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Kenny Smith: ‘I disagree with Charles Barkley, but I still love him’ NBA

IIn the late 1980s, Kenny Smith had a scary non-basketball moment during his rookie year with the Sacramento Kings. He was being driven home by a coach when their car was pulled over. Growing up in a black-majority neighborhood in Queens, New York, Smith had a cautious view of police. He was worried about a white police officer stopping traffic for two black men. In the end, nothing happened, thanks to the cool demeanor of Coach Hall of Famer Bill Russell. Russell told the officer that he could give the ticket or give the lecture, but not both.police officer admitted 11 times NBA Make him a champion and let him go.

“As a young African-American, I had never seen someone question authority so quickly and so deliberately,” says Smith.

Russell who died last year, left a strong impression on newcomers. Smith was a two-time NBA champion with the Houston Rockets and a prominent analyst. Emmy Award Winning TNT Show Inside the NBA. Now, in her new book, Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me, Smith shares her reflections on the many role models she’s had over the years.

“I wish I had known all this at this point.” [age] 20,” says Smith. “All this different information. I thought.”

Collectively, he calls them “great people who have made great achievements in their respective fields.”

Smith played high school basketball in one of New York City’s leading programs, the Archbishops of Molloy, under outstanding coach Jack Curran. He went on to the University of North Carolina, where he was mentored by legendary Dean Smith. The Tar Heels teammate was none other than Michael Jordan. Known as ‘Mike Jordan’ at the time, he was driving a blue Monte Carlo and was already showing his competitive edge on the court. Smith often benefited from his competitive edge. But he also remembers Jordan being kind. Smith, visiting as a high school student from Queens, felt bad weather in Chapel Hill, so Jordan offered to take him to a local pharmacy.

In Sacramento, Russell shared insights into the mindset of a champion that would prove invaluable to Smith later in the Rockets’ back-to-back title wins in 1994 and 1995. By then, Smith had witnessed the transformation of his teammates into leaders. – Hakeem Olajuwon, mellowed with his conversion to Islam. After completing his playing career, Smith absorbed lessons from the late Kobe Bryant, including charity games to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. And from his fellow Inside the NBA star turned analysts Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal.

The show featured Smith alongside Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas, and host Ernie Johnson was the mainstay throughout.asked about him NBA Finals Candidates, says Smith. “In the East, I still like Boston. In the West, I like Denver.” “I think we are more complete and more complete than other teams.”

“To be a champion, you have to believe in the unseen,” he wrote in his book. When you’re on defense and can’t see behind you, you have to trust your teammates to help you. It’s like faith in God and it can be very deep. “

This book deals with the issue of faith. Psalm 23. Smith’s mother instilled in her son a love of Psalms.

“Whenever I feel like it, whatever the mood, I say it right before every game,” Smith says. “I’m not saying evil doesn’t exist, injustice doesn’t exist, what’s going on in the world doesn’t exist, but it’s about how you react when it happens. It’s such a great psalm.”

In this book, Smith shares many other life lessons he learned. One is to be a good listener, including constructive criticism. It hurt when Curran, his high school coach, said he wasn’t trying hard enough to reach the NBA. However, he realized there was a motive behind it and stepped up his efforts, earning Curran’s unhesitating recommendation that UNC accept his star player.

In later years, Smith was able to hear about Detroit Pistons great Thomas and get to know his side in an infamous moment in NBA history. In 1991, the Jordan-led Chicago Bulls defeated the Thomas-led Pistons en route to their first title. Thomas and the rest of the Pistons refused to shake hands with the Bulls. The incident left Jordan with a lasting disgust, as documented in the documentary The Last Dance. Smith asked Thomas why he declined the handshake. It turns out that Thomas comes from a time when such exchanges between adversaries were frowned upon. In the book, Smith explained that Jordan embodies a different approach. “He’s the kind of guy who shakes your hand when you beat him…especially when he’s the mountain you’re climbing.”

Smith has a wealth of musical experience during his 17 years at Inside the NBA with Barkley. As detailed in the book, the two had occasional disagreements over policing and black community issues. Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014. Smith reprinted an open letter he wrote to Berkeley at the time, recounting the respectful exchanges between the two later on the show. Most recently, in 2020, Smith walked off the set later Police shoot Jacob Blake dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Bucks withdrew from the playoffs to protest the shooting of Blake, who is black, just months after the police killing of George Floyd. Smith wanted to show unity with the Bucks, but while his actions were praised by many, including Russell, the lack of advance notice drew criticism from Barkley.

Smith writes in the book: [Barkley] I am as responsible as anyone for the voice I have, and the voice many NBA players enjoy today. The fact that Chuck and I disagree on certain subjects does nothing to change the situation. “

Smith said of Berkley and O’Neill, “I think of them as brothers. I’ve been around them a lot, maybe more than they’re family at times.” It describes the interaction as an example of how you can “disagree with someone and still love them.”

Throughout the book are touching accounts of Smith’s family, including Smith’s parents, Kenny Sr. and Annie Mae. and his brothers Wanda, Gwendolyn and Vincent. He explained that his paternal great-grandfather was a slave, and that unofficial racism still exists in St. George, South Carolina, where his family has roots, even after Jim Crow laws were officially outlawed. I am referring to what I was doing.

Growing up in Lefrak City, Queens, I had a unique set of challenges. One night his father was robbed but kept his composure, came out with a dollar and took the subway back to his family. When Smith moved out of her neighborhood to attend high school, she endured racist slurs. But New York’s diversity exposed him to other cultures, and he constantly notes that his experience helped him meet life’s challenges.

Smith also shares time with his five children (Kayla, KJ, Monique, Malloy, and London), whom he calls “a big part of my job.” . They influence me as much as I influence them. They are very smart young men and women. “

Asked about his advice to today’s young people looking for role models, Smith said, “Before you’re a good speaker, be a good listener. Be familiar with your craft before you expose it.” You have to work hard to be special, but don’t pretend you’re normal.”

The word “extraordinary,” he points out, is made up of two words: “extraordinary” and “ordinary.”

“It’s normal to make shots,” says Smith. “Many times in a row, it’s very ordinary and extraordinary. Extraordinary is just doing ordinary things great. When you look at it from that point of view, it’s like, ‘This can’t be achieved.’ You will not be overwhelmed. it is achievable. “

Summarize this content to 100 words IIn the late 1980s, Kenny Smith had a scary non-basketball moment during his rookie year with the Sacramento Kings. He was being driven home by a coach when their car was pulled over. Growing up in a black-majority neighborhood in Queens, New York, Smith had a cautious view of police. He was worried about a white police officer stopping traffic for two black men. In the end, nothing happened, thanks to the cool demeanor of Coach Hall of Famer Bill Russell. Russell told the officer that he could give the ticket or give the lecture, but not both.police officer admitted 11 times NBA Make him a champion and let him go.“As a young African-American, I had never seen someone question authority so quickly and so deliberately,” says Smith.Russell who died last year, left a strong impression on newcomers. Smith was a two-time NBA champion with the Houston Rockets and a prominent analyst. Emmy Award Winning TNT Show Inside the NBA. Now, in her new book, Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me, Smith shares her reflections on the many role models she’s had over the years.”I wish I had known all this at this point.” [age] 20,” says Smith. “All this different information. I thought.”Collectively, he calls them “great people who have made great achievements in their respective fields.”Smith played high school basketball in one of New York City’s leading programs, the Archbishops of Molloy, under outstanding coach Jack Curran. He went on to the University of North Carolina, where he was mentored by legendary Dean Smith. The Tar Heels teammate was none other than Michael Jordan. Known as ‘Mike Jordan’ at the time, he was driving a blue Monte Carlo and was already showing his competitive edge on the court. Smith often benefited from his competitive edge. But he also remembers Jordan being kind. Smith, visiting as a high school student from Queens, felt bad weather in Chapel Hill, so Jordan offered to take him to a local pharmacy.In Sacramento, Russell shared insights into the mindset of a champion that would prove invaluable to Smith later in the Rockets’ back-to-back title wins in 1994 and 1995. By then, Smith had witnessed the transformation of his teammates into leaders. – Hakeem Olajuwon, mellowed with his conversion to Islam. After completing his playing career, Smith absorbed lessons from the late Kobe Bryant, including charity games to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. And from his fellow Inside the NBA star turned analysts Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal.The show featured Smith alongside Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas, and host Ernie Johnson was the mainstay throughout.asked about him NBA Finals Candidates, says Smith. “In the East, I still like Boston. In the West, I like Denver.” “I think we are more complete and more complete than other teams.””To be a champion, you have to believe in the unseen,” he wrote in his book. When you’re on defense and can’t see behind you, you have to trust your teammates to help you. It’s like faith in God and it can be very deep. “This book deals with the issue of faith. Psalm 23. Smith’s mother instilled in her son a love of Psalms.”Whenever I feel like it, whatever the mood, I say it right before every game,” Smith says. “I’m not saying evil doesn’t exist, injustice doesn’t exist, what’s going on in the world doesn’t exist, but it’s about how you react when it happens. It’s such a great psalm.”In this book, Smith shares many other life lessons he learned. One is to be a good listener, including constructive criticism. It hurt when Curran, his high school coach, said he wasn’t trying hard enough to reach the NBA. However, he realized there was a motive behind it and stepped up his efforts, earning Curran’s unhesitating recommendation that UNC accept his star player.In later years, Smith was able to hear about Detroit Pistons great Thomas and get to know his side in an infamous moment in NBA history. In 1991, the Jordan-led Chicago Bulls defeated the Thomas-led Pistons en route to their first title. Thomas and the rest of the Pistons refused to shake hands with the Bulls. The incident left Jordan with a lasting disgust, as documented in the documentary The Last Dance. Smith asked Thomas why he declined the handshake. It turns out that Thomas comes from a time when such exchanges between adversaries were frowned upon. In the book, Smith explained that Jordan embodies a different approach. “He’s the kind of guy who shakes your hand when you beat him…especially when he’s the mountain you’re climbing.”Smith has a wealth of musical experience during his 17 years at Inside the NBA with Barkley. As detailed in the book, the two had occasional disagreements over policing and black community issues. Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014. Smith reprinted an open letter he wrote to Berkeley at the time, recounting the respectful exchanges between the two later on the show. Most recently, in 2020, Smith walked off the set later Police shoot Jacob Blake dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Bucks withdrew from the playoffs to protest the shooting of Blake, who is black, just months after the police killing of George Floyd. Smith wanted to show unity with the Bucks, but while his actions were praised by many, including Russell, the lack of advance notice drew criticism from Barkley.Smith writes in the book: [Barkley] I am as responsible as anyone for the voice I have, and the voice many NBA players enjoy today. The fact that Chuck and I disagree on certain subjects does nothing to change the situation. “Smith said of Berkley and O’Neill, “I think of them as brothers. I’ve been around them a lot, maybe more than they’re family at times.” It describes the interaction as an example of how you can “disagree with someone and still love them.”Throughout the book are touching accounts of Smith’s family, including Smith’s parents, Kenny Sr. and Annie Mae. and his brothers Wanda, Gwendolyn and Vincent. He explained that his paternal great-grandfather was a slave, and that unofficial racism still exists in St. George, South Carolina, where his family has roots, even after Jim Crow laws were officially outlawed. I am referring to what I was doing.Growing up in Lefrak City, Queens, I had a unique set of challenges. One night his father was robbed but kept his composure, came out with a dollar and took the subway back to his family. When Smith moved out of her neighborhood to attend high school, she endured racist slurs. But New York’s diversity exposed him to other cultures, and he constantly notes that his experience helped him meet life’s challenges.Smith also shares time with his five children (Kayla, KJ, Monique, Malloy, and London), whom he calls “a big part of my job.” . They influence me as much as I influence them. They are very smart young men and women. “Asked about his advice to today’s young people looking for role models, Smith said, “Before you’re a good speaker, be a good listener. Be familiar with your craft before you expose it.” You have to work hard to be special, but don’t pretend you’re normal.”The word “extraordinary,” he points out, is made up of two words: “extraordinary” and “ordinary.””It’s normal to make shots,” says Smith. “Many times in a row, it’s very ordinary and extraordinary. Extraordinary is just doing ordinary things great. When you look at it from that point of view, it’s like, ‘This can’t be achieved.’ You will not be overwhelmed. it is achievable. ”
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/may/22/kenny-smith-interview-charles-barkley-inside-the-nba Kenny Smith: ‘I disagree with Charles Barkley, but I still love him’ NBA

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