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Kenny "The Jet" Smith on Inside the NBA, Bubble Life, and the Dan Snyder Report
The Washington Football Team is back in the news for all the wrong reasons, and PFT and Big Cat aren't even slightly surprised. After a massive report from the Washington Post detailed a toxic culture under Dan Snyder, the guys discussed why this likely won't change as much as fans hope. PFT pointed out that the league's owners are probably too terrified of their own closets to start tossing stones at Snyder.
PFT CommenterNFL owners will never force Dan Snyder to sell because they all have similar skeletons in their closets
I think that the other NFL owners, and I think a lot of NFL teams are going to look at this report and be like, well, we can't force [Dan] Snyder to sell because we all have some of the same stuff probably happening under our own roofs.
To really put the misery of the Snyder era in perspective, PFT rattled off a top-ten list of the "best" things to happen to the franchise in the last two decades. It was a bleak stroll down memory lane that included firing Marty Schottenheimer after a winning streak and the four months where RGIII actually looked like the savior. The pinnacle? Beating a quarterback who was literally missing organs.
PFT CommenterThe number one highlight of the Dan Snyder era was a playoff win against a spleenless Chris Simms
The number one best part of the [Dan] Snyder era was we won a playoff game. We beat Chris Simms on the road in a playoff game... And Chris Simms, I don't think he had a spleen at the time. So he beat a spleenless quarterback by seven points.
Twitter Hacks and Billy's Alpha Status
The guys also celebrated the massive Twitter hack that took out the blue checkmarks for a day. Big Cat loved the return to 2010-style Twitter where people were just posting jokes instead of political manifestos.
Big CatThe 2020 Twitter hack was the best thing to happen to the platform because it restored it to its 2010 glory
Twitter getting hacked and restoring itself to like 2010 Twitter when it was awesome and there were no blue checkmarks... that was awesome to watch. Politics were taken out of Twitter. It was blissful.
Speaking of chaos, Fyre Fest featured the ongoing rehabilitation of Billy Football. Big Cat has officially taken on the role of Billy’s father, attempting to teach him basic human manners like "not eating everyone's dinner before they arrive." Billy, however, remains undeterred and fully convinced that his physical prowess makes him the king of the office.
Billy FootballI am the alpha of the show because I squat and bench more than everyone else in the room
I 100% squat and bench more than anybody in this room. And because of that, I think that makes me the alpha.
Kenny "The Jet" Smith
Two-time NBA Champion and Inside the NBA star Kenny the Jet Smith joined the show to discuss the secret sauce behind the greatest sports show on television. According to Kenny, the reason the chemistry works is that none of the guys are playing a character. If they all agree, they agree; if they want to fight, they fight.
Kenny the Jet SmithThe secret to Inside the NBA's success is that the cast is authentic and never argues just for the sake of contrast
The secret sauce... is the authentic, being authentic. Like there is no—like you say this, you argue this point, you take the right, he takes the left. It's how you feel... I think a lot of shows... they would say, well, can you take this point? I'm like, but I don't believe that.
Kenny also didn't hold back on his all-time rankings. While the world bows to LeBron James, Kenny isn't ready to hand over a top-five spot just yet, citing the "threads of greatness" he saw in person from guys like MJ, Kareem, and Wilt.
Kenny the Jet SmithLeBron James is not currently a top-five player of all time
Is [LeBron James] on a trajectory to jump into the top five of all time? For sure. But with three championships and he's still on that trajectory, he's not there yet, in my opinion... I would have Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain [ahead of him].
Looking toward the NBA Bubble, Kenny thinks the lack of fans is going to completely change the dynamic of the playoffs. He expects younger teams to thrive without the anxiety of hostile road environments and even made a specific prediction for 76ers fans who have been waiting for Ben Simmons to find his jumper.
Kenny the Jet SmithI guarantee Ben Simmons will hit a three-pointer in his first game back in the NBA bubble
I guarantee in [Ben Simmons'] first game, he'll hit a three... in this environment, he'll shoot it because the anxiety won't be there.
We also got some incredible "what if" scenarios from the 90s. Kenny explained why the Rockets were never scared of the Shaq and Penny Magic, and why he firmly believes Hakeem and company would have handled the Bulls if MJ hadn't taken his baseball sabbatical.
Kenny the Jet SmithThe Rockets would have beaten Michael Jordan's Bulls in the mid-90s because the Bulls were too small without Horace Grant
I think the reason they lost to Orlando, even when Michael [Jordan] came back... I just think his team wasn't good enough because Horace [Grant] was in Orlando. So they were small, Shaq killing him inside... If they had Rodman, I'd have been like, I don't know... but without Horace Grant and without Rodman, no, I don't think they would have done it.
The Dumbest Debate in PMT History
To wrap things up, the show devolved into an absolute disaster of a debate regarding snack foods. Hank, in a move that suggests he may have lost his mind during quarantine, argued that an Oreo does not qualify as a cookie. According to Hank, it’s a "frosting sandwich," and the only way to eat it is by washing it under a tap.
HankWashing Oreos with water is a delicious way to eat them
Would you wash an Oreo with water? Yes. Always... No, try it. Next time you get some Oreos. Hank does. It's actually delicious.
The visual of Hank standing over a sink rinsing a Double Stuffed Oreo is the perfect representation of where our brains are at one week before sports finally return.
Seven days until sports are back, and we couldn't be more ready.
