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Who did they say was suspended from denver????

Just was on TV???

Line still at 5.5

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Updated: April 26, 2006, 1:16 AM ET
Nuggets' Martin suspended indefinitelyAssociated Press


DENVER -- Kenyon Martin was unhappy about his limited playing time in Denver's playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers. Now he won't be suiting up for the Nuggets at all.


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The Nuggets suspended their forward indefinitely on Tuesday night for what they called detrimental conduct.

"This is an internal matter that we will deal with in-house," coach George Karl said in a statement.

Martin, who has been bothered by knee tendinitis all season, was dejected over his limited playing time in Game 2 Monday night, when he played sparingly in the first half and sat out the second half of Denver's 98-87 loss to the Clippers.

Martin didn't arrive on the Nuggets bench until several minutes into the third quarter and then sat with a towel over his head. He left the arena without comment, but teammate Ruben Patterson suggested Martin felt he could have played and was frustrated that he had been held out.

Hours before suspending him, Karl seemed miffed that Martin was upset over his benching.

"I will talk to him and see what's happening," Karl said Tuesday afternoon. "He told me and the staff at halftime that he couldn't go. Now, there's stuff filtering out that there's frustration there. We'll see."

Martin apparently banged his bothersome left knee in the first half while going against Elton Brand.

"He's got a heck of a matchup," Karl said. "The guy is a very physical player. I don't think people understand how big that man is. He's 260, maybe 270 pounds. I'm sure he not only hit Martin's knee, but probably hit a lot of other parts of the body."

Besides, "it's been a year of frustration for everybody," said Karl, who watched forward Nene go down for the season with a knee injury in the opener, then had to juggle his lineup all season with injuries to Martin and center Marcus Camby.

"We've always worked through it. We've always picked ourselves up," Karl said. "I trust this team is going to do the same thing on Thursday."

Before deciding to suspend Martin, Karl was asked why he wasn't giving him more minutes.

"Well, it is hard for me to visualize him actually playing 20 minutes of basketball again because he doesn't participate in practice very often. He just wants to play in the games," Karl said. "That philosophically doesn't make any sense to me. I think he has a big-time heart. I think he is a big-time competitor and he did a heck of a job in the second half against Brand for Game 1.

"Right now I evaluate all my players. I think Carmelo is going to go a lot of minutes, Andre (Miller) is going to get a lot of minutes, Marcus is going to get a lot of minutes. After that I have no idea who is going to get the minutes. It's the guy who earns the minutes and who plays the way we want him to play."

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday night at the Pepsi Center.

The Nuggets are accustomed to playing without Martin, who has been bothered all season by his surgically repaired left knee and began regularly sitting out games over the last month in hopes he'd be better for the playoffs, where he has traditionally stepped up his game.

He had six points and two boards in the Nuggets' 111-109 loss in Game 1, and was scoreless with one rebound in just under seven minutes in Denver's loss in Game 2.






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[BillyBarooooooo]

Just broke 10 minutes ago!

I guess will see what happens with this line!

[Stifler's Mom]

Kenyon Martin's not all that great anyhow.

All he can do is dunk and make alot of mean faces.

If i was going to play the game, this wouldn't effect my play either way.

Just my opinion.

[HawkPL]

Denver is 29-9 without Kenyon Martin.

I think he is a guy with extreme talent but isn't exactly missed by his teammates if he is not there.

I didn't see anyone from New Jersey crying over him leaving and he was a starter on a team that was in the Finals.

[HawkPL]

Also, George Karl would not have suspended in my opinion if it was really going to hinder their chances of winning.

NBA coaches fight to keep their jobs and the last thing they would do is hurt their team in a game 3 of a playoff series by suspending a guy just for arguing with the coach and not getting along. lol

The way I see it, if he was that critical to their success, he would be playing in this game and no suspension. Therefore, I would shrug it off as well as far as influencing any decisions on making a wager on the game.

[Stifler's Mom]

Denver doesn't play good defense, and will be an early exit anyway....just like every other team who fails to defend worth a crap in the NBA playoffs.

That, IMO, is much more important than weather Kenyon Martin will play or not.

[Snakeyes_Jake]

K. Martin has an attitude problem, and his me-first ego gets the better of him more often than not.

i am liking the clippers chances more and more every time i see them play, i believe that they were underestimated throughout the entire season,

i really wished the NBA would work on that "seeding" system, i think it's really stupid, they need to re-seed after the first round like the NHL does.

i am rooting for the clippers and i hope that K. Mart learns his lesson.

[Stifler's Mom]

Clips :yeah:

Going to the Western Conference finals :thumbs:

Chris Kaman is the most underrated center in the league....

And.....

Elton Brand for MVP :prtytme: