', https://theblast.com/c/kenny-smith-ex-wife-garnishing-paychecks, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenny_Smith&oldid=981612283, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 11:56. Kenny Smith joined Michael Jordan as a freshman on a North Carolina team that was a Pre-season #1 and finished the season ranked #1 with a 28–3 record. We did win the title. Playing in a game that featured eleven future NBA players, Smith led the Tar Heels with 25 points and 7 assists but they lost to Syracuse University, 79–75. Of Lewis, Smith said, "He's the best lecturer ever. [38] Osborne is a former model on The Price Is Right. Although Smith's points, assists, steals and minutes per game declined for the fifth straight season, he was still productive in 1995–96. Overall, Smith averaged 6.3 points and 2.4 assists per game, the lowest averages of his career, while his three-point percentage of .437 (59/135) was the second highest of his career, and the fourth season in which he shot better than 40 percent on three-pointers. July 20, 1986", "Sacramento Fans Have No Problem With Dumping Bill Russell", "1990-91 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats", "Seattle SuperSonics at Houston Rockets Box Score, May 20, 1993", "Smith Lifts Rockets Into Game 7 : NBA playoffs: Guard scores 30 points as Houston pulls away from Seattle in third quarter for a 103-90 victory", "The 60 Greatest Playoff Moments: Honorable Mention", "Houston Rockets at Orlando Magic Box Score, June 7, 1995", "SAM I AM WITH TEAMMATES, FOES AND REFS, HOUSTON ROCKET POINT GUARD SAM CASSELL LIKES TO TALK THE TALK-- AND HE'S HAPPY TO BACK IT UP COME CRUNCH TIME, "History in Hindsight: The Houston Rockets, The Seattle SuperSonics, and Hakeem Olajuwon’s greatest foe", "Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets Box Score, May 2, 1996", "Throwback Thursday: Magic Johnson Makes A Comeback In 1996", "Chemistry, characters carry NBA show above pack", "Kenny Smith Says His Rockets Team Would've Beaten '94 Bulls with Michael Jordan", "Kenny Smith walks off 'NBA on TNT' set in solidarity with player strike", "Daddy’s Little Girl: Kenny Smith and Daughter Kayla Brianna Look to Rock Music Industry", "Awesome Basket Player Kenny Smith: Once Divorced, Now Happy With Wife Gwendolyn and Kids", "TBS's 'Meet the Smiths' gives NBA analyst Kenny Smith the spotlight", 'Gwendolyn Osborne, a Barker beauty on the Price is Right, wed former NBA Star Kenny "the Jet" Smith. [40], NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, "Famous Stanners: Kenny Smith, Class of 1983", "Jack Curran, a Mentor in Two Sports, Dies at 82", "Kenny Smith recognizes former Bartram High star Bobby Lewis", "Syracuse vs North Carolina, March 21, 1987", "Carolina Basketball: 2015-16 Fact & Records Book", "1986 World Championship for Men. LeBron James has gotten there (eight) times, but he didn’t win (eight) times. [1] The Rockets finished fifth in the NBA Western Conference with a 48–34 record, upsetting the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round before being swept in the second round by eventual Finals runner-up Seattle SuperSonics. He led North Carolina to the Elite Eight in 1985, losing to eventual National Champion Villanova Wildcats. He played some of his earliest basketball at New York's Riverside Church. “He was playing (in 1995). [9], Smith represented the United States in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, on a team that included David Robinson, Muggsy Bogues and Steve Kerr. [18][19], Smith had been gradually losing playing time to Sam Cassell,[20] but he continued to be the Rockets' starting point guard through the 1995–96 season. [1][4] Smith credits former South Carolina State star Bobby Lewis with his development as a shooter and ballhandler. The live broadcast, originally scheduled to lead into a double-header, was turned into a panel discussion of racial injustice in America after the announcement of the games' postponements. [30], While on the Scoop B Radio Podcast in 2017, Smith told Brandon Scoop B Robinson that the 1994 Houston Rockets would have beaten Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls had they faced each other in the NBA Finals. He later developed the Bobby Lewis Basketball Skills Development Program, a training regimen that he presented at basketball camps around the country. [1], After the 1989–90 season, Smith was traded to the Houston Rockets, where he would spend the next six seasons.

Smith was named a Consensus All-American (1st Team) as senior in 1987, averaging 16.9 points, 6.1 assists per game while helping North Carolina to return to the Elite Eight. They beat them!”. [14] Smith finished 17th in voting for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, just ahead of teammate Hakeem Olajuwon. The former Houston Rockets point guard won an NBA title during the first year of his absence (1994) and then another in 1995 after Jordan returned for 17 games that season.

[22][23], The Rockets released Smith after the 1995–96 season, and he signed with the Detroit Pistons. The Rockets won the game 120–118, and went on to sweep the Magic in four games.

Kenny “The Jet” Smith is refusing the idea that Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls could have won eight straight NBA titles, had he never retired … Many Rockets have heard their two titles be invalidated by claims that they only earned them because Jordan wasn’t there to contest them. [32], Smith has four children: Kayla Brianna, Kenneth Jr.

He had the best influence in terms of my workout regimen without question. You have Penny Hardaway, (Nick) Anderson and Shaq. [10][11], Smith was selected as a 6'3" 170 lb point guard by the Sacramento Kings with the sixth pick of the 1987 NBA draft. He was replaced by former Rocket player Rudy Tomjanovich, who went 16–14 to close out the season, missing the playoffs by one game. After retiring from playing, Smith became a basketball commentator for the Emmy Award winning Inside the NBA on TNT. (K.J. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team (1st Team) after averaging 13.8 points and 7.1 assists per game for the Kings. He was selected by Sacramento in the first round of the 1987 NBA draft with the sixth overall pick, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team with the Kings. He just lost that year.’ And I always say this: they won three, we won two and then they won three again. Smith's daughter Kayla is an R&B singer[35] and son K.J. ), recorded 4,073 assists (5.5 avg) while shooting .480 from the field, .399 from three-point range, and .829 from the free throw line. [9] Smith helped North Carolina to a record of 115–22 from the 1983–84 to 1986–87 seasons, including two Elite Eight appearances (1985 and 1987) and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1986. [31], On the August 26, 2020 edition of Inside the NBA, Smith left the set as a show of solidarity with the six teams that elected to boycott the day's games in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake. Smith began his NBA career playing for Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who was head coach for Kings until he was fired 58 games into the '87-88 season. Partner of iOne Digital / Cassius Network. Smith provided commentary for the MSG Network's broadcasts of New York Knicks games from 2005–08, and works as an analyst for CBS/Turner during the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. [39] Gwendolyn Osbourne filed for divorce in 2018. “We would’ve won. He also works as an analyst for CBS/Turner during the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. [1] Smith holds the Denver Nuggets franchise record for career three-point percentage (.425), and he continues to rank among the all-time leaders in several categories for the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets.[24][25][26][27]. That’s a monster. [6] As of 2016, he ranks second in school history in total assists (768), fourth in total steals (195), and fifth in assists per game. [12] Smith was traded to the Atlanta Hawks midway through the 1989–90 season, where he was a reserve player for the first time in his career, averaging 7.7 points per game while only starting five of thirty-games he played for the Hawks. Smith attended several of his lectures while in high school, and continued to use Lewis's drills throughout his basketball career, and teaches them at his own basketball camps. He was second on the team in scoring behind Charles Smith with 14.7 points per game. Smith averaged 9.1 points and 5.0 assists per game, and the Tar Heels lost to Indiana University in the Regional Semifinals of the 1984 NCAA Tournament.

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