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The Kenyon Martin signing isn’t important because he’s going to replace all of the minutes that Solomon Jones or Brian Cook would play (while also taking away some minutes from Reggie Evans). It’s not significant because he’s one of the top free agents available. It’s not significant because he’s now the Clippers’ second-best offensive option down low.
It’s significant because he demonstrated his free will and chose the Clippers.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Clippers have agreed to a contract with free agent power forward Kenyon Martin:
The Clippers and free-agent forward Kenyon Martin have agreed on a mini-midlevel deal that will be finalized as soon as Martin passes a physical, according to an NBA individual familiar with the negotiations.
Martin, who played for the Xinjiang Tigers in China and had been required to wait until their season was over before rejoining the NBA, was cleared to return to the NBA by FIBA, the international basketball federation, Thursday.
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Jovan Buha joins Mark Shore, D.J. Foster and Nick Flynt live from a cab leaving the Staples Center to talk Thursday night’s loss against the Nuggets. Long rant about cab drivers, D.J. trying to rap about VDN. This one’s got it all.
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Jovan Buha joins Mark Shore, D.J. Foster and Nick Flynt as they discuss Nuggets v. Clippers on ClipperBlog Live. To submit questions, use the Twitter hashtag #clipperbloglive or send a direct message to our Twitter account @ClipperBlogLive.
The Clippers fell to the Nuggets 112-91 on the tail-end of a back-to-back on Thursday. Our three ClipperBlog writers explain what happened.
Jovan Buha, ClipperBlog: The second half. The Clippers were thoroughly outplayed in the last two quarters tonight, while conversely they gritted out a tough victory in Denver a few days ago. Mainly, the Nuggets hit shots tonight that they didn’t in Denver. Paul and Griffin never found a proper rhythm. Oh yeah, and I think that Ty Lawson guy makes a difference too.