Kenny Smith
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| Kenny Smith | |
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| Position(s): Point guard |
Jersey #(s): 30, 31 |
| Born: March 8, 1965 | |
| Career information | |
| Year(s): 1987–1997 | |
| NBA Draft: 1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 | |
| College: North Carolina | |
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| Career stats | |
| Points | 9,397 |
| Assists | 4,073 |
| Rebounds | 1,454 |
| Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
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Competitor for  United States |
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| Gold | 1986 Spain | USA | |
Kenneth (Kenny) Smith (born March 8, 1965, in Queens, New York) is a retired National Basketball Association player and current TV basketball analyst. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, graduating in 1983. He was a 4-year starter for North Carolina and when he graduated in 1987, he held the school record for most assists with 768 including 86 assists in NCAA Tournament play. While in school, he played for the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.[1]
The Sacramento Kings made him the 6th overall pick in the 1987 NBA Draft. In his rookie year, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, averaging 13.8 points and 7.1 assists per game while playing with the Kings. Smith won the 1994 and 1995 NBA championships with the Houston Rockets. He is also the Rockets' all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage with .407. His greatest moment as a player came in Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals against the Orlando Magic, when he hit a game-tying three-pointer as time expired to send the game into overtime. The Rockets would eventually win the game and sweep the series. Smith played 10 seasons in the NBA. During his career, Smith played for the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic and the Denver Nuggets.
In 1998, Smith became an NBA studio analyst for the TNT show, Inside the NBA. He provides analysis and acts as a straight man for studio partner Charles Barkley. When a team is eliminated from the playoffs, Smith sends them "fishing" by showing a placard with team members on a fishing boat. Smith is also a color analyst for New York Knicks broadcasts on MSG, hosts Full Court Press on Sirius Satellite Radio, and in October 2007 became an NBA analyst for Yahoo! Sports.
Smith also created the Kenny Smith North Carolina Boys and Girls Basketball Camp. The camp teaches young boys and girls about the rules and the game of basketball.[citation needed]
On September 2, 2006 Smith married British actress and Price is Right model Gwendolyn Osborne at their mountain-top estate in Stevenson Ranch, California.
Smith appears in NBA Live 2005 and 2006 as an NBA All-Star Weekend announcer at the Slam Dunk Contest and Three-point Shootout. Smith also does commentary for some of the NBA 2K Games.[2]
Kenny is also the first commissioner of the Premier Basketball League.[3][4]
Kenny and Gwen had their first child in March 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ 1986 USA Basketball
- ^ NBA2k8 at NBA.com
- ^ Rao, Chay (2008-01-02). Nighthawks prep for New Year, new league. Gazette.Net. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ NBA Legend Kenny Smith Named PBL Commissioner. Premiere Basketball League (2007-12-06). Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
[edit] External links
- KennyTheJet.com - Kenny Smith Boys & Girls Basketball Camp (Official Website)
- ClutchFans.net Kenny Smith Profile - Houston Rocket Fan Site
- Kenny Smith Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- Wedding News
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