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[official Rocket Hero] Kenny Smith Appreciation Thread/Education

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Oct 17, 2007.

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  1. Chris Jent MVP

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    blowing up the team for the barkley trade was one of the dumbest moves in history. even worse than those ugly ass blue jerseys.
     
    #221 Chris Jent MVP, Sep 16, 2011
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    Agree to disagree... Barkley was a monster for us (arguably our best player that season), and without him we would have been destroyed by Seattle again, and again and again...

    It would have been nice to keep one of those PG's though...
     
    #222 RudyTBag, Sep 17, 2011
  3. tinman

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    Yeah, people forget that at the time, getting revenge on Seattle was priority one. Didn't like the Shawn Kemp (when he was not fat) vs Horry matchup. We needed a better rebounder and a second low post presence.

    Also, when we got Barkley, our appearance on national TV like quadrupled.
    That season with Barkley was very exciting and we were favorites to go to the Finals.

    Losing Cassell was tough, we knew that guy was special and starter material.
     
    #223 tinman, Sep 17, 2011
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    Barkley was a lazy player who was a big time hypocrite.

    For him to blast Drexler and Hakeem for being "contempt" with their championships and not working hard enough was despicable.
     
    #224 ascaptjack, Sep 17, 2011
  5. tinman

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    Newb you don't know crap about Kenny.

    Read this thread, learn about Clutch City. It's better than New York.
     
    #225 tinman, Apr 18, 2013
  6. swyyyguy

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    kenny smith is so great. that's why jason terry tried to steal his nickname.
     
    #226 swyyyguy, Apr 18, 2013
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    Wanna scare Tinman? Show him an ipad.
     
    #227 Geronimo, Apr 19, 2013
  8. tinman

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    Keep it real Kenny ! Tell them the truth about awesome you were back in the day! TNT
     
    #228 tinman, Apr 30, 2013
  9. tinman

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    This makes no sense. What do you think I'm using now ?
     
    #229 tinman, Apr 30, 2013
  10. Salvy

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    Kenny Smith and Barkley going at it in the post game..... LOL, he jus told Barkley you were no Shack you were no Dream.... :D Perfect Night
     
    #230 Salvy, Apr 30, 2013
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    Rockets and dream have been getting a TON of love from Kenny and the guys on inside ever since the playoffs began. More than any other team.
     
    #231 TheRealist137, Apr 30, 2013
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    That was MESSED up by Charles telling Kenny he probably would've been cut. That is some salty ass towards a classy guy like Kenny. I like Charles but man for a guy that never won a ring and choked multiple times he shouldn't be able to say that to one of the guys responsible for pulling out down 1-3 against him.
     
    #232 LosPollosHermanos, Apr 30, 2013
  13. tinman

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    They showed the early Kenny smith dunking and making dope passes

    Tell'em Kenny! College player of the year !
     
    #233 tinman, Apr 30, 2013
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    Yeah, Barkley really crossed the line and pissed Kenny off by saying he would have been cut if he didn't play with Dream. That was harsh and not true. I would have been pissed too :)
     
    #234 Patience, Apr 30, 2013
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    I couldn't believe he actually said that at first. I'm surprised at how well Kenny kept talking and keeping his composure. And then "You were cut at the end" was just stupid. Obviously because he was way too old to play and it was his 11th year in the league.

    Shaq should have jumped in and called him out for his **** but it was clear Charles was down to his last bone and being pathetic trying to undermine Kenny like that.
     
    #235 LosPollosHermanos, Apr 30, 2013
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    Wow, that was great speech by Kenny about the rockets cluch city team and how they respected dream being Muslim and Vernon going out all night.

    This brought a tear to my eye and proves the clutch city is righteous and forever in our hearts
     
    #236 tinman, Apr 30, 2013
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    I didn't even know Kenny scored 17 his first year as a rocket. I was 8 or 9 at the time though.
     
    #237 Invisible Fan, Apr 30, 2013
  18. REEKO_HTOWN

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    Someone post a vid please
     
    #238 REEKO_HTOWN, Apr 30, 2013
  19. tinman

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    He was awesome. closer to 18 points ,7 assists, shooting 52%

    <PRE>
    Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
    1990-91 25 HOU NBA PG 78 78 34.6 6.7 12.9 .520 0.6 1.7 .363 3.7 4.4 .844 0.5 1.6 2.1 7.1 1.4 0.1 3.0 1.7 17.7
    1991-92 26 HOU NBA PG 81 80 33.8 5.3 11.2 .475 0.7 1.7 .394 2.7 3.1 .866 0.4 1.8 2.2 6.9 1.3 0.1 2.8 1.4 14.0
    1992-93 27 HOU NBA PG 82 82 29.5 4.7 9.1 .520 1.2 2.7 .438 2.4 2.7 .878 0.3 1.6 2.0 5.4 1.0 0.1 2.0 1.3 13.0
    1993-94 28 HOU NBA PG 78 78 28.3 4.4 9.1 .480 1.1 2.8 .405 1.7 2.0 .871 0.3 1.5 1.8 4.2 0.8 0.1 1.6 1.6 11.6
    1994-95 29 HOU NBA PG 81 81 25.1 3.5 7.3 .484 1.8 4.1 .429 1.6 1.8 .851 0.3 1.6 1.9 4.0 0.9 0.1 1.5 1.3 10.4
    1995-96 30 HOU NBA PG 68 56 23.8 3.0 6.8 .433 1.3 3.5 .382 1.3 1.6 .821 0.3 1.1 1.4 3.6 0.7 0.0 1.5 1.7 8.5
    Career NBA 737 650 30.1 4.8 10.0 .480 0.9 2.3 .399 2.3 2.7 .829 0.4 1.6 2.0 5.5 1.0 0.1 2.2 1.6 12.8
    </PRE>

    Here's Jeremy Lins for his first year

    <PRE>
    Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
    2012-13 24 HOU NBA PG 82 82 32.2 4.8 10.9 .441 1.1 3.1 .339 2.6 3.4 .785 0.4 2.6 3.0 6.1 1.6 0.4 2.9 2.5 13.4
    Career NBA 146 107 26.5 4.1 9.3 .440 0.8 2.3 .332 2.6 3.3 .789 0.4 2.2 2.7 5.2 1.5 0.3 2.6 2.2 11.5
    </PRE>

    And Kenny played with Olajuwon, who got the ball all the time, more than Harden
     
    #239 tinman, Apr 30, 2013
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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Sl7AmSZQ3g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #240 tinman, Apr 30, 2013
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