
Well, well, well ... tonight's Mavericks-Nuggets contest suddenly has a little more drama to it, and no, I'm not talking about the 600 or so "Leverage" and "Closer" commercials we're about to endure. (We get it TNT, you know drama. Move on.)
No, instead, Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin(notes) would like a word or two or forearm shiver with Mavericks billionaire owner Mark Cuban. Martin isn't happy about the remarks Cuban made to his mom in the controversial aftermath of Game 3 on Saturday.
Cuban admits when a fan called the Nuggets "thugs" he turned to Martin's mom, Lydia Moore and said, "That includes your son." Burn! Martin's agent also claims Cuban told Ms. Moore, just a day before Mother's Day, "Your son is a punk!" (Forgetting to sign your mom's card doesn't seem so bad now, does it?)
Now, Cuban denies making the "punk" comment, but that didn't stop K-Mart from sounding off on the war of words this morning. He didn't hold any verbal punches, according to Chris Dempsey of The Denver Post:
"I don't feel I need to call his name in the media and all that, but it's a little personal," Martin said after the Nuggets shootaround today. "And I'm going to take care of it." [...]
"[You] don't say nothing to my kids or my family," Martin said. "If you got something to say, say it to me. But I'm going to take care of it. I'm not going to do the whole media thing, back and forth. That's his thing. I'm more of a face-to-face type of dude."
PLEASE WATCH THE GAME 2NIGHT!