Monday, January 11, 2010

Golden State Warriors sign Cartier Martin to 10-day contract

The Warriors signed swingman Cartier Martin to a 10-day contract, the team announced Sunday.

The 25-year-old Martin is a call-up from the NBA Development League's Iowa Energy, where he averaged 14.4 points and 4.3 rebounds in 12 games this season. The 6-foot-7 Martin, who went undrafted out of Kansas State in 2007, began last season with the Energy before being called-up by the Charlotte Bobcats, for whom he played 33 games and averaged 2.6 points and 1.0 rebound in 8.1 minutes per contest.

Martin was with the Warriors during the Summer League in Las Vegas, where he averaged 19.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.33 steals and 1 block in 29.3 minutes over three games.

The Warriors' roster now stands at 16 players. The Warriors are able to add Martin to the roster under the NBA's hardship rules, which allow a team the ability to sign an additional player if that team already has 15 players on its Active and Inactive Lists and has four-or-more players unable to perform playing services due to injury or illness for an extended period of time.