The Warriors are interested in the former Hornets forward, but his performance in the Suns last season is a mess

According to The Stein Line reporter Jake Fischer, in addition to Al Horford, Seth Curry, Malcolm Brogdon and Gary Payton II, the current free agent forward Cody Martin is also one of the potential targets for the Golden State Warriors.

Martin was born in September 1995. He is 29 years old, 198cm tall and weighs 93kg. He is a forward player from the University of Nevada in the 2019 NBA Draft. Martin first played for the Hornets last season. He played 39 times for the Hornets in the NBA regular season, averaging 24.8 minutes per game, averaging 7.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks, and 1.1 turnovers and 1.8 fouls. He shot 43.3%, three-point shooting percentage 32.3%, and free throw shooting percentage 69.4%. Before the trading deadline this year, the Suns and Hornets completed a deal, and the Hornets sent Martin, Vasilije Micic, a 2026 first-round swap and a second-round pick to the Suns, and received Jusuf Nurkic from the Suns. After joining the Suns, Martin played 14 games in the NBA regular season, averaging 14.7 minutes per game, averaging 3.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.4 blocks. He also had 0.6 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 35.1%, 11.1% from three-point shooting percentage and 75% from free throws.

Martin's performance in the Hornets last season was actually quite average. Although it was not particularly outstanding, it could not be considered particularly bad at all. He could also show some of his own value. However, after joining the Suns, the situation deteriorated significantly. Martin's performance can be said to have a straight decline, which can be said to be completely different from being with the Hornets. Therefore, his playing time in the Suns is not very stable, and he cannot get the full trust of the team's coaching staff. Previously, the Suns also chose to cut Martin's contract before he was converted to a guarantee contract next season. The layoff also helped the Suns reduce their account salary by $8 million.

Martin was able to play a certain role in the team when he played for the Hornets in the previous seasons, but his situation after joining the Suns is indeed very worrying. It should be because his performance in the Suns was so poor that he has not been able to get a contract from an NBA team so far and has been in a free agent state. Another problem at the moment is that the Warriors are unable to move in the free market and trading market because they have not solved Jonathan Kuminga's stay and stay. They are constantly interested in the players, but they have no way to sign them. This seems a bit ridiculous?