Cartier Martin

Cartier Martin

Martin with the Wizards in 2011
No. 20 – Iowa Energy
Position Small forward / Shooting guard
League NBA Development League
Personal information
Born (1984-11-20) November 20, 1984
Crockett, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Nimitz (Houston, Texas)
College Kansas State (2003–2007)
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2008 Antalya BB
2008–2009 Iowa Energy
2009 Charlotte Bobcats
2009 Benetton Treviso
2009–2010 Iowa Energy
2010 Golden State Warriors
2010 Iowa Energy
2010–2011 Washington Wizards
2011–2012 Jilin Northeast Tigers
2012 Iowa Energy
2012–2013 Washington Wizards
2013–2014 Atlanta Hawks
2014 Chicago Bulls
2014 Atlanta Hawks
2014–2015 Detroit Pistons
2015–present Iowa Energy
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA D-League All-Star (2010)
  • All-NBA D-League Third Team (2009)
  • Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year (2007)
  • 2× Second-team All-Big 12 (2006, 2007)
  • Fourth-team Parade All-American (2003)

Cartier Alexander Martin (/kɑːrˈtiːeɪ/; born November 20, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League. He played basketball for Kansas State.

College career

He spent his college career at Kansas State University and is one of the top all-time scoring leaders at the school. His first three seasons he was coached by Jim Wooldridge and his senior year he was coached by Bob Huggins.

Professional career

After his senior season, he entered the 2007 NBA Draft but went undrafted. In his first professional year, he went overseas to play for the Turkish Basketball League's Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi. After one season in Europe, he was selected in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 2008 NBA Development League Draft by the Iowa Energy.

On January 29, 2009, he was signed to a 10-day contract by the Charlotte Bobcats,[1] having averaged 20.6 points per game in 21 games with the Iowa Energy. He was named to the 2009 D-League All-Star Game, although he did not compete owing to his status with the Bobcats.

He was signed by the Bobcats to a second 10-day contract on February 8, and then signed for the rest of the season on February 18, 2009.[2]

In July 2009, he was signed by the Italian league outfit Benetton Treviso to a 2-year contract.[3] He returned to the Iowa Energy in December 2009.

On January 10, 2010, Martin was signed to a 10-day contract by the Golden State Warriors.[4] After his second 10-day expired, he returned to the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League.[5] On March 30, Martin signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Wizards.[6] On April 9, he signed with the Wizards for the rest of their season.[7]

In August 2010, Martin was invited by the Wizards to their training camp for the 2010–11 season.[8] On April 6, 2011, he was waived by the Wizards.[9] On July 10, he signed with Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.[10]

After playing in China, Martin returned to the Iowa Energy on March 4, 2012.[11] On March 28, he was signed by the Wizards on a 10-day contract.[12]

On July 12, 2012, Martin re-signed with the Wizards.[13]

On October 15, 2013, he signed with the Atlanta Hawks.[14] On January 7, 2014, he was waived by the Hawks. In 25 games, he averaged 6.6 points per game.[15] On January 10, he signed a 10-day contract with the Chicago Bulls.[16] On January 20, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Bulls.[17] He was subsequently not signed for the rest of season after his second 10-day contract expired.[18] On February 1, Martin signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks.[19] On February 11, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Hawks.[20] On February 21, he signed with the Hawks for the rest of the season.[21]

On August 18, 2014, Martin signed with the Detroit Pistons.[22] In 23 games during the 2014–15 season with Detroit, Martin averaged 1.6 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 8.6 minutes per game.[23] On June 1, 2015, he exercised his player option for the 2015–16 season with the Pistons worth $1.27 million.[24][25] On October 23, 2015, he was waived by the Pistons.[26][27] On October 31, he was selected by the Iowa Energy with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League draft.[28] On January 12, 2016, he was waived by Iowa.[29]

On October 29, 2016, Martin was reacquired by the Iowa Energy.[30]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Charlotte 33 1 8.1 .364 .303 .800 1.0 .4 .2 .1 2.6
2009–10 Golden State 10 2 27.6 .364 .323 .762 4.7 .9 .8 .0 9.0
2009–10 Washington 8 0 14.3 .375 .389 .889 2.6 .9 .4 .1 6.4
2010–11 Washington 52 1 10.4 .390 .394 .700 1.4 .3 .3 .1 4.0
2011–12 Washington 17 2 23.0 .440 .387 .579 3.4 .6 .6 .1 9.3
2012–13 Washington 41 3 16.9 .381 .397 .714 2.4 .5 .5 .1 6.6
2013–14 Atlanta 53 6 15.5 .414 .384 .754 2.0 .6 .5 .1 5.9
2013–14 Chicago 6 0 8.0 .625 .600 .500 .8 .3 .2 .0 2.5
2014–15 Detroit 23 0 8.6 .283 .182 .000 .9 .5 .1 .0 1.6
Career 243 15 13.8 .392 .372 .729 1.9 .5 .4 .1 5.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014 Atlanta 3 0 15.0 .667 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 4.0
Career 3 0 15.0 .667 .000 .000 3.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 4.0

Personal

In 2011, it was reported that Martin had lost $374,000 in a ponzi scheme.[31]

References

  1. ↑ "Bobcats Sign Cartier Martin". NBA.com. January 29, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Bobcats Sign Cartier Martin for Remainder of the Season". NBA.com. February 18, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Benetton inks Cartier Martin". Sportando.com. July 17, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Warriors Sign Cartier Martin To GATORADE Call-Up". NBA.com. January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Cartier Martin Player Profile – RealGM". InsideHoops.com. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Wizards sign Cartier Martin to 10-day contract". InsideHoops.com. March 30, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Wizards sign Cartier Martin for rest of season". InsideHoops.com. April 9, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Wizards Invite Hudson, Martin To Camp". RealGM.com. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Wizards re-sign Othyus Jeffers, sign Larry Owens". InsideHoops.com. April 6, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Cartier Martin pens a deal in China with Jilin NorthEastern Tigers". Sportando.com. July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  11. ↑ "IOWA ENERGY RE-SIGN CARTIER MARTIN". NBA.com. March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  12. ↑ "WIZARDS SIGN MARTIN TO 10-DAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Wizards re-sign Cartier Martin". InsideHoops.com. July 12, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Atlanta Hawks sign Cartier Martin". InsideHoops.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  15. ↑ "HAWKS REQUEST WAIVERS ON CARTIER MARTIN". NBA.com. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  16. ↑ "BULLS SIGN CARTIER MARTIN TO 10-DAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  17. ↑ "BULLS SIGN MARTIN TO SECOND 10-DAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Cartier Martin Won't Be Re-Signed By Bulls". RealGM.com. January 30, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  19. ↑ "ATLANTA HAWKS SIGN CARTIER MARTIN TO 10-DAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  20. ↑ "HAWKS SIGN CARTIER MARTIN TO SECOND 10-DAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  21. ↑ "HAWKS SIGN CARTIER MARTIN FOR REMAINDER OF SEASON". NBA.com. February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Pistons Sign Free Agent Forward Cartier Martin and Center Aaron Gray". NBA.com. August 18, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  23. ↑ Ellis, Vince; Jahnke, James (October 23, 2015). "Pistons waive three players, including Cartier Martin". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  24. ↑ Walder, Chris (June 1, 2015). "Report: Pistons' Cartier Martin exercising 2015-16 player option". TheScore.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  25. ↑ Foster, Terry (June 2, 2015). "Cartier Martin takes option, will return to Pistons". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  26. ↑ Langlois, Keith (October 23, 2015). "Detroit Pistons Waive Martin, Thomas and Bachynski". NBA.com. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  27. ↑ Ellis, Vince; Jahnke, James (October 23, 2015). "Pistons waive three players, including Cartier Martin". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  28. ↑ "2015 NBA D-League Draft Board". NBA.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  29. ↑ "2015-2016 Iowa Energy Transactions History". RealGM.com. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Energy Announce Returning, Affiliate and Tryout Players". NBA.com. October 29, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  31. ↑ Torre, Pablo (July 26, 2011). "NBA players, college hoops coaches embroiled in investment scandal". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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