Kenny Smith

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Kenny "The Jet" Smith (born March 8, 1965, in Queens, New York) is an American former pro basketball player and current TV announcer. When Smith graduated from North Carolina in 1987, he held the school record for most assists with 768.

Kenny appears in NBA Live 06 as an all-star weekend announcer at the Slam-Dunk contest and 3-point Shootout.

Kenny Smith is a NBA studio analyst for the TNT show, Inside the NBA, where he provides analysis and acts as a straight man for studio partner Charles Barkley. Kenny is also a color analyst for New York Knicks broadcasts on MSG, and hosts Full Court Press on Sirius Satellite Radio. Before he got his job as a sports announcer in 1998, Smith played nine seasons in the NBA.

During his career, Smith played for the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, and the Orlando Magic. In his rookie year, he was named to the "rookie team" with 13.8 points and 7.1 assists per game while playing with the Sacramento Kings. Smith won the 1994 and 1995 NBA championships with the Houston Rockets. He is also Rockets' all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage with .407.

Smith also created the Kenny Smith North Carolina Boy and Girls Basketball Camp. The camp teaches young boys and girls about the rules and the game of basketball.

Smith attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens.

On September 2, 2006 Smith tied the knot marrying British model and actress Gwendolyn Osborne at their mountain-top estate in Stevenson Ranch, California.