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Kevin Martin

Retired • Retired after 2016 season • SG/SF • 12 years of NBA experience

Height6'7

Weight197 lbs

Born1st February 1983 (age 43)

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft26th pick, 20042004 Early Entry: Stayed in

Pre-draft teamWestern Carolina

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NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2006 roster

Sacramento Kings

NBA Summer League - Las Vegas 2005 roster

Sacramento Kings

Stats

Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2004-05	NBA	Sacramento Kings	45	10.1	2.9	1.0	2.6	38.5%	0.1	0.6	20.0%	0.8	1.2	65.5%	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.8
2005-06	NBA	Sacramento Kings	72	26.6	10.8	3.6	7.6	48.0%	0.9	2.5	36.9%	2.6	3.1	84.7%	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.9
2006-07	NBA	Sacramento Kings	80	35.2	20.2	6.3	13.3	47.3%	1.6	4.2	38.1%	6.0	7.1	84.4%	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.2	1.2	0.1	1.7	2.3
2007-08	NBA	Sacramento Kings	61	36.3	23.7	6.8	15.0	45.6%	1.8	4.4	40.2%	8.2	9.5	86.9%	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.5
2008-09	NBA	Sacramento Kings	51	38.2	24.6	6.7	15.9	42.0%	2.3	5.4	41.5%	9.0	10.3	86.7%	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.3
2009-10	Germany	Ratiopharm Ulm	14	16.3	8.1	3.1	5.9	52.4%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.0	3.4	59.6%	2.4	2.2	4.6	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.4	2.9
2009-10	NBA	Sacramento Kings	22	35.2	19.8	6.1	15.4	39.8%	1.8	5.0	35.5%	5.8	7.0	81.9%	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.6	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.3
2009-10	NBA	Houston Rockets	24	35.8	21.3	6.4	14.8	43.5%	1.3	4.2	31.0%	7.1	7.7	92.4%	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.3	1.0	0.1	2.4	1.9
2009-10	NBA	Total (NBA)	46	35.5	20.6	6.3	15.1	41.7%	1.5	4.6	33.3%	6.5	7.4	87.6%	0.6	2.9	3.6	2.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.1
2010-11	NBA	Houston Rockets	80	32.5	23.5	6.9	15.8	43.6%	2.2	5.7	38.3%	7.4	8.4	88.8%	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.5	1.0	0.2	2.3	1.9
2011-12	NBA	Houston Rockets	40	31.6	17.1	5.6	13.4	41.3%	2.0	5.6	34.7%	4.0	4.5	89.4%	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8
2012-13	NBA	Oklahoma City Thunder	77	27.7	14.0	4.5	10.1	45.0%	2.1	4.8	42.6%	2.8	3.2	89.0%	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.4	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.8
2013-14	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves	68	32.0	19.1	6.5	15.0	43.0%	1.7	4.4	38.7%	4.5	5.0	89.1%	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8
2014-15	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves	39	33.4	20.0	6.8	16.0	42.7%	1.9	4.9	39.3%	4.4	4.9	88.1%	0.5	3.2	3.6	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.9	1.9
2015-16	NBA	Minnesota Timberwolves	39	21.4	10.6	3.2	8.6	37.7%	1.0	2.6	36.9%	3.2	3.6	88.0%	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7
2015-16	NBA	San Antonio Spurs	16	16.3	6.2	1.9	5.3	35.3%	0.7	2.1	33.3%	1.8	1.9	93.3%	0.3	1.6	1.8	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.9
2015-16	NBA	Total (NBA)	55	19.9	9.3	2.8	7.6	37.2%	0.9	2.5	36.0%	2.8	3.1	89.0%	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.5

Teams

Date	Team
2001 - 2004	Western Carolina (NCAA)
June 2004 - February 2010	Sacramento Kings (NBA)
February 2010 - October 2012	Houston Rockets (NBA)
October 2012 - June 2013	Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA)
July 2013 - March 2016	Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)
March 2016 - June 2016	San Antonio Spurs (NBA)

Transactions

Date	League	Transaction
2004 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 26th overall by Sacramento Kings.
7th July 2004	NBA	Signed four-year, $4,620,441 rookie scale contract with Sacramento Kings. Included team option for 2007/08.
5th July 2006	NBA	Sacramento Kings exercised 2007/08 team option.
29th August 2007	NBA	Signed a five-year, $53,000,025 extension with Sacramento Kings.
18th February 2010	NBA	As a part of a three-team deal, traded by Sacramento Kings to Houston Rockets, along with Hilton Armstrong, and along with Sergio Rodriguez to New York Knicks, in exchange for Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey from Houston Rockets, and Larry Hughes from New York Knicks.
27th October 2012	NBA	Traded by Houston Rockets, along with Jeremy Lamb, a 2013 first-round pick (#12, Steven Adams), a 2014 first-round pick (#21, Mitch McGary) and a 2013 second-round pick (#32, Alejandro Abrines), to Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for James Harden, Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook.
11th July 2013	NBA	As a part of a three-team deal, signed and traded by Oklahoma City Thunder with a four-year, $27,550,000 contract to Minnesota Timberwolves, along with cash, in exchange for the draft rights to Szymon Szewczyk (#35, 2003) from Milwaukee Bucks. Included player option for 2016/17.
1st March 2016	NBA	Waived by Minnesota Timberwolves.
9th March 2016	NBA	Signed a guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season with San Antonio Spurs.

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2012 NBA Draft Diary

30th June 2012

Apart for one more airing for the phrase "fine young man," every single aspect of Lamb's breakdown is saved for his offensive game, yet this ignores his defense; when he's in the right mind to play it, as he was more regularly in 2010, Lamb can be a highly effectively two way player. Combine that with Courtney Lee, solid in all aspects of the game, and Houston have a solid tandem at the two guard spot.

Of course, they also have a third guy. With the Dwight Howard thing not likely to work - thereby making the trade with the Bucks even more pointless, as they essentially traded a starting centre in order to move up two spots for a guy who was likely to still be there at #14 anyway - Houston is now said to be going the other way, possibility amnestying Kevin Martin in order to open up cap room for Deron Williams. This would be an amazingly risky thing to do, and for that reason, a completely unnecessary one. Martin has value outside of that. Here's my idea: trade him to Chicago for Kyle Korver and and signed-and-traded Omer Asik. If the Bulls will pay a little tax, it's a win win. Maybe.

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The Finances Of The Trade Deadline Deals

21st February 2010

[...] Meanwhile, the Rockets gave up whatever cap space aspirations they made have had with this trade. By taking on the $20,153,325 earned by the Martin/Jeffries/Hill deal, the Rockets are not now 2010 players, but by taking on Kevin Martin, they also don't now need to be. The talent infusion was so substantial that whatever they may have wanted to do with that 2010 money - which was probably very little considering that the plan was to trade McGrady from day 1 - is now not significant. And the picks as well? Bonus.

[...] But some teams did make it under. As described earlier, Washington have joined New Orleans in making it under after their three deals, and they are joined by Houston. The Rockets were taxpayers until this week after spending their two MLE's worth of dough over the summer, and although the insurance payments on Yao Ming's contract numb the pain a bit, it was still less than ideal. However, one further bonus for the Rockets in the Kevin Martin trade was the $4 million payroll drop this season alone. Even with Jared Jeffries's trade kicker. Therefore, with that one move, they've acquired a star player, a useful youngster, a first round draft pick, a right to swap that may prove hugely beneficial, and about $10 million this season in saved salary and rebates. All for the cost of an inactive list player, a small amount of cap space they weren't intending to use anyway, and their backup power forward.