Kenny Smith
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
Audacy
4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Episode 371 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kenny Smith, who is in his 25th year as studio analyst for Inside the NBA. He will be in Indianapolis this weekend for WBD's coverage of the NBA All Star Game. In this podcast, Smith discusses his basketball consumption; why Inside The NBA has sustained its excellence over the years; the upcoming All-Star Game; why the Celtics are the best team he has seen this year; the NBA’s upcoming media rights deals; the brilliance of Giannis Antetokounmpo; the return of Doc Rivers to coaching; the ceiling for Victor Wembanyama; current NBAers who could succeed in television; his picks for the greatest defenders he faced, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:28.7 | welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:41.5 | I'm your host of Richard Deich. |
| 0:42.6 | My producer Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:43.9 | One guest this week, but an excellent one. |
| 0:46.8 | Kenny Smith is in his 25th year as the studio analyst for inside the NBA. |
| 0:52.5 | The most iconic sports studio show in history, the best |
| 0:56.5 | sports studio show in history. |
| 0:58.8 | Kenny will be in Indianapolis this weekend for all of Warner Brothers' discoveries coverage |
| 1:03.3 | of the NBA All-Star game. |
| 1:05.4 | That includes alternative telecasts and all sorts of interesting stuff. |
| 1:10.6 | So check out all of WBD's... telecasts and all sorts of interesting stuff. |
| 1:16.7 | So check out all of WBD's coverage for that. |
| 1:20.7 | They'll be on multiple channels, True TV, TNT, etc. |
| 1:26.7 | And we had a pretty good basketball discussion just on, talked about the All-Star game for sure, |
| 1:29.5 | talked about why Kenny is so high on the Celteltics talked about victor wemba yama's ceiling got into yonis a little bit who is fascinating |
| 1:35.8 | to me and then uh kenny went a little bit old school when i asked him who the best |
| 1:39.8 | uh defenders were in the NBA during his time so kenny sm Smith of Inside the NBA coming up on the sports media podcast. |
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