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Sports Analyst, Commentator, Former NBA Player, and Author

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Kenny Smith: Biography at a Glance

  • Kenny “The Jet” Smith is an American sports analyst, commentator, former NBA player, and author.
  • Smith played professional basketball for ten years and won two World Championships with the Houston Rockets.
  • He is an acclaimed NBA studio analyst for the Emmy Award–winning TNT show Inside the NBA, joining Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson each week during the NBA season to produce one of the most entertaining studio shows in sports television.
  • Smith also appears in Adam Sandler’s sports-comedy film, Hustle, and Dwayne Johnson’s sitcom, Young Rock.
  • He has been nominated for multiple Sports Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Analyst, Outstanding Edited Sports Special, Outstanding Interactive Experience (Original Programming), and Outstanding Studio Show (Weekly).
  • His memoir, Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me, reveals memorable inside stories of his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who inspired him along the way.

Biography

Kenny Smith is an American sports commentator, former professional basketball player in the NBA, and author. He played for a total of ten seasons as a member of the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, and Denver Nuggets. Kenny won two NBA World Championships with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995. Additionally, he played college basketball at the University of North Carolina. As a sports commentator, he is an acclaimed NBA studio analyst for the Emmy Award–winning TNT show Inside the NBA. He joins Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson each week during the NBA season to produce one of the most entertaining studio shows in sports television. He is also a CBS analyst during the NCAA March Madness tournament. In 2023, Kenny published his behind-the-scenes memoir, Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me, through publisher Penguin Random House.

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Superstar basketball commentator, Kenny "The Jet" Smith, reveals humorous, behind-the-scenes stories from his playing and broadcasting careers, focusing on the star players, coaches, and mentors who inspired him along the way. He illuminates the personalities, affections, and quirks of friends such as Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kobe Bryant, among others, and what he learned from each of them. Interweaving poignant material about his upbringing in Queens, New York, his parents, his children, and his marriage, Smith offers a uniquely candid conversation with inspiring takeaways.

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