Saturday night’s NBA All-Star events featured some top-tier performances, but in the eyes of fans, players and many others who took to social media, TNT analyst Kenny Smith was not among the night’s winners. The longtime member of Inside the NBA received backlash for numerous comments, including some about WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu, who went toe-to-toe with Stephen Curry in a three-point shootout.
Ionescu lost by just three points to Curry in their head-to-head matchup while tallying the same total as three-point shootout winner Damian Lillard in his final round (26). However, Smith’s comments following the competition belittled Ionescu’s performance.
“She should have shot it from the women’s line,” Smith said. “That would have been a fair contest. I still root for Sabrina … But she should have shot from the three-point line that the women shoot from.”
