While players like Cam Thomas and Michael Porter Jr. are respected scorers around the league, every team needs a guy like Tyrese Martin , and a few if they’re lucky.

Reliable. Unselfish. Coachable. Composed.

The numbers may not jump off the page, but those traits are what Martin, a former second-round pick out of UConn in 2022, has brought to Brooklyn’s roster. Once on a two-way contract, he’s earned the trust of his coaches and teammates, worked his way into a standard NBA deal in February and secured a spot on the Nets ’ roster this season.

And over Brooklyn’s last four games entering Monday’s matchup against the Knicks at Barclays Center, Martin has started to show even more, pairing his usual effort and toughness with timely scoring and a growing confidence that’s beginning to s

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