Reggie Miller and Kenny Smith had a tense alternate when calling the one-on-one 3-point taking pictures competitors between Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu throughout NBA All-Star Saturday Evening.
After Curry gained 29-26 with each taking pictures from the NBA 3-point line, Smith mentioned Ionescu, the New York Liberty star, ought to’ve shot from the WNBA 3-point line regardless of equaling the excessive rating of everybody within the NBA 3-point contest moments earlier.
“She ought to’ve shot from the 3-point line that the ladies shoot from,” Smith mentioned after Curry gained.
“Why are you placing these boundaries on her?” Miller, who notably is the brother of ladies’s hoops pioneer and Corridor of Famer Cheryl Miller, fired again.
“That’s what the sport is, they’ve a smaller ball, don’t they?” replied Smith, later including, “there’s a ladies’s tee in golf and there’s a males’s tee for a cause.”
Miller replied, “No, shooter’s shoot, isn’t that what you say?”
He continued shortly after, “Good job, Sabrina! Don’t let any man put boundaries on you want Kenny.”
Miller continued to pile on Smith, later including, “nicely, based on you, you need her simply enjoying with dolls.”
Smith denied that, reiterating, “No, I simply need her to shoot from the place she shoots from.”
It was an ungainly alternate throughout the broadcast, with Smith’s remarks particularly drawing criticism from many on social media throughout the evening, together with 76ers star Joel Embiid.
“Kenny Smith been consuming lmao,” Embiid wrote on X.
Curry gained the shootout with a late flurry towards final season’s WNBA chief in 3-point conversions.