Trainer David Thorpe on Kevin Martin

Can we stop calling him K-Mart?

I keep thinking we somehow just dropped Carl Landry for Kenyon Martin.

 

No more Kmart plz

 

Note to David Thorpe:

This BBS will crucify you for every injury Kevin Martin sustains.

Yours truly,
Wayne Hall

 

thanks for the link

 

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"Chris Everette!" - Jim Rome

 

the important piece for all the haters claiming Kevin Martin is injury-prone:

 

If 3970238573 athletes can call themselves 'Superman," Then I think it is okay that two guys be called "K-Mart."

 

that goes for a lot of other players as well. some fans these days think that a player who had a toe injury, a finger injury, the flu a couple of times, and a bruised hip or something is someone who has "chronic injuries". they don't realize that's not the real definition of a chronic injury is the same injury lingering over a period of time. Like Tmac's back, for example.

Martin, butler, both dont have chronic injuries. I wouldnt evne put Yao in that class until last year, since one of his injuries was an infection and another was a bad accident.

 

Think about it...That team had no weak link in their starting 5. ALL 5 players were All-star caliber players.

Billups/Rip/Prince/Sheed/Ben

I think this is what the Rockets are aiming for...instead they won't panic and break the team up like Detroit did...and we need to stay healthy...oh and they would definitely be more offense than defense.

 

KMart is still the best bargain store in my heart.

 

Never heard of this guy Thorpe. Who cares what he thinks?

 

i said not too long ago that this team would have a lineup of players who could all average 15 a game...the whole starting 5, each 15 a game...so far so good, it may happen

 

Good read; actually insifgtful.

BTW - by what name shall our wunderkind be known?

 

This interview did not get me extremely excited for Kevin's arrival. In particular, I was not very fond of the part about "It has always been up to me, starting each year some time around the All-Star break, to find a way to really get him motivated at the highest level" and the implied insecurity behind Thorpe saying that he was excited that the Rockets intended to hold him to the defensive tenacity of his second year in the league. Have we traded away T-Mac for another T-Mac?

 

This guy sounds a lot brighter than Wayne Hall. I don't think he's a physical trainer like Hall or Falsone is. I think he is more like John Lucas who teaches trains people how to ball.

 

I dunno. Maybe its because hes been KM's trainer since college and probably knows his game better than anyone else...

 

Maybe you should do a little research before yout type.

 

[Rockets.com] Interview with David Thorpe on Kevin Martin

http://www.nba.com//rockets/news/david_thorpe_dishes_on_what_ma_2010_03_03.html

Very interesting interview with David Thorpe, ESPN analyst and trainer who worked extensively with Martin in Sacramento. Mods, feel free to merge this elsewhere if you don't feel it deserves its own thread.

Thorpe discusses the following topics at depth in the interview: how his partnership came about, becoming an elite foul-drawer, his unorthodox shooting mechanics, his fit with the Rockets, Kevin's defense.


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HOUSTON - Few people, if any, are more familiar with Kevin Martin’s basketball prowess than ESPN.com NBA analyst and Executive Director of The Pro Training Center, David Thorpe. Martin and Thorpe first began working together more than eight years ago, back when Martin was a largely unknown shooting guard for Western Carolina. Since that time, the two men have developed a strong bond, frequently communicating after games (Thorpe says he watches nearly all of Martin’s contests live) and reuniting every summer at Thorpe’s training facility in Clearwater, Florida to continue building upon the hoops foundation which has made Martin one of the more prolific scorers in the NBA today.

Fans who might have found themselves somewhat unaware of Martin’s unique skill set during his stint in Sacramento have certainly received a rather revealing glimpse into his abilities recently; the 6th year guard is averaging 31 points per game and 51 percent shooting during his last three contests. But there’s still much more to learn of course, so in order to gain additional insight into Houston’s new starting two-guard, Rockets.com spent more than an hour chatting with Mr. Thorpe about his prized pupil.

JCF: When did you and Kevin begin working together and how did that partnership come about?

DT: His college coach, Steve Shurina, was telling me about this really skinny, fast shooting guard he had that scored 22 points a game as a freshman but really all he did was shoot threes. He said teams started really crowding him with little guys and he couldn’t do anything because he really couldn’t dribble. And he played with four seniors the year before who were going to be graduating and he had nothing really coming back to help him so he thought Kevin was going to have a really tough time scoring if couldn’t create his own shot and make opportunities for himself.

He also said he thought Kevin didn’t really love getting hit or enjoy taking contact and thought maybe we could help him get used to that because he knew Kevin would face much more of that the next year since he would be his team’s only real threat on offense. So Kevin drove down from Ohio to my place in Clearwater that summer before he was to begin his sophomore year in college.

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Great read. Repped.