Other free agents such as Tracy McGrady and Gilbert Arenas have gone overseas but veteran Kenyon Martin is still holding out for a possible NBA offer. Read more after the jump.
NBA free agent forward Kenyon Martin turns down offer from Greece Panthianakos in hope of finding an NBA one. Conversations continue with NBA teams for forward Kenyon Martin, but nothing is imminent, source tells Y! Sports.
Martin has reportedly been upset then no NBA teams have made him an offer yet and attributes it to a false rumor.
“There is a notion about me that is not accurate at all – I don’t know who started it or where it came from – that people can’t control me,” Martin told Yahoo! Sports. “I don’t understand. Have I had my issues like a lot of other people? Yeah. But I’m getting back that people think they can’t control me, that if I don’t play I’m going to explode, or I can turn a locker room.
“In 12 years there was not one day where I told one guy to dislike anybody. If you ask guys who I’ve played with that know me, they know what it is and know I’m about winning basketball games and competing.”
Martin came off the bench to average 5.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 22.2 minutes in 42 games with the Clippers while backing up Blake Griffin last season. The Clippers didn’t attempt to re-sign Martin in the offseason. The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets, Atlanta Hawks and San Antonio Spurs expressed interest at the start of free agency, sources said, but no NBA team has offered a contract – even a non-guaranteed deal – to Martin.
