The New Jersey Nets apparently made a decision in the summer of 2004 about one of the key players from its back-to-back Eastern Conference championship clubs, long before making the trek to become the Brooklyn Nets.
Kenyon Martin, who was drafted first overall by the Nets in 2000, became a restricted free agent in the summer of 2004 and told Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson on Scoop B Radio on Thursday that New Jersey never made an attempt to keep the All-Star power forward.
Martin wound up signing a seven-year, $92.5 million max deal with the Nets as part of a sign-and-trade arrangement with the Denver Nuggets.