...i think his effort is great.  He simply lets the game come to him and it just looks easy for him.  There are players who are go go go go all the time and there are players who are smooth and allow the game come to them.

I totally agree with you regarding Chris Martin's effort.  He is a smart and extremely talented player, and he knows that when he is double-teamed, as he was virtually every time he touched the ball vs. Augie, one of his teammates will be open.  I also take offense to the fact that Martin "has not played well in big games."  Let's get serious.  Two out of the three biggest games of the years he has played unbelievably (one being vs. IWU in which he single-handedly took over at the end of the game while having the stomach flu and one being @ NCC where he put up a mere 29 points and hit a clutch 3 to ice the game).  But that's ok, when Martin has a bad game it is due to lack of effort, however when KA and Harrigan play poorly it's totally to blame on opposing teams playing good D... no fault to them at all.