Kenyon Martin
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Kenyon Martin reads as The Guardian because protection is the through-line of his career. From setting the physical tone in Bobby Huggins practices to positioning himself between opponents and his team's success, he made defensive custodianship an identity rather than an assignment.
“You know I'm trying to block it, take it whatever I can. I'm blocking, dunking, playing hard and ready to throw them if it comes to it. So I go to ABCD and just show up to be me.”
Describing his identity as a competitorundated
“My locker was separate from everybody's. I didn't let nobody sit in the locker next to me but two people in history, Ruben Patterson and Damar Johnson. Wasn't nobody allowed to sit next to me.”
On maintaining personal standards and boundariesundated
“I'm his biggest cheerleader, I'm his biggest critic. Praising, praising, praising and here comes the honest truth — and he takes it because he understands where it's coming from.”
On fathering and coaching KJ Martinundated
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles: “Kenyon Martin”
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