Kenyon Martin, nicknamed “K-Mart,” is a former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA. The 6-foot-9 power forward played college basketball for Cincinnati before being drafted as the first overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets. K-Mart’s NBA career would involve playing for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks; being named to the 2001 NBA All-Rookie First Team and the 2004 NBA All-Star Team; and a contribution to the International Basketball Federation in 2011 as part of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of China. In 2016, K-Mart would officially retire from the NBA. As a favored NBA analyst for ESPN and Fox Sports, Kenyon has become an all-around athlete and professional; however, his on-court passion has not ended as Kenyon would be the first player to join Ice Cube’s Big 3 Basketball League as Player/Captain of Trilogy; Trilogy would go on to be the league's inaugural champions.
Martin was born in Saginaw, Michigan to Lydia Moore, the younger of two children. Shortly after, the family moved to Oak Cliff, Dallas. After graduating from Bryan Adams High School in Dallas (inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2009), Martin went to the University of Cincinnati to play for the Cincinnati Bearcats under the direction of head coach Bob Huggins. By the time Martin was a junior, he would lead Cincinnati to being the second-team All-Conference USA followed by leading the U.S. team to the gold medal in the World University Games. Martin’s senior year would garner him the consensus National Player of the Year along with numerous awards from various organizations; ranking the Bearcats as #1 in the nation. Martin remains one of the Bearcats’ all-time leaders and his jersey was retired in 2000). He is the last American-born college senior to have been the top overall pick.
Martin’s legacy goes beyond his successful career in professional sports to varied philanthropic endeavors that realize the need for positive role models, and addresses the importance of giving today’s youth the opportunity to do what they love. The Kenyon Martin Foundation was founded and built on this same principle and has provided support and career guidance to teenagers who become parents; families without father figures; and provides life-changing opportunities to underserved youth to realize their unlimited potential. As a personal achievement, Martin actively supports The Stuttering Foundation of America and is a recipient of the Freeing Voices Changing Lives Leadership Award from the American Institute for Stuttering which he also served on the board of directors. Martin also served as a honorary Ambassador for the March of Dimes Colorado Chapter, which focused on raising awareness about premature births. Martin’s goal is to do what he can to create change and to let it be known that no matter where you come from, you can always succeed

Kenyon Martin

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Alex Kennedy is a sportswriter, editor and podcaster. He has covered the NBA for the last 15 years and he has worked for HoopsHype, USA TODAY Sports, Bleacher Report, Basketball Insiders, RealGM and ESPN 1040. As managing editor of USA TODAY Sports' NBA Wire, he launched several NBA websites and managed the staff of writers and editors. His work has been featured on ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports, The Undefeated, ESPN Radio, MSN, NBA TV, Fox News and USA TODAY Sports among others. He started covering the NBA as a credentialed media member at 14 years old, becoming one of the youngest professional sportswriters in the country.

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Etan Thomas played 11 years in the NBA - suiting up for the Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder and Atlanta Hawks - but he’s also an author, activist, poet, columnist, podcaster and lecturer. Thomas writes a weekly column for BasketballNews.com in which he analyzes the NBA from a variety of angles and shares his perspective as a former player. Thomas' work has also been featured on The Washington Post, The Guardian, ESPN, CNN, The Undefeated, The Huffington Post, The Players’ Tribune and HoopsHype. He received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation’s Legacy award in 2009 and the National Basketball Players Association’s Community Contribution award in 2010. 

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Chris Sheridan is a veteran journalist who has spent the bulk of his professional career covering the NBA and international basketball, especially Team USA's highs and lows at various FIBA events including many Olympic Games. He spent 17 years at The Associated Press, including 10 as the lead NBA writer in charge of coverage of all 30 NBA teams and supervision of the writers covering those teams. He was with ESPN and ESPN.com for six years, founded and published SheridanHoops.com from 2011-2016, and has worked with several mainstream and online basketball news outlets in the years since. He also covers NBA sports gambling for Catena Media at TheLines.com.

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James Posey brings his immense basketball knowledge to BasketballNews.com after an All-American college career and nearly 20 years of NBA experience - both as a player and as a coach. Posey was a first-round pick who played 12 seasons in the NBA, winning two championships as a player with the Miami Heat (2006) and the Boston Celtics (2008). He also won a third ring as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. Posey hosts a weekly podcast for BasketballNews.com (“The Posecast") where he's joined by his former teammates and various friends from around the NBA. He also writes weekly articles for the site.

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Matt Babcock is the owner and founder of Babcock Hoops, and a contributor for BasketballNews.com. He is an NBA Draft analyst who previously worked as a certified NBPA and FIBA agent. He accumulated 10 years of experience in the sports-management industry, working for a number of agencies (including his own agency, Babcock Sports). Through his experience as an agent, he was exposed to the inner workings of basketball, providing him an array of knowledge about the business behind the game.
Matt has worked with many professional basketball players, ranging from NBA superstars to EuroLeague players to young prospects looking to build careers internationally. Matt has negotiated millions of dollars worth of contracts. Prior to the 2018 NBA draft, Matt served as a contributor for Sports Illustrated and The Crossover. He provided a series of stories outlining the protocols pertaining to the NBA draft process from the perspective of an NBA agent and the players they represent.
Aside from Matt’s experience as an agent and media member, he also brings first-hand experience as a former basketball player and coach. He was a standout player at George Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia, and went on to be a member of the basketball teams at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida, and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He also spent one season as an assistant coach for Virtus Bologna, a professional basketball team in Bologna, Italy.
Along with Matt’s professional experience, he also grew up in a "basketball family.” He learned the game from his father, Dave Babcock, Director of Player Personnel for the Milwaukee Bucks and his two uncles, Pete and Rob Babcock, both of whom are former NBA general managers. His two cousins, Chris and Nate Babcock, also hold positions within the Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks organizations, respectively.

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Nekias is a fan of tall passers, switch-y bigs, and Spain pick-and-rolls. He’s always here to remind you that the best way to beat a switch is with a slip.  He has written for Bleacher Report, SB Nation, Dime, Five Reasons Sports and Miami Heat Beat. Nekias is a writer and podcaster for BasketballNews.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @NekiasNBA.

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Vinny Del Negro played in the NBA for 12 seasons and he's served as an NBA front-office executive and head coach. As a player, Del Negro had career averages of 9.1 points and 3.2 assists. In 2006, he joined the Phoenix Suns' front office and eventually became the team's assistant GM. After transitionin to coaching, Del Negro was the Chicago Bulls' head coach from 2008-2010. Then, he was the head coach of the L.A. Clippers from 2010-2013. His teams qualified for the playoffs in four of his five years. In recent years, Del Negro has served as the director of the NBA Draft Combine.

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Yasmin Duale is a West Toronto based NBA culture writer and podcaster, specializing in the grey area between these two worlds and the ways in which they intersect through players and play. She has a soft spot for diasporic African players, overzealous league showmen and well-tailored uniforms. Follow her on Twitter @carmelohdrama, as well as her NBA & culture journal "The Neon Playbook."

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Kelsea O'Brien is a basketball writer who unfairly compares every big to Ben Wallace and every guard to Allen Iverson. She will make every attempt to steer any conversation towards the G League, and is mom to Damon, Violet, and Kawhi.

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Spencer Davies is a Senior NBA Editor and Writer who is based in Cleveland. He has covered the league and the Cavaliers as a credentialed reporter for the past six seasons. His work has appeared on Bleacher Report, USA Today, FOX Sports, HoopsHype, CloseUp360, Sports Illustrated's FanSided and Basketball Insiders among others. Davies got his start as a sports statistician and freelancer for the Akron Beacon Journal. In addition to his journalism experience, he worked as a Digital Production Assistant for Fox Sports Ohio, running all of their social-media accounts and growing their following. For BasketballNews.com, Davies helps manage the staff, produce original content, edit articles, run the social-media accounts and more.

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Troy Brown Jr. is a 2-year NBA veteran who currently plays for the Washington Wizards. The 21-year-old was the No. 15 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and he's developed into a key contributor for the Wizards. This season, he averaged 10.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 25.8 minutes per game. In high school, Brown was a five-star recruit and McDonald's All-American, and he won a gold medal with Team USA at the FIBA U17 World Championship. Brown writes articles for BasketballNews.com and hosts a podcast that will launch soon.

Troy Brown Jr.

Corey Brewer is a 13-year NBA veteran who has appeared in 47 playoff games with four different teams. After winning back-to-back NCAA championships with the Florida Gators, he was selected seventh overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Katie is a feature and sports writer from Toronto whose bylines include Dime, Rolling Stone, The Athletic, Complex, VICE, Yahoo Sports, Real GM. She's been embedded with the Toronto Raptors as the team's feature writer, and has covered both All-Star and Summer League. She is a host of the women-led Dishes & Dimes podcast as well as Uhh, Basketball?, a contributing host of Locked on Raptors and a regular guest on national sports radio. She has a weekly newsletter called BASKETBALL FEELINGS and thinks of Rasheed Wallace, often. You can follow her on Twitter @wtevs.

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Jon Finkel is the award-winning author of "The Life of Dad," "Jocks In Chief," "The Athlete," "Heart Over Height," “Mean Joe Greene," The 'Greatest Stars of the NBA' Series and other books about sports, fatherhood, fitness and more. His new book, "Hoops Heist: Seattle, the Sonics, and How a Stolen Team’s Legacy Gave Rise to the NBA’s Secret Empire" is available now.

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Jonathan Concool is an NBA news desk editor and writer based out of Los Angeles, CA. Previously, his work has been featured on Basketball Insiders. This is his sixth season working in sports journalism.

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Ethan Fuller is a writer and reporter based in Boston, MA. He has covered sports for The Boston Globe and co-directs the sports department of WTBU Radio while serving as the station's basketball editor.

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