Perspective: Becoming the Miami Heat’s Game 7 hero was the next step in Caleb Martin’s improbable rise.
Long after the game, Martin returned to the court wearing a Finals t-shirt over his black Heat jersey and holding a can of Stella Artois. A team staffer held his beer as he conducted several on-camera interviews with local broadcasters. Once done, a handful of those working TV journalists asked for photos and Martin obliged, each time ending the interaction by touching his heart.When Martin finally walked off the court — can in hand — a pair of arena workers extended their fists toward his.
Miami, the Little Eighth Seed That Could, was simply the better team in this series. It showed so in multiple ways, but especially with its roster depth. How else can one team lose two rotational players, bench a starter andThat depth helps explain the culture of the Heat. And if that culture needs a cover boy, then Caleb Martin is ready for his close up.
“His DNA is perfectly matched with their culture,” Eric Fleisher, Martin’s agent, told me while outside the TD Garden visitors’ locker room Monday night. “He’s all about having to outwork everybody. He’s about toughness, resilience. He doesn’t complain. He has a great attitude.” The three Martin boys — identical twins Caleb and Cody and older brother Raheem — had no choice but to work hard. It was the only way they’d have a chance of surviving their existence in Cooleemee, N.C. Their mother, Jenny Bennett, raised them alone and had to clock in for three jobs that together barely passed for a livable wage. At one point, the family lived in a trailer park.
In 2019, the Hornets selected Cody late in the second round, but Caleb had to sign a training camp deal and then a two-way contract, which meant he would spend most of his rookie season in the G League. Before the 2021-22 season, Charlotte signed Kelly Oubre Jr., another wing, and“When Charlotte waived him, it was really difficult,” Fleisher said. “He was on a minimum deal, and they waived him.
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