Career
Martin was 2.06 m tall, and played primarily at center. He was considered a talented all-around athlete. Martin was the first Spanish player to play in the National Basketball Association, in 1986, and was the second European to play in this league.
He played for the Portland Trail Blazers and, earlier, in Spain for Estudiantes and Real Madrid.
He played in only 24 games in the 1986-1987 season for the Blazers, having been injured for two months. At the end of the season, he returned to Spain to play again for Real Madrid.
Martín also represented his country in the 1981, 1983 and 1985 European basketball championship, and, during the latter, was selected for the all-tournament team Martin died in a car accident, crashing his own car, a limited edition Lancia Thema with a Ferrari engine.
His death caused an enormous shock in Spanish basketball.
In 2007, he was enshrined in the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame. Martin wore the number 10 on his shirt which Real Madrid has not used since his death. Foreign his first dunk in the 2009 National Basketball Association All-Star Slam Dunk Contest Portland Trail Blazers player Rudy Fernández wore a #10 Martin Blazers jersey in his honor.