Cartier Martin To The Bobcats

by Scott Schroeder on Jan 28, 2009 5:44 PM EST in NBA D-League Player News Comment 2 comments

Cartier Martin to the NBA! Iowa Energy have three D-League Call-Ups in the past NINE days! Who's Cartier Martin!?

Cartier (Pronounced like the adult beverage) Martin was a four-year player at Kansas State who played last year in Turkey before being the 15th player picked in the D-League Draft this season. Martin is a perimeter oriented forward who is VERY quick, and nothing really stands out as a weakness. Martin is just a very solid player. On the season, he's averaging 20 points and five boards, shooting 47% from the field, but he exploded last night against Ronald Dupree and Tulsa, with 31 points and 11 boards, including 4-for-8 from 3-point land.

Interestingly enough, this leaves the Iowa Energy with one more player that could eventually get an NBA look, to go along Martin, Anthony Tolliver, and Courtney Sims. Othyus Jeffers, whose name is barely more unique than Cartier's, is averaging 19 points and nine rebounds, as, basically, a 6'5" power forward, that's learning the 2/3 slashing role.

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Another great NBA pickup. Hell, the Bobcats could scrap most of their roster for some D-League stars and probably improve. Especially now with Gerald Wallace out. However, I’ll probably have to stop tooting the Iowa horn. Still a solid team, but with their three top players gone so quickly? I think they’ll end this season in the middle of the pack after this blow. Good luck to Cartier, though. He’s a beast and puts a lot into every game.

by ben.renz on Jan 28, 2009 5:52 PM EST reply actions