Both Kenyon Martin and George Karl discussed Kenyon Martin’s tenure as a Nugget yesterday, and both of them seem to wish the whole thing never would’ve happened. And Kenyon Martin, even though he’s explaining things on his own behalf, kinda sounds like a pussy here:

Martin: “I was a little perturbed about the situation. I felt I played (hard). I understand the coach being upset we did not close it (out) at the end like we should have. But for a coach to say that was not the thing to say. He might have said it to the press and he definitely said it in the locker room. He said guys weren’t rebounding. He said to Marcus Camby, ‘I can’t wait ’til you get back, big fella.’

“The next day was a day off. The following day we were at practice, a shootaround. George comes over. I told him, ‘I don’t want to talk to you, you know, I don’t rebound the ball. I’m not going to say anything to you.’ I get up and walk over to (then general manager) Kiki (Vande- weghe). George comes over to me again. I said: ‘I don’t want to talk to you. Go talk to Marcus. He’s your rebounder.”‘

Yeah… that’s pretty much straight bitch. I don’t know why you’d want to tell anyone that. I mean, hey, we all have our moments where we act childish and petulant, but… you know, most of us aren’t proud of them. Most of us don’t go into detail about them to a Denver Post reporter. “Yeah, hey, guy with the microphone… wanna hear a story about what a huge pussy I am? Settle in, I’ve got plenty.”

And that’s just one incident. There are plenty more in the article, and I don’t think Kenyon comes off particularly well in any of them. In fact, here’s a quote from an unnamed veteran teammate:

“Kenyon was not playing a lot but was in the locker room encouraging guys to ‘get tough, get ready.’ We were listening and thinking of a guy who was out partying last night, on his feet, but does not practice and play. There is the perception that Kenyon does not want to be a professional. Are you really hurt? Kenyon is obnoxious, ignorant, boisterous.”

I don’t know if Knicks owner Jimmy Dolan reads the Denver Post, but if he does, he’s probably calling the Nuggets right now to offer up the Knicks next 27 first round picks for him. Huge contract? Check. Wildly overrated? Check. Poor attitude? Check. Where’s the downside here? It’s almost as if he was born to be a Knick.