Kenyon Martin Sr. former NBA All-Star known for his aggressive defensive play, tone-setting leadership, navigating life after basketball, an outspoken sports voice, player vs the man and shares pride as father watching son play in the NBA

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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“Trying to change that perception has been the most challenging thing post career…It was K-Mart the player and Kenyon the person. I didn’t let a lot of people know Kenyon the person.” Kenyon Martin Sr The former NBA All-Star, No. 1 overall pick, and one of the most relentless competitors of his era, Kenyon Martin Sr. sits down with The Pivot Podcast for a powerful, unfiltered conversation about basketball, family, and the evolution of manhood. From his rise out of Dallas to leading the New Jersey Nets to back-to-back NBA Finals, Kenyon reflects on the edge and intensity that defined his playing career—and how that same fire often shaped how he was perceived. Now, with greater perspective, he opens up about the difference between being seen as a player versus being understood as a man. He opens up about the power of his voice now, how he strives to speak from experience and how his biggest post-career challenge is being able to show the world the difference from K-Mart the player vs Kenyon the person.... The conversation takes on new depth as Kenyon discusses watching his son, Kenyon Martin Jr., carve out his own NBA journey. He speaks candidly about fatherhood, pride, restraint, and the responsibility of letting your child become their own person while still standing firm in loyalty and protection as a parent. Beyond the game, Kenyon shares lessons on accountability, family-first values, standing on principle, and how growth sometimes requires rewriting narratives—both public and personal. This episode is about legacy, love, and learning when to pivot without losing who you are. 🎙️ Raw. Reflective. Real. Kenyon Martin Sr.—beyond the jersey. Pivot Family, let us know what you think, don't forget to like, comment and hit the subscribe button, we appreciate you sticking with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	No, they can't play.
0:35.2	No, they can't play.
0:37.8	What up, Jim? What up, we need to do. We can't have guests. They can't play. What a dude?
0:54.2	We need to do a liability waiver. If we do something else, if we do something else, we can include Ken. We can't include them in a hoop game with three-on-three games. Oh, we had guests on. Oh, that's the thing now, right? So that's the new conversation, man. I saw that. I said, um, because they didn't mention us.
0:55.6	So I was like, um.
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2:02.1	Pivot fan, thank y'all for pivoting with us.
2:04.2	I mean, shoot, we've been kind of communicating about this for years now, man.
2:08.3	So excited to get it done.
2:10.1	You know, normally, I'm like, I always try to start the show with something fun.
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