Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin's story hits the underdog notes I love. Out of Zanesville, Ohio, by way of little-known Western Carolina University, he averaged 24.9 points as a junior, second in the entire nation, then survived twelve seasons in the NBA on a famously unorthodox shooting stroke. Scoring is the one skill that turns obscurity into a long career, and he wrung every drop out of it. I am partial to players who climb purely on production rather than pedigree, and a pure bucket-getter from a small town outshining bluebloods is exactly the kind of arc that keeps me watching.

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Name (English)

Kevin Martin

Name (Japanese)

ケビン・マーティン

Reading

けびん・まーてぃん

Born

February 1, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

High school

Zanesville High School

University

Western Carolina University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Martin%20(basketball%2C%20born%201983)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%20(%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458124

Tags

• Ohio
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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