It was reported earlier that five teams are interested in acquiring free agent Kenyon Martin.  One of the five teams is the Los Angeles Clippers.  As if they weren’t stocked enough the Clippers are interested in adding the tumultuous forward.  He’s even being recruited by veteran guard and former teammate Chauncey Billups.  Read more after the jump.
Kenyon Martin played with current Clipper Chauncey Billups for parts of three seasons in Denver. Billups said he highly recommended his former teammate’s services.
“I think he’s very valuable,” Billups said. “He comes from winning stock. He’s been to the finals twice, has great ability and is a leader. He’s one of the great one-on-one big man defenders that I’ve played with.
“One thing I know about Kenyon: He’s a winner. He’ll do whatever it takes to win.”
A common knock on Martin for much of his NBA career has been his attitude. Critics say his disposition can be and has proven to be cancerous to some squads. Billups said that couldn’t be further from the truth.
“Contrary to what everybody believes, he’s really a good dude,” Billups said of Martin.
Asked if he planned to recruit Martin to come to the Clippers in the coming weeks, Billups laughed.
“I already have been,†he said.
