Kenny Smith

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Kenny "The Jet" Smith (born March 8, 1965, in Queens, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player and current TV announcer. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York, graduating in 1983. When Smith graduated from North Carolina in 1987, he held the school record for most assists with 768.

Kenny Smith is a NBA studio analyst for the TNT show, Inside the NBA, where he provides analysis and acts as a straight man for studio partner Charles Barkley. Kenny is also a color analyst for New York Knicks broadcasts on MSG, and hosts Full Court Press on Sirius Satellite Radio. Before he got his job as a sports announcer in 1998, Smith played ten seasons in the NBA.

During his career, Smith played for the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic and the Denver Nuggets. In his rookie year, he was named to the "rookie team" with 13.8 points and 7.1 assists per game while playing with the Sacramento Kings. Smith won the 1994 and 1995 NBA championships with the Houston Rockets. He is also Rockets' all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage with .407.

Smith also created the Kenny Smith North Carolina Boy and Girls Basketball Camp. The camp teaches young boys and girls about the rules and the game of basketball.

On September 2, 2006 Smith tied the knot marrying British model and actress Gwendolyn Osborne at their mountain-top estate in Stevenson Ranch, California.

Smith appears in NBA Live 2005 and 2006 as an NBA All-Star Weekend announcer at the Slam Dunk Contest and Three-point Shootout. In late 2006, Smith jumped to NBA 2K7 and did commentary for that video game franchise as well.