TNT’s Kenny Smith on the 2023 Playoffs and Bulls-Rockets Debates, Plus the Duke Empire Strikes Back!

One Shining Podcast with Tate Frazier

The Ringer

Sports

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The Ringer's Tate Frazier ponders Coach K's new role as special adviser to basketball operations for the NBA (2:01), before talking with two-time NBA champion Kenny "The Jet" Smith about the 2023 NBA Playoffs, his time at UNC with Michael Jordan, what he learned from his teammate Hakeem Olajuwon, what would happen if his Rockets ran into the MJ Bulls during their playoff runs, what makes ‘Inside the NBA’ special, Kenny's memoir ‘Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me,’ and more (19:11). Finally Tate ends the show with some shout-outs and closeouts including Denny Crum, the transfer portal closing, and more (35:25). Host: Tate Frazier Guest: Kenny Smith Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get into today's episode of one shining podcast,
0:02.6	want to shout out the ringer verse and more specifically,
0:06.0	shout out to the house of our podcast with Maui Rubin and Joanna Robinson.
0:10.1	They go deep on all things Guardians of the Galaxy volume three.
0:13.9	Go check that out.
0:14.6	If you haven't seen the film, go check it out.
0:16.6	A lot of tears are going to be flowing down your face.
0:18.6	It's a fun one.
0:19.4	They're great.
0:20.2	They have the patented deep dives.
0:21.5	Like I said, also shout out to Van Lathen who does a great job on the ringer verse.
0:25.1	It is a great podcast for all things pop culture.
0:27.9	Go check it out now.
0:29.3	And now let's get into one shining podcast on today's episode of one shining podcast.
0:35.0	We have one of my favorite people working in media today.
0:38.3	He is, of course, Kenny the Jetsmith from inside the NBA.
0:42.2	I call him the common sense of inside the NBA.
0:45.4	He's also someone that is experienced pretty much every, you know,
0:51.0	it's pretty much experienced everything you can imagine in basketball,
0:53.9	whether it be from a player, whether it be from, you know,
0:56.6	someone that's in the media, whether it be just be a confidant for some of these young players.
1:00.9	Kenny Smith has got his hands and all the cookie jars.
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