Kenny Smith, Inside the NBA commentator and Two-time NBA champ

In 1994 and 1995, Kenny "The Jet" Smith won back-to-back NBA Championships playing for the Houston Rockets. Since retiring, he can be seen on the Emmy-Award winning TNT show, Inside the NBA alongside Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal. The program has turned from being just a show about basketball into its own phenomena. YouTube is littered with clips and outtakes that have thousands if not millions of views. But it was when Kenny's annual summer basketball camp for kids in North Carolina was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic that he came up with the idea for the Jet Academy (named after his nickname "The Jet"). Over the course of our conversation, Kenny talks about how building the Jet Academy made him obsessed with live streaming technology. We also discuss his two NBA Championships, The Last Dance about Michael Jordan, "The Bubble" and of course what it's like working with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal on Inside The NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices