Kenyon Martin Popcorn Prank Gone Bad

Next year, it’d be a good idea to leave Kenyon Martin alone on April Fool’s Day. The Denver Nuggets forward almost went postal after an April Fool’s Day prank went sour.

During the Nuggets game on April Fool’s Day against the Portland Trail Blazers, someone got Martin’s keys to his Range Rover. The prankster filled Martin’s car with buttered popcorn — despite the fact that the Range Rover had white interior.

After the game when Martin found his Range Rover filled with popcorn, he didn’t laugh. Far from it.

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Reportedly Martin had this to say while storming in and out of the locker room: “That ain’t no fucking joke. I’m going to find out who did it … put my fucking hands on one of y’all. I’m going to put my hands on whoever did it. You better believe that. It’s fucking personal. You better believe it.”

Amazingly Martin, who has missed the last 15 games due to a knee injury, threatened to sit out the playoffs if the perpetrator didn’t reveal himself.

Said Martin: “How ’bout if I don’t play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it.”

As it turns out, the April Fool’s Day prankster turned out to be a former ballboy by the name of Laquan Johnson. Johnson is now the personal driver for J.R Smith. (Smith lost his ability to drive after killing a friend in a traffic accident … but that’s a whole different story.)

All in all, this is just another twist in what has become the unraveling of the Denver Nuggets’ 2010 NBA season. With head coach George Karl battling throat cancer and the players melting down one by one, this does not appear to be the year that the Nuggets win their first NBA championship. In fact, it doesn’t appear that the Nuggets will make it out of the first round of the playoffs.