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I'd hate whoever made a butch-fit like that for the Lakers.
On a night when the Denver Nuggets should have been celebrating a much-needed victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, the franchise continued to struggle with off-the-court issues when an April Fools' Day joke sparked anything but laughter.
During Denver's 109-92 victory, a former Nuggets ball boy, Laquan Johnson, got into the club's locker room, took Kenyon Martin's car keys and filled the player's Range Rover with buttered popcorn. The car had a white interior.
Martin discovered the damage as he was about to exit Denver's Pepsi Center. At the time, had no idea who had pulled the prank. Angered, he went back to the locker room spewing profanities and threats at teammates and other members of the organization.
"That ain't no [expletive] joke," Martin said. "I'm going to find out who did it ... put my [expletive] hands on one of y'all. I'm going to put my hands on whoever did it. You better believe that. It's [expletive] personal. You better believe it."
Martin, who has missed 15 games with a torn patella tendon in his left knee, threatened to boycott the postseason if he did not find out who was responsible. "How 'bout if I don't play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it," Martin said more than once.
Martin stormed in and out of the locker room several times, and a person close to him said his anger was not over the prank, but over the fact that someone could go into his pocket and take his keys during a game. Realizing the culprit had to have access to the private code for the team's gated parking lot, he assumed members of the organization either pulled the stunt or assisted in it.
"The fact that no one saw it or had anything to say about it -- not security, not the equipment manager," a person close to Martin said, explaining the player's anger. "Somebody had to see it. He was wondering how the organization let something like that happen. What if the kid had really wanted to do something evil?"
Later, Martin found out Johnson, the former ball boy who is now the driver for teammate J.R. Smith, was responsible. Johnson apologized to Martin and agreed to pay for the damage to his car.
"It was just an April Fools joke that went horribly wrong," said a member of the Nuggets organization who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The kid thought it would be funny and it wasn't. Kenyon was back at practice today and everything was fine between him and his teammates."
The episode was the latest in a string of distractions Denver has had to deal with lately. Once regarded as the Western Conference's top challenger to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nuggets have all but fallen apart down the stretch.
With Martin out and coach George Karl missing games while getting treatment for throat cancer, Denver had lost five of six games before defeating Portland. That stretch dropped them from the second seed to the fifth seed in the West.
Martin, who cannot guarantee he'll be healthy for the playoffs, said before Thursday's game that he hopes to return for the last regular season game or two.
ok sons now I can understand Martin being pissed off, but the dude is making $32 million over the next 2 years ... does the ball ball really have to pay to clean your car? lol. I can assure you it wasn't the ball boy's idea ... teammates encouraged it.
this would have been a better way ...
On a serious note. How much popcorn was it? was it just the driver's seat or the whole interior? something like this
I don't think you're supposed to do that prank with BUTTERED popcorn. But if anyone deserves it, it's that Kenyon Martin.
With white interior.
WTF is some former ball boy doing this kind of ...i guess he had reassurance from his buddy JR that if KMart tried some gangsta on him that JR would get his crew to take care of Kenyon
How does JR take care of business? Does he offer K-Mart a ride home after a night at the club?
The prank went horribly wrong? No, the ball boy is just re ed.
what a ed up prank
what an asshole ball boy
Let's stop acting like the ing ballboy masterminded the prank here. Obviously he was put up to it by others on the team.
AHAHAHA! What an en led, ghetto ass acting like he can't afford 20 of whatever vehicle got ed up. These jerks have so much disposable income it's not funny, yet he's crying like a over an obviously idiotic prank. Totally could have handled it better than to take it "personal""How 'bout if I don't play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it," Martin said more than once.
Why is that bad?..just because the guy has a lot of money, it doesn't mean he should brush it off when some idiot ruins the interior of his car for a stupid prank..
I don't like Kenyon Martin, but he definitely has the right to be angry here..
If it wasn't the ball boy's idea, one of the other guys will just pay for it without telling KMart(or maybe even telling him), otherwise, the ball boy might Kobe on them anyways..don't feel bad for that idiot..
son no stop sign would stop JR from getting the job done
lol exactly. people blaming the ball boy is ridiculous. sure he did it, but I'm sure this teenage kid was told to do it by numerous teammates and Nuggets staff. I don't think anyone expected thuggin-n-buggin Kenyon Martin to blow up on them and threaten to willingly abandon them in the playoffs. tells you a lot about his character.
K-Mart is a fugazy little got that wasn't gonna do . More tough talk from the biggest phony in sports.
Who would you prefer mono, Trina or Cristal?..
Was wondering if someone else realized how someone (most likely JR Smith) completely left the ball boy hung out to dry.
lol Thuggets
Big surprise that a team full of killers and thugs would have a blowup over an april fools joke. I'm surprised Martin hasn't asked JR to "drive" the ballboy around town for a bit.
Seriously, I bet there's male gay exotic dancers with more street cred than K-Mart. Fake thug fugazy ass little , that's all he is.
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Kmart is a got for getting all butthurt but it dont matter how much money you have..If someone puts that much buttered popcorn on leather it'll stain that ..His car gonna smell like the movie theaters for a month hahaha
I actually agree with him here.someone could go into his pocket and take his keys during a game...
"The fact that no one saw it or had anything to say about it -- not security, not the equipment manager," a person close to Martin said, explaining the player's anger. "Somebody had to see it. He was wondering how the organization let something like that happen. What if the kid had really wanted to do something evil?"
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