Kevin Martin's No-Win Situation

If I was Kevin, I would rest and let his hand heel.

I was so impressed with his answer to the “reputation for being injured” question. I don’t care what anyone else says. This is the kind of player you build you team around. The kid has talent and character. Just my opinion, by I think anyone who advocates the Kings improving by trading him for anything less than an All Star is a complete and total ignoramus.

More like a couple of weeks. Is it really 6-8?? Say it ain’t so.

even though I love how he’s been playing so far this year. I just know that there’s going to be some asshole Najera like defender who will constantly slap at his wrist, and I don’t want to see him out for the whole year because he tries to tough it out. If he does try to tough it out though, that should be his decision only because he thinks he can do it. I honestly think he might try to play through it at least for a few games. My advice if he does though: at least skip the goddamn Utah game on Saturday. That team is way too physical.

he should let it heal, its broken wrist, and he plays professional basketball. This should be a no brainer, but because of the ridiculous pressure people are bringing because of past injuries, there’s a chance he’ll make the wrong decision.

K-Money has surgery and sits for 8 weeks. Obviously we lose pretty much all of our games until then, but build character as our scrappy youngins do their damnedest to fight through adversity. When Kevin and then Cisco come back we start to fire on all cylinders and win out our last 20 games, giving everyone hope for next season, and then we win the 1st pick in the draft as well. And then the Maloofs agree to pay for a new arena entirely out of their own pockets. Sound good?

It is what it is: both Kevin and Garcia have been injury-prone. His comment on the video about “being smart about it” indicates to me he’s going to do the right thing, which is to get it fixed.

As much as I love to watch you play, as much as I love the gaudy shooting efficiency and renewed focus on strengthing your defensive game…I really want to enjoy watching you play at 100% and knowing you haven’t sacrificed your long-term health or performance over what a few unpleasable fans / sportswriters might say.

and hopefully Kevin happens to read this too.

rec’d

Kobe Bryant is such a drama queen that every year he comes up with this “devastating” injury wether it’s his shoulder, pinky, or a nattin cheeseburger or a rape case drama just so everyone in the media can ride his nuts on how great he is for playing through it. These Martin injuries are for real so Kevin do what you gotta do to fix it & the organization is gona have to cut Westphal some slack on the wins & losses.

- well I might be stubborn enough for a game or three before I folded but
Its a Broken wrist,

…maybe I ask him to play through it. As it is, we would have been thrilled to win one game in three this season, I can live with being a sub.250 team, knowing that when Kevin gets back, he’ll be sound.

Get it fixed right, see you in January.

To your health!

When Kevin and Cisco come back all of our rooks will have way more experience with the veterans and each other (I’m sure it’s already been said – too lazy to go through the thread). We’ll probably pick up a scoring veteran somewhere along the way as well (not sure who though).

A thinking Kings fan should never be so selfish.

So there it is. During the next 4 months or so I’ll be rooting for rookies. Go Kings.

the guy is kind of a douche but he can score.

To be dismayed by the fact that Martin missed just over 50 games in the last to seasons? I’m sorry and I don’t want to rain on your parade of gushing pro-Martin blabber, but this does bring him down a bit in my book. I love his game and he’s a great player to have on the team, but he has missed way to many games. I’m not saying trade him, but I am saying that someone isn’t a “hater” just for mentioning it.