"Tim Duncan Was Harder To Guard Than Kevin Garnett" Kenyon Martin Breaks Down NBA Hall of Fame Class 

Duncan had Martin in foul trouble every game in that finals. Could not stop him and he was a good defender

Look at those 2003 finals starts where he guarded him and that will tell you everything you need to know about Kenyon guarding tim. He never had shot at stopp8ng him

Got to sit behind him when the Big3 came to Milwaukee talked a little bit but was very cool S/O K-mart

How does Gilbert Arenas not have a mic on his own show? Lol

Why Gilbert look like the powerfoward now 😂

K-Mart still playing hardnosed defense... every sentence he speaks, he cuts himself off.

Tim was too big for that guy. KG was tall but he didn’t have quite the base that Tim had. Tim basically was a damn center.

Kenyon was a damn good player , the type of dude you wanted in the trenches with you

Kenyon Martin was never appreciated as he should for his defense and effort that man was tough!

Man it is cool to hear big time players talk about their matchups vs legends. Martin was a damn good player in his prime.

This dude looks the exact same as he did when I last seen him play lol

Jason Kidd wasn’t the only reason the nets went back to back finals ..... Martin was that guy

According to Timmy Kenyon Martin is the best defender he played against

As a Spurs fan, I know how good Kenyon was. He BATTLED.

Duncan jumps once, twice, three times, four times defending the basket. While other defenders his height can only jump once or twice. Duncan was extremely fit and athletic in his defense. He can move in many directions so quickly. He was a good passer too.

Kevin Garnett averaged 20.4 points, 12.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 22 games versus Kenyon Martin in his career

Tim Duncan hands down the most underrated athlete not just basketball player but athlete to ever exist.

He was hell at Cincinnati. He balled out in the nba. K.Martin was freakishly long. Great defender

Gil gotta bring Kwame onto the podcast now 😂

Kenyon didn’t get hurt in 2000 they were winning the NCAA with cincy. But my Spartans took it home.... I didn’t forget Kenyon.

This man know Kg gave him work!

K-Mart is one of the most underrated defenders in history.

This is 1 of the best basketball podcast the internet has to offer rite now its really for the fans

Kenyon also knew u could out muscle kg and force him into settling for long jumpers. TD was about 30-40 pounds heavier than kg and could not only take the physicality and had more in his bag than kg. Kenyon was one if the very rare players that could literally guard 1-5 at a high level. 1 of the most versatile defenders ever

Early in his career Kenyon Martin use to have a really bad stuttering problem. I don’t know what therapy or medication he took but the improvement is amazing. Another example of what money can do

LOL Kenyon was a pretty decent player but both KG and Duncan busted his ass regularly. He is talking as if he was neck and neck with them during the era. Stop

J Kidd and K Mart were my favorite lob city

He *should* say Duncan after getting a quad-double dropped on his head in the '03 Finals.

The way he described that match up is what makes the game special and also what's missing in todays brand of basketball. Being a great athlete is different than being a great basketball player and Tim was a great player. When the game is played at that level it's fun to play like Kenyon said but it's fun to watch.

What with the Mic/Audio ?

Rasheed gave them both PROBLEMS.....FACTS.

Why did he fire Rory from the JBP

Adored Kenyon insight. Really respected his opinion cause he has battled both players. And at one point he was one best defensive players in the league.

Loved that nuggets squad with him Melo Iverson jr smith NENE....

As a Jersey native I have to salute Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin for reaching those 2 finals with The Nets. I'm actually still pissed off at Byron Scott. The first finals against the Lakers the Nets had no chance, especially with Jason Collins guarding Shaq in the post. But the Nets could've beat the Spurs. The Nets had Dikembe Mutombo on the team, but Byron Scott had a personal issue with him and hardly played him. So instead of putting 7'1 Mutombo who was a known shot blocker and very clumsy on Tim Duncan and keeping him on Duncan until Mutombo fouled out, Byron Scott had Kenyon and 6'9 Aaron Williams guarding Duncan. Duncan was abusing Aaron Williams in the post and Scott still refused to put Mutombo on him. That was one of the most boneheaded coaching decisions that I've ever seen. It also didn't help that Richard Jefferson was ice cold on many important possessions. Salute to Jason Kidd though. That Nets fast break from those 2 finals years was must see tv.

"Tim Duncan Was Harder To Guard Than Kevin Garnett"......well...Nobody doubted that !

kevin garnett averaged 20 pts, 12 reb and 4 assists against kenyon Martin all career long while Martin had 15 pts, 6,7 reb and 1,2 assist :)

K MART was the most dunk focused guy Ever man he wanted to dunk all day everyday

K Mart was one of my favorite players back then. Along with AI, KG. Back when it was still a physical, intense, trash talking, fighting (sometimes) era. ‘Hip Hop Runs The World!’ 🔥💪🏾

Kenyon Martin is the Joe Budden of the NBA

and that’s why KMART WAS NOT PART OF THE HOF CLASS🤣🤣🤣🤣

Much respect! Love the break down of Martin praising Duncan’s game. Real recognize real.

Kenyon tried to guard kobe in 2009 wcf he got blazed bad

Let’s not forget that in the infamous Quad double game, Duncan also held Kenyon Martin to one of the worst finals games ever, made him shoot 3-23

Real talk: KG (while a historically great defender) was more of a high-end role player on offense. This became clear in 2008, when Pierce was Boston's alpha dog during their title run.

Kenyon was a Dawg he was a light skin KG but Timmy D owned them both with no style but plenty of grace lol

Never seen KG try that bully stuff with KMart lol he knew how to pick his battles

I'm going to take it one step further with the praise of Duncan. To me Kobe was NOT the best player of the last generation, it was Tim Duncan. It's just Kobe is more marketable than Duncan is🤷🏾‍♂️

Duncan vs KG like Pac and Big it's only an comparsion in people heads. KG stats don't add up Duncan on no levels

Kenyon looks like a taller version of Joe Budden

I think KG's on-the-court trash talk got in the heads of these True Tough guys like Kmart and UD... Several yars after he retired, they're still salty about the on court collisions. Guys like Dirk and Duncan faced it too but they knew it was just in-game competitiveness. The tough guys who were ready to fight and risk 73 game suspensions are now exposing how emotionally soft they are to podcasts and reporters

Garnett used to shit all over Kenyon Lmao bro wtf is this clown talking about? Like how he said he kept KG below his scoring average? Kg actually averaged more against him lmao.

KG torched this man

Man I miss that era of basketball

Tim don't get enough Love, ppl quick to call him greatest PF. Yet in my opinion he's one of the best players all around PERIOD

Love Kmart but man had a personal issue with KG biased a bit.. I think that KG was better than Duncan but many would argue against and it would be a valid argument. not to mention Duncan was more of a five than a four. KG played the SF when he entered the league.

Gilbert be looking 6’9 on the podcast

Anyone who thought kg and Duncan are on the same level of ‘greatness’ don’t know nothing about basketball… never watched the game… never even read the stat sheet. 🙄🙄

Fix the audio before releasing the full version Gil sound like he on the loud speaker 🔊

K mart was decent but he wasn’t like that kg & Duncan have him buckets why he never made an all defensive team I’ll wait

K-Mart & Sheed were 2 of the best defensive big men of that era, who didn't get recognized for their defense, bcuz it didn't show up on the stat sheet.

Your son is a high potential player, great father to have. Respect🤘🏻🙏

Timmy is a bad guy. Casual fan always bring up system brought championship to Timmy. It was the other way around. Pop made a system around Timmy's post up and passing. Plus his defense was anchored by him and Bowen with washed up Admiral. Timmy never backed down from any series. It was always him on offense and defense. KG was a talent but sometimes, fades out when needed the most.

Duncan is the best PF ever. Malone was close but I’ll take Tim and his resume all day.

Asking former players which player was tougher to guard is like asking them which player they respect more. It's not always the truth that come out of their mouths.

Get Kwame on the pod. Tell em’ to stop being sensitive 😂

Loved Kenyon Martin. One of the only guys I saw watching the playoffs that would pump up the crowd and then walk by and high five all the nobody’s in the front row. Love this guy in Denver.

Finally some respect for Timmy

And that's why he has five rings to KG's one

This is no surprise, Duncan's way better. 😂

his battle with Jeremy Lin was probably the toughest tho

Timmy is way underrated and KG is way overrated. One speaks too little hence underrated, the only words speaks a lot hence make ppl thinks he greats. Look at stats, kg is way overrated

Kenyon was a badd dude!! Blessed with heart and talent.

Kenyon Martin gets on my NERVES!!!🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Him and b Roy were my favorite players growing up

Greatest era of power forwards. Timmy so underrated. I would take him over some of y'all greatest. He never played with another superstat

Funny that he couldn’t guard either one. But talks like he can.

shouldve asked who was harder between Duncan KG and Dirk. Cause I think Dirk was probably way more frustrating for Kenyon to guard than KG, maybe Duncan

KG is just a rah rah guy, but Timmy is a quiet thinking guy.. NJ nets k-mart was a Beast!!!!

lol, Duncan went 24, 17, 5, 5blks 50% fg in the 2003 finals.... Also, that was an overall looooow scoring series with probably a really low pace: Only 1 game had a team score over 100 points. Whereas, Martin shot 34% from the field, rofl.

Lol it’s make sense Kenyon was an elite athlete Duncan sheer size and crisp fundamentals made it harder

K mart should talk about the time Timmy torched him in the finals with almost a quad double and a sweep.

Cause Timmy had more overall skill over Garnett, Prime or not.

Lol yea Tim was 5 masquerading as 4 lol K Mart was a actual 4 who could guard 5s. Tim & KG already kinda seen where the game was goin. Even playin with Shaq they knew they couldn't be him.

I’d easily take KG over tim Duncan 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

K MART was definitely tuff if you kept the ball low he was good at stripping the ball down low

Lowkey obi toppin could be the next k -Mart

Obviously, Tim's supporting cast was much better than KG's outside of a couple years in Boston. So, the quality help D for Tim was better and more prevalent. But, KG vs Kenyon in 22 games went. KG 20.4/12.2/4.4 Kenyon 15.0/6.7/1.7 And Tim vs Kenyon in 26 games went Tim 20.3/12.0/1.7 Kenyon 10.8/6.2/1.6 So, I think that a large part of what Kenyon was feeling was that his and KG's DAWG mindset were similar, so he didn't have to go anywhere else in his head to play him. Just try to meet his DAWGedness. While Tim's game plan and thought process was different, so it made him come out his A-typical shell. Which was harder.

Good ol days

And water is wet. Anyone who has watched Timmy and Garnet play know this without being told.

I commend you for even guarding either of those guys 👏

Tim Duncan was a much better player than KG period.

What if Kmart never leave NJ?Then they get VC. Jkidd VC RJ KMart Kristic. Legit Contender

Duncan put a historic series vs Kenyon. No match honestly.

Kwame ~ The Most Important People of the Century

Garnett is so overrated.His big mouth makes him what he is today:)

I'm so glad the Rockets picked up his son. Dude has been swatting 7 footer's shots to the stands.

Kg definitely destroyed Kenyon Martin

Gotta respect Kenyon for those comments 💯

As a grit and grind era fan of the grizzlies he gave fits to zbo on one series when kmart played with the clipps, aside from timmy, Kenyon made it tough as well for zbo in the paint, not easy to do😎