Kenny Smith addresses Sabrina Ionescu comments

Kenny Smith acquired a ton of backlash for his on-air commentary in the course of the Stephen Curry versus Sabrina Ionescu showdown on All-Star weekend. The TNT analyst argued that Ionescu mustn’t have shot the ball from the NBA three-point line, which is one foot and seven.2 inches additional than the WNBA three-point line that she is usually accustomed to.

On Monday, Smith appeared on “The Stephen A. Smith Present” to reply to these who referred to his take as sexist and archaic. Smith believes his feedback have been misconstrued, as he was attempting to level out that Curry had an unfair benefit over his feminine counterpart as a result of reps he had put in from the NBA vary.

“Most individuals who know basketball understood what I used to be speaking about,” Smith mentioned, via Sports Illustrated. “Really, I used to be advocating for her, greater than anything, as a result of basketball is muscle reminiscence. So he practices from one vary, she practices from one other.

“There’s even a research… the man who throws darts. And for those who
transfer him out even one step, his accuracy adjustments dramatically. …So I am like, ‘Why
is [Curry] getting the benefit, to shoot at his line?’ That is a bonus.
It is not gender, it isn’t genetics.”