It's not often Utah Jazz C Rudy Gobert is on the opposite end of a defensive highlight. Typically, he's the one delivering the punishment near the rim — averaging more than two blocks per game for his entire NBA career. But roles were reversed during Utah's tilt against the Houston Rockets on Friday night.
🚫KJ MARTIN REJECTS RUDY GOBERT🚫https://t.co/Gd9NIIoaRC
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 13, 2021
Early in the second quarter of their home matchup against the Rockets, rookie Kenyon Martin Jr. gave the Frenchman a dose of his own medicine.
The son of former NBA great Kenyon Martin was selected by Houston with the 52nd pick of the 2020 NBA Draft, and signed a four-year deal that's fully guaranteed in the first season. He made his NBA debut on Jan. 8, but was assigned to Houston's G-League affiliate Rio Grande Valley Vipers — where he played 10 games and averaged 17.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks before being called up alongside Kevin Porter Jr.
With a myriad of injuries and defections descending upon Houston and promising first-year coach Stephen Silas, the Rockets haven't been roaring this season.
But if Houston is going to fully embrace the youth movement moving forward, Martin and his 6-foot-6, 215-pound frame could be a swell piece for it.
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