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Forget Jordan, Kenny Smith was there in 95 too!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Apr 25, 2020.

  1. Patience

    Patience Contributing Member

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    The Rockets were lucky Kenny was in the right place at the right time in game 1 of the 95 Finals, otherwise they don’t win that second championship.
     
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  2. tinman

    tinman Contributing Member
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    The Rockets were lucky that we got rid of old Sleepy Floyd

    Or didn't have Scotty Brooks go up against Penny

    Brother

    If Kenny could cause all these people do back flips every time he says or doesn't say anything on TNT

    Then he's really good at his job
     
  3. tinman

    tinman Contributing Member
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    @Rocket River @Ziggy

    99ers LOVE CLUTCH CITY
    more than
    LOWER TIER CLUTCHFANS HATE KENNY SMITH'S TV COMMENTARY
     
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    why would fans get so personal about kenny smith and try and dig up stuff about his personal life to prove their point? are fans mad cause something was said about jordan? it has to be that what else could it be? the fact fans would worry more about words than his actions on the court is the theatre of bizarre. fans trying to bring up everything he did wrong as a rocket from 90 to 96? why would you stoop so low?

    anyway back to positive stuff about what kenny did as a rocket, check out these stats vs stockton from the 94 and 95 series vs the jazz

    94 smith 14.8 pts .511 fg% 4.6 as vs stockton 14.4 .415 fg% 9.4 as

    https://www.basketball-reference.co...estern-conference-finals-jazz-vs-rockets.html

    95 smith 17.4 pts .565 fg% 5.4 as vs stockton 17.8 .459 fg% 10.2 as

    https://www.basketball-reference.co...n-conference-first-round-rockets-vs-jazz.html

    i still say if kenny was on the 97 team vs the jazz he would have fared better than matt maloney did vs stock
     
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    You don't know this answer?

    They are mad Kenny Smith on all of his years on TNT never predicted the Rockets to win the Championship.
    They feel like 'Kenny was betraying the Rockets by not constantly saying we were the best team in the NBA'

    through
    the steve francis era
    the yao tmac era
    the kevin martin era
    the harden lin parsons era
    the harden dwight era
    the harden chris paul era
    now

    None of the new generation of Clutchfans ever base their fandom on games and results, only media reactions
    [​IMG]
     
    #25 tinman, Apr 27, 2020
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  6. smoothie_king

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    Horace Grant was mutha-phucker!
    Jordan with the 45 because 23 was retired!!

     
  7. tinman

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    Kenny Smith
    2 NBA Championships

    and an EMMY
    [​IMG]

    @CometsWin


    All the Kenny TNT haters , wake me up when Drexler and Bullard win an Emmy for Homerism, I mean Journalism

    @Rocket River
    99ers can't be stopped
     
  8. smoothie_king

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    Still don't know why kukoc try and foul Horace Grant ole Ashe!

    Jordan didn't come out of retirement for his teammates to stand around getting dunked on!!!!



    If it wasn't for Ernie Johnson, there wouldn't be a freaking Emmy award.

    That's the one award Barkley won!
     
  9. bloodwings19

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    Kenny had better obligations than join his former teammates for Clutch City reunion. Otis Thorpe sighting is rare.
    [​IMG]
     
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    Pure. There's no room for sellouts in that picture. Kenny is as fake as that hairline he's been painting on.
     
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    Kenny won the trophies not stole them like Les

    Sensitive tv addicts feels always hurt

    99ers feelings aren’t
    We have the happiness of clutch city in our hearts

    I hope Kenny makes you cry
     
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  14. tinman

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    Kenny Smith was important to the 90s Rockets

    apparently people forget this
     
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    he was, no doubt...Kenny’s still a sellout tho, I will always stand by that
     
  16. tinman

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    If Mario elite became a chef and served bad food
    It never changes his status as a rocket hero
     
  17. Reeko

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    Kenny Smith: 2x champion and sellout
     
  18. smoothie

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    Anyone that played a part in bringing a championship to the rockets gets a free pass in my book. not even sure what Kenny did to make people not like him here but we wouldn't have won without him. he can believe other teams are better than us now, he can love his hometown more than Houston, whatever, doesn't change the fact that he played his part and won for us.
     
  19. fattz

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    Kenny is a world champion professional athlete that played his role on a team that found a lot of success with him on the bench. He maybe the worst starting point guard ever to be on a team that won a title. (Avery Johnson had less talent but a lot more heart) He was there but a hero he in not, IMO. The way he is now is the way he was then; self before team, and loud.
     
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  20. fchowd0311

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    Nah Mario Chalmers was worse.
     
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