Pivot PodcastKenny Smith NBA Champion, Inside the NBA, analyst, UNC hooper, never-told stories with MJ, Dean Smith wisdom, Rockets championships, Shaq & Barkley, Wemby, playing in Jordan era, on silence being loudest voice & his 2026 NBA Finals prediction.Inventing Podcast Culture
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Smith argues that Inside the NBA’s free-flowing style paved the way for today’s podcast boom, crediting Charles Barkley for ‘adding gasoline.’