Kenyon Martin played for the New Jersey Nets six years ago and was around Bruce Ratner briefly but that doesn’t mean K-Mart can’t take shots at the Nets Owner. Kenyon says if you need somebody to blame for New Jersey’s overall decline, including the 0-14 start, point your fingers at Ratner.

Julian Garcia of the NY Daily News spoke to Martin before the Nuggets 101-87 victory over New Jersey:

“When you let people who have never played the game of basketball make decisions, that’s what you get.”

“Bruce Ratner came in and made decisions and it affected everything from that point on. The blame for that has to go somewhere. It can’t always be on the players.”

Kenyon went on to say it’s not coach Lawrence Frank’s fault because he cares so much and tries so hard. Which might be true but there’s enough blame for everybody in New Jersey. Bad owner, injuries, coaching, players, wherever you want to lay blame works until the Nets get their franchise turned around.

Former New Jersey Net Kenyon Martin rips old boss Bruce Ratner, blames him for team’s decline [NY Daily News]