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.

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)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

Zanesville High School

University

Western Carolina University

Motto

Private

• 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)

Tags

• Ohio
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.