New Jersey Nets forward Kenyon Martin complained in late January about being left off the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Just last week he was miffed at finishing down the list in All-Defensive team voting.

Maybe he was right on both counts. Antoine Walker certainly would not disagree.

If his maturing game got lost during the regular season amid Jason Kidd's outstanding play, Richard Jefferson's rapid development and Dikembe Mutombo's disappearance, Martin is making it impossible to be overlooked in the playoffs.