Blessed with natural athletic talent, Richard Roby and Kenyon Martin capitalized on opportunities to play pro basketball. The sport also helped them develop a brotherly bond.
Basketball is in their genes. Their father, Paul Roby, was a high school hoop standout in Saginaw, Michigan, in the mid-1970s. He was a Detroit News All-State selection in 1976, joining Magic Johnson as one of the honorees that year, and went on to play college ball at the University of New Mexico.
Raised in separate households, Martin grew up in Dallas, and Roby, who plays for the bj-league's Akita Northern Happinets, in California. But their paths would eventually cross.