martin, who has been bothered by knee tendinitis all season, was dejected
over his limited playing time in Game 2 Monday night, when 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 arrive on 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."

State of the NBA:
I wonder if this is going to signal a trend, where every season one
playoff team that is on the verge of getting trounced right out of the
playoffs (down 0-2 or 0-3) has a player wanting to jump ship. This is
at least two years in a row now.


s_knight8 wrote:

> http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AtMpSmrdEkmSii13IIExzVO8vLYF?slug=ap-n
> uggets-martin&prov=ap&type=lgns
>
> DENVER (AP) -- 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 on 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.
>
> Martin, who has been bothered by knee tendinitis all season, was dejected
> over his limited playing time in Game 2 Monday night, when 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 arrive on 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."
>
>

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