Stephen Curry in a one-on-one 3-point contest against WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu was the highlight of NBA All-Star Weekend.
Curry managed to narrowly defeat Ionescu, who was shooting from NBA range during the competition a Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It was a competitive battle between two of the greatest shooters in the sport and it was thrilling to watch for the fans.
That is why it was especially disappointing when TNT’s Kenny Smith suggested that Ionescu should have shot the ball from the WNBA 3-point line.
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To shoot from the women’s 3-point line and Reggie Miller wasn’t having it pic.twitter.com/s64X1VOOxh— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 18, 2024
Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller did their best to make the Stephen vs Sabrina showdown brutally awkward and ended it by arguing about playing with dolls for some reason. pic.twitter.com/ylysmUQ4y4
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 18, 2024
Ionescu performed extraordinarily well, she just had the impossible task of going against Curry. Few people on the planet could have made it even half as competitive as she did.
So naturally, hoops fans roasted Smith for his immediate commentary about the shooting distance in the competition.
Kenny saying that Sabrina should have shot from the women’s line when she was 4 pts away from beating him is🗑️
— LaChina Robinson (@LaChinaRobinson) February 18, 2024
That event was really delightful until Kenny Smith picked the very end of it to editorialize about it for some ungodly reason.
— Velodus✨ (@velodus) February 18, 2024
Kenny acting like Sabrina doesn't ever shoot from deep
— Deuce Mason (@DeuceMason) February 18, 2024
Everyone: Steph v Sabrina was super cool
Kenny: …and another thing who gave women the right to vote?
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) February 18, 2024
This commentary is cringe. “She should have shot from the women’s line.” She shot from the men’s and beat out all the other guys in the reg comp.
— Lyndsey D'Arcangelo 🏀 (@darcangel21) February 18, 2024
That was some weird commentary on the shooting there at the end…buuuuut I enjoyed Steph vs Sabrina!!
Come a long way but a long way to go, lol
— Corban Ford (@corbannba) February 18, 2024
No Kenny need to hush! Sabrina wanted to shoot from nba 3 point line stop it smh lol
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) February 18, 2024
Shouts to Kenny Smith for once again reminding me how garbage it can be to be a woman in sports.
Not like I needed a reminder, but appreciate it my dude!
— Brenna Greene (@BrennaGreene_) February 18, 2024
Kenny smith is embarrassing himself by suggesting Sabrina should’ve shot from the women’s line. She shot just as well as the plays in the main competition.
— Yami Sukenegro (@Sua_Jante21) February 18, 2024
Kenny Smith should let everyone just enjoy Steph vs. Sabrina.
We don't need a debate.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) February 18, 2024
Someone stop Kenny Smith…
— David J. Smith (@davidjsmith1232) February 18, 2024
Sabrina hitting the exact score that Dame won with, losing to Steph, and the immediate commentary being “welp, she should’ve shot from the women’s line 🤷♂️” pretty much sums up our experience if ya’ll are wondering 😂
— Brittni Donaldson (@brittni__d) February 18, 2024
