• Kevin Martin
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2007-08 REGULAR SEASON:
Averaged a career-high and team-leading 23.7 ppg (.456 FG%, career-high .402 3pt%, career-high .869 FT%), a career-best 4.5 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.02 spg, and 36.3 mpg in 61 games (started 57) … Named to the 2008 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team, a contingent to help prepare the Senior National Team for the Beijing Olympics (7/16) … Missed 17 games after suffering a strained groin in the third quarter vs. Utah (12/7) … Placed on the inactive list for one contest with a bruised right thumb at LA Clippers (3/5) … DND in the final three games with a strained right knee (4/12 vs. New Orleans, 4/14 vs. San Antonio, & 4/15 at LA Lakers) … Began the year on a scoring binge, establishing a new Sacramento-era record with nine consecutive games (10/31 thru 11/16) tallying 20-plus points to start the season (averaged 28.2 ppg during that span) … Set a new Sacramento-era single season record with 502 free throws made, surpassing his own mark of 481 set in 2006-07 after besting Otis Thorpe’s total of 460 free throws made in 1987-88 ... Also attempted the second-highest single-season free throw total in Sacramento-era history (578), trailing only Thorpe’s 609 attempts in 1987-88 … Recorded Sac-era and ARCO Arena single-game records for free throws made and attempted (22-of-24) vs. Minnesota (3/7) … The 22 free throws made broke a previous mark of 18 also established by Martin at Indiana (2/25/07), and of those 22 makes, 15 came in the 2nd half—setting a new ARCO Arena single-game record and tying the Sac-era mark held by current head coach Reggie Theus (1/31/86) … Finished sixth in the NBA in scoring, while joining Corey Maggette and Dwight Howard as the only players to average at least 20.0 ppg while attempting 15 or fewer shots per contest … Ranked 12th in the NBA in free throw percentage and eighth in total free throws made (also led the league in average free throws made per game (8.2) … Finished 36th in minutes played … Scored in double-figures in 57 games … Tallied 20 or more points on 45 occasions, recorded 30-plus points 12 times, and broke the 40-point barrier twice … Grabbed 10-plus rebounds in two games and registered two double-doubles … Shot 50% or better from the field in 23 contests … Led the Kings in scoring 33 times, rebounding on five occasions, and assists in nine games … Top Single-Game Performances: Scored a career-high 48 points vs. Minnesota (3/7), setting a new Sacramento-era record for points scored by a King in regulation, trailing only Chris Webber’s mark of 51 points tallied in an overtime loss vs. Indiana (1/5/01) … Tallied a game-high 28 points (6-14 FG, 1-2 3pt, 15-15 FT), six rebounds, and two steals in 41 minutes at Dallas (11/3) … Posted a game-high 32 points (7-17 FG, 1-5 3pt, 17-18 FT), six rebounds, one assist, and one steal in 46 minutes vs. Cleveland (11/9) … Doled out a career-high tying six assists at Minnesota (11/14) … Logged a career-high 49 minutes, posting a game-high 43 points (11- 21 FG, 5-7 3pt, 16-19 FT), a season-high 10 rebounds, and two assists vs. New York (11/16) … Made a career-high 14 field goals en route to a game-high 39 points (14-16 FG, 2-2 3pt, 9-11 FT), three rebounds, one assist, and one steal in 28 minutes off the bench vs. Dallas (1/14) … The 39 points marked the second most by a King off the bench in Sac-era history (Walt Williams tallied 40 vs. Philadelphia on 1/2/93) … Scored a team-high 32 points (7-17 FG, 3-7 3pt, 15-15 FT) to accompany seven rebounds, and four assists in 38 minutes at Utah (1/15) … Registered a game-high 34 points (13-22 FG, 2-4 3pt, 6-8 FT), seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 40 minutes vs. Golden State (3/18) … Set a new Sac-era record for consecutive free throws made in a contest without a miss, going 16-of-16 from the line and finishing with a game-high 36 points to complement seven rebounds, four assists, and one steal in 44 minutes vs. Memphis (3/26) … Posted a game-high 36 points (10-21 FG, 3-7 3pt, 13-13 FT), four rebounds, two assists, and three steals in 40 minutes at Denver (4/8).

NBA TRANSACTIONS:
Selected by Sacramento as an undergraduate out of Western Carolina with the 26th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft … Signed a multi-year contract with the Kings (7/7/04) … Re-signed a multi-year contract extension with Sacramento thru the 2013 season (8/29/07).

NBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaging 15.4 ppg (.465 FG%, .380 3pt%, .847 FT%), 3.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, and 0.90 spg in 258 career games (started 178) through four seasons with Sacramento (2004-05 – 2007-08) … Averaging 13.2 ppg (.407 FG%, .316 3pt%, 29-29 FT), 5.0 rpg, 0.5 apg, and 32.8 mpg in six career postseason games (started one) with the Kings … Made game-winning fast-break layup as time expired over the outstretched hand of Tim Duncan in Game 4 of the First Round vs. San Antonio (4/28/06) … Scored a playoff career-high 26 points (7-15 FG, 2-4 3pt, 10-10 FT) to go with a playoff career-best eight rebounds in 45 minutes in Game 2 at San Antonio (4/25/06) … Ranked 1st in the NBA in postseason free throw percentage in 2006 (1.000, 29-29) … Finished each of the last two seasons ranked in the top-10 in the NBA in free throws made (eighth in 2007-08 with 502 FTM & seventh in 2006-07 with 471 FTM) … Ranks sixth in Kings franchise history in career free throw percentage (1,207-1,452), fourth in career 3-point percentage, and seventh in 3-point field goals made (305) and attempted (803) … Also ranks seventh in the Sacramento-era in free throws made and ninth in free throws attempted … Finished second to Golden State’s Monta Ellis for the 2006-07 NBA Most Improved Player Award in the closest voting for the honor since its inception in 1986 … Averaged a teamleading 20.2 ppg (.473 FG%, .390 3pt%, .844 FT%), 4.3 rpg, a career-high 2.2 apg, 1.23 spg, and 35.2 mpg in starting all 80 games in which he played … Made 39 consecutive free throws from 11/3/06 – 11/15/06 before the streak was snapped vs. Memphis … Finished 19th in the NBA in scoring … Ranked sixth among NBA guards in field goal percentage … Ranked seventh in free throws made and 25th in free throw percentage … Ranked 1st in the NBA in scoring among players averaging 15 or less field goal attempts per game and joined Phoenix’s Amare Stoudemire as the only other players to average at least 20.0 ppg while attempting fewer than 14 shots per contest … Also ranked 28th in steals, including 11th in steals per turnover ratio (0.73) … Finished the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons ranked in the top-3 in the NBA in scoring average improvement (third-best increase in 2005-06, raising average from 2.9 ppg as a rookie to 10.8 ppg, and ranked second in 2006-07, bettering scoring average from 10.8 ppg to a Kings’ team-leading 20.2 ppg) … Hit game-winning basket to finish with a game-high 30 points at Chicago (11/3/06) … Scored a then career-high 40 points vs. Washington (12/21) … Collected a career-high four steals on two occasions (11/16/06 at Golden State & 3/11/07 vs. Denver) … Blocked a career-best two shots at Washington (2/22/07) … Hauled in a career-high 12 rebounds vs. San Antonio (3/8/07) … Joined Nate Archibald as the only other player in NBA history to score at least 20 points with only one field goal made, tallying 20 points (1-8 FG, 1-1 3pt, 17-20 FT) at Orlando (3/17/07) … Named NBA Player of the Week for the first time after averaging 28.0 points (.574 FG%, .391 3pt%, .833 FT%), 5.0 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in helping Sacramento to a 3-1 record in games played Feb. 26 – Mar. 4, 2007 … Averaged 10.8 ppg (.480 FG%, .369 3pt%, .847 FT%), 3.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, and 0.76 spg in 26.5 mpg in 72 games (started 41) in 2005-06 … Ranked 17th in the NBA in free throw percentage in 2005-06 … Posted averages of 13.7 ppg (.511 FG%, .423 3pt%, .840 FT%), 4.7 rpg, 1.8 apg, and 33.7 mpg in 41 games as a starter in 2005-06 (Kings 23-18) … Made 37 consecutive free throws from Feb. 3 – Feb. 15, 2006—the second streak of 37 or more FTM since joining the Kings in 2004 … Tallied first career double-double with a then career-high 10 rebounds to complement 22 points vs. Orlando (1/15/06) … Logged a career-high tying 49 minutes to finish with 21 points (6-12 FG, 0-4 3pt, 9-10 FT), six rebounds, one assist, and a steal at New York (1/25/06) … Averaged 2.9 ppg (.385 FG%, .200 3pt%, .655 FT%), 1.3 rpg, and 0.5 apg in 45 games off the bench as a rookie in 2004-05 … Has scored in double-figures in 172 career games, posted 20-plus points 100 times, reached the 30-point plateau on 22 occasions, and tallied 40-plus points three times … Has registered six career double-doubles.

COLLEGE:
Averaged 23.3 ppg (.462 FG%, .346 3pt%, .841 FT%), 4.5 rpg, 1.7 apg, and 1.70 spg in 79 games (started 77) over three seasons at Western Carolina … Became the first Western Carolina athlete selected in the first round of any professional draft and just the second Southern Conference player since Chattanooga’s Johnny Taylor in 1997 to be taken in the NBA Draft’s opening round in the last 40 years … Ranks fourth all-time on the Catamount’s scoring list with 1,838 points and is the school’s all-time leading scorer since the program moved to Division I in 1976-77 … Also ranks fourth all-time in three-point field goals made (174), third in free throws made (534), and second in career free throw percentage (.841) … Ranked second in NCAA Division I in scoring as a junior in 2003-04, winning the Southern Conference scoring title for the second straight season … Named All-District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) … Averaged 24.9 ppg (.474 FG%, .336 3pt FG%, .817 FT%), 4.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, and 1.85 spg in 27 games in 2003-04 … Earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors in three consecutive seasons (2001-02 – 2003-04) … Posted a season-high 44 points at Georgia in the season opener (11/21/03), sinking 7-of-14 three pointers … Scored 33 points in a stunning win at Arkansas (12/22/03) … En route to 37 points at East Tennessee State (1/17/04), hit a single-game school record 21 free throws (out of 23 attempts) … Scored 30 or more points 18 times … Ranked 10th nationally in scoring (22.8 ppg) as a sophomore (2002-03), setting a single-season school record for free throw percentage (.883) … Scored a career-high 46 points in sophomore season opener vs. Coastal Carolina (11/21/02) … Finished 11th nationally in scoring (22.1 ppg) as a freshman in 2001-02 and set a school record with 42 consecutive free throws made … Named to the National All-Freshman team by CollegeInsider.com in 2002.