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Kenyon Martin rips World Peace, credits himself for Clippers' playoff win

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It's safe to say that Kenyon Martin doesn't think too highly of Metta World Peace.

The 15-year NBA veteran ripped the Lakers forward in a candid piece for The Players' Tribune, detailing the five players everyone hated playing against, accusing World Peace of only picking on those he knows won't fight back:

Everything he’s done has been calculated. The thing about the whole "Malice at the Palace" thing - people tend to forget how it all started. If he wanted problems with Ben Wallace, he would have fought Ben Wallace. Ben Wallace was the one that pushed Ron and instead of retaliating, Ron chose to run into the stands. He took the sucker move out.

Martin also included former teammate Reggie Evans on his list. However, K-Mart painted a more favorable picture of his former teammate, adding that the two were responsible for the Clippers' first-round victory in 2012:

When me and Reggie were teammates on the Clippers and the Nuggets, people hated it. We were "the Bash Brothers." It was because of us that L.A. got out of the first round of the 2012 playoffs. The young talent was good - Blake, DJ - but if you wanna win a Game 7, you gotta go with me and Reggie. That’s what Chauncey Billups told our coach, Vinnie Del Negro, "If you wanna win this game, you better leave Kenyon and Reggie in there."

Fans of Martin will have a chance to see him take the court this summer as a member of the upcoming BIG3 league.

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