Kenyon Martin tonight: 14 points on 7 of 8 shooting, 10 rebounds a steal and 2 blocks. So no he's not a crappy player.
That's almost the equivalent of the GS Warriors' Matt Barnes with his use of the phrase "Ya Know" at the conclusion of every sentence. Here's some random interview with him and our own Bobby Jackson (In the interview, Jackson states that he believes he is the best looking player in the NBA )
Actually if you listen to a lot of interviews (politicians are the exception), you'll notice a ton of people going back to a single word when they're thinking about what say. The most common is "um", if actually count how many time people say "um" even in random conversations with people they don't know very well, it'll suprise you. I also hear "and uh" and "and um" a lot in place they shouldn't be. Some of the other ones I hear a lot among especially college kids are ""like", "seriously/totally/dude" in a rotation. Combination of "like" and "um" are also used a lot, sometimes interchangeably.
Considering that Kenyon Martin took years to overcome a severe speech impediment, I think he's quite happy uttering a few "ya know what I'm sayin'"s as opposed to being unable to utter a single "ya know what I'm sayin'" in a minute's time as recently as 15 years ago.
I didn't know K-Mart had a speech impediment. I have a friend who had it bad when he was young. He used to stutter severely, but has improved drastically.
nice post. glad to see people who dont do their research look bad. as for making fun of his speech impediment (others in the thread, not you RM); classless.
I think Calvin Murphy likes to say "no question about it" every other sentence. He didn't do that as often being a commentator. But in interviews...
My hate for Kenyon Martin is from his lack of class and character he showed Keith Van Horn. He basically said Keith sucked and cost the team the series in the postseason. Ok, good job Kenyon, publicly bash your teammate for choking in the a postseason series to the media. I better expect you to step up and show him who is the man next year! What happens? Kenyon pretty much throws the Finals series in the toilet in the same manner he called out Keith. When I think of great players I think of Kenyon Martin. And when I need to joke about Mourning's kidney I'll call Kenyon to get a one liner.
First off, he's been saying that before AI arrived. I love Kenyon. He has been the bright spot of the season for the Nugs. Is he overpaid? Hell yes. Is that my problem? Hell no. He sometimes falls in love with his jumper a little too much, but he has been a defensive rock all season. I've seen him shut down any position -- from the 1 to the 5. It amazes me that people consider Camby an elite defender and Kenyon average. If you watch any Nugs games you'll realize that needs to be reversed. He was better with Dre throwing the oop, but he's still getting his points and rebounds. If you want a really good time, find a clip of Kenyon talking to elementary school kids. He tilts his head all the way to the sideas if that will make him shorter and less imposing to the kids.
i dont know if he completely fixed his or not, but stuttering john is now the announcer for the tonight show
This is my problem with K-Mart and why I can't feel sorry for him having a speech problem. Joking about kidney disease?
It's better than Sprewell ending all his sentences with "or imma hafta choke a beech" when he was still playing.
"You can't be a leader in the trainer's room crying, `My ankle, my ankle,' " Mourning added, referring to the sprained ankle that sidelined Martin for five games. Martin responded by mocking Mourning, muttering, "My kidney, my kidney."
