This shouldn’t come as a surprise, with all of our injuries, we can use all the help we can get. The New York Knicks have signed forward Kenyon Martin for the remainder of the season. Details after the jump…
Via Jared Zwerling at ESPN:
Martin is coming off two 10-day contracts with the Knicks, during which he played in six games and averaged 5.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and nearly 1.0 blocks in 19 minutes. The 35-year-old made his first start of the season on Thursday night against the Portland Trail Blazers due to Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler’s leg injuries.
While Martin scored a season-high 12 points, he suffered a knee bone contusion late in the 105-90 loss.
Even when Anthony and Chandler return, Martin’s interior scoring, defense and rebounding will help the Knicks in the six-week absence of Amar’e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), who provided a big punch inside for the team.
“We know we’re a few men down and we can make excuses, but we’re not going to make excuses, man,” said Kenyon Martin Sunday night, who had four points and nine rebounds while starting and playing 28 minutes. “Guys have pride. We’re going to compete every night, no matter who’s playing for us. It’s tough. We gave ourselves a chance early in the third quarter and didn’t back down, but it was an uphill battle from there.”
