Pistons' Martin undecided after 'pretty bad year'

Cartier Martin has a decision.

He can pick up a contract option with the Detroit Pistons for $1.2 million next season. Or he can decline and become an unrestricted free agent after what was, by far, the worst shooting performance of his career. His decision deadline is late June.

It's not exactly what the Pistons expected when Martin became one of team president Stan Van Gundy's first signings last summer.

"I'll talk to my family and my agent and have meetings with Stan and see what's in the best interest of myself, and then we'll go from there," Martin said after the regular-season finale at New York last week.

Van Gundy cited the 6-foot-5 swingman's true shooting percentage in the 2013-14 season (56.2%) when he explained the signing. "True shooting" takes into consideration three-pointers, field goals and free throws.

But he shot 18.2% from three-point range for the Pistons, far below his 37.2% career mark. Martin had a setback with a sore foot at the end of training camp and never became part of the playing rotation. He appeared in only 23 games.

"It was a pretty bad year, I ain't lying," he said.

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