In regards to playing a few more minutes than Coach Woodson anticipated...
Kenyon Martin wrote:I'm fine. Y'all and Woodie making this out to be bigger than it is, man. You know what I'm sayin? Everbody's being pre-cautious, which I understand but I'm fine. I'm a warrior. I'm not gonna let whatever sort of ailment that's bothering me get in the way of how hard I play and whatever minutes I get, I'm gonna make the best of it.
In regards to being fine with playing 17 minutes tonight and the 10-minute cap...
Kenyon Martin wrote:Why wouldn't I be (fine with it)? Who said that? It's whatever man. I'm not gonna keep going back and forth about this, man. Whatever the minutes are, I'm gonna play. If it's 5, 10, 20, whatever it is, man. I'ma play 'em. I'ma play 'em hard. So, whatever it is, man. I've been doing this too long. I didn't play with worse things than a little ankle injury, man. It's nothing. It's mind over matter. Whatever it is, man. It's 3 minutes, 5, 16, 25. Whatever they need me to do, I'ma do and we'll deal with it tomorrow. Bottom line.
I typed up what Kmart said pretty much word for word, but please watch the video for context, as well as for Kmart's answers to other questions from the media.
You won't find these quotes in news articles online yet because this is a ctorres exclusive. Crazy how I'm all the way in Florida and I can get this done faster than the actual reporters in New York who have access to the team in the locker room and get paid to do this for a living.