{"id":28236,"date":"2015-01-09T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/bucks-add-kenyon-martin\/"},"modified":"2015-01-09T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:06:00","slug":"bucks-add-kenyon-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/bucks-add-kenyon-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks add Kenyon Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee, WI (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The Milwaukee Bucks have signed veteran forward\/center Kenyon Martin to a 10-day contract.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was the first overall pick by the Nets in 2000 and played with current Bucks coach Jason Kidd from 2001-04 in New Jersey and again with the Knicks in 2012-13.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kenyon provides some needed depth to our front court and brings an additional veteran presence to help develop our young team,&#8221; said Bucks general manager John Hammond in a statement Friday. &#8220;He has always been known for his tough- minded, physical approach to the game and we&#8217;re excited to welcome him to the Milwaukee Bucks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martin last played for the Knicks in 2013-14, appearing in 32 games. He owns career averages of 12.5 points and 6.9 rebounds in 746 games with the Nets, Nuggets, Clippers and Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks opened a roster spot by waiving guard Nate Wolters, who averaged 2.3 points and 1.5 rebounds in 11 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate everything Nate gave to the Bucks both on and off the court,&#8221; said Hammond. &#8220;We know we will see him again in the NBA and wish him well in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wolters has averaged 6.4 points, 2.9 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 69 NBA games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee, WI (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; The Milwaukee Bucks have signed veteran forward\/center Kenyon Martin to a 10-day contract. Martin was the first overall pick by the Nets in 2000 and played with current Bucks coach Jason Kidd from 2001-04 in New Jersey and again with the Knicks in 2012-13. &#8220;Kenyon provides some needed depth to our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[250,174,249],"class_list":["post-28236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-bucks","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}