Minnesota Timberwolves: 5 Reasons Why Kevin Martin Has To Go
By Aaron Mah
His Value Lies With A Playoff-Bound Team
With all of the aforementioned reasons being said, Kevin Martin is still one hell of an offensive player.
Despite being on the wrong side of 30 and weighing below 200 pounds soak and wet, K-Mart is still one of the league’s craftiest scorers at the shooting guard position.
Thus far this season, the 12-year veteran is still averaging over 21.4 points per 36 minutes and possesses a mind-numbing 0.57 free throw rate (or number of free throw attempted per field goal attempt).
In addition, the slender flamethrower is a career 38.5 percent 3-point shooter.
Surely, offensively-deprived teams, like the Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards, whose hopes for battling for a playoff spot is dwindling by the day, could use the foul-drawing and unconventional scoring expertise of Martin.
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The Wolves may not get much material value in return, but the playing time the move will conceivably free up — and the opportunity to place their prospects in the most apropos positions for their respective developments possible — will be invaluable.