He Said He Was The Best Shooter In The World. So They Made Him Prove It.
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This is good proof of how psychology is important in basketball. The guy was mentaly challenged before even taking his first shot, the environment, the pressure, the situation, he was not ready for that and he got destroyed. Sad for him, but a good reminder that confidence and mental are 2 very important things for a shooter.
Can’t agree more.
And that's the reason why Ben Simmons has a mixtape of his jumpshots during training/practice and none of it applied in an actual game.
It’s such an underrated aspect of the game, being mentally tough to take those shots and making them.
When he mentioned the ceiling, it was obvious that he doesn’t have the allconsuming, usually incorrect, self confidence that is required to be the greatest shooter in the world. The shooters in the NBA can only see makes and not misses, even if they miss more often than not. It’s the absurd levels of self-confidence that makes Bertans run to the 3 pt line on a fast break instead of taking a layup. Right or wrong, you gotta believe that you are invincible. He came in there without it. I was expecting him to be cocky, but when faced with the prospect of real competition, he wilted.
Just because he thought he was the best basketball shooter in world history, you don't have to call him mentally challenged.
"A 7 foot echoing monolith, just menacingly standing there" is the best description of Shaq I've ever heard
Monolith is crazy
“Echoing monolith” meaning they’re saying the same thing but Shaq is echoing Chuck. These two are almost never a monolith, they disagree constantly, but not on this day 😂 unlucky for that dude
Bruh I was HOLLERING at work 😂😂
His head is larger than the ones on Easter Island.
pure poetry
Im happy with this guy’s story. He redeemed himself in winning it all on Gil Arena’s first. Shootout and bagging a 100k! I hope he gets invited in TNT for round 2 against Kenny.
He still won't win.
@@tsizzle7329 regardless, he's attitude towards life is still winning not just money but respect.
He won't go back. He said they did him dirty
@@tsizzle7329He'd beat Kenny in a real gym. Kenny won't make 82 out of 100 in a competition like this guy did.
@@jonm7888 A real gym is NBA 3 point line to me.
My dude just shot 43/50 on a 100k shooting tournament. Hes pretty humble in my opinion.
He also said how TNT set him after he said he didn't want to shoot 3's before the show because the ceiling was low. They agreed and flipped when the show went live
@@FOFF802the dude would maul Kenny on a real court three contest
@@FOFF802so they wasn’t both shooting at the same hoop? 😂
@@tafarihowe3277 I dunno what that court looks like (and honestly I don't particularly care) but there is such a thing as a difference in arc. Never saw this guy shoot but maybe he's a rainbow arc lad. Not defending him or anything, just saying that if you throw rainbows and the ceiling is low that's gonna affect your shot.
@@davidrosensin7985 that actually make sense. TBH many times I’m in a full debate and realize ppl are kinda slow and leave but this actually make sense. The joker would get cooked in this studio with that theory you just proposed. Good shit bro
Just goes to show how much competitive drive and handling pressure goes into being a pro athlete. Dude cracked under the slightest of hounding while Kenny used to shoot the lights out of the building in front of tens of thousands of people
Yeah, the guy was used to controlled settings where no one was bagering him or even guarding him. These players have been trained to shoot under pressure with ease. Reminds me of when Shaq tried to get into Hakeem’s head and Hakeem just laughed at Shaq and owned him lol 😂 If I’m not mistaken this was during the 1995 Finals.
And Kenny also won a game in the Finals vs Shaq. Once a shooter, always shooter and they don't lose their touch.
@@TruthorfibI don’t see chuck shooting 😂. Shaq literally just lost a free throw competition to a child. Edit: Everyone replying saying Shaq is worse at free throws… no duh. My point is both shaq and chuck would have missed the three pointers too so to pretend like it’s embarrassing for this guy to lose a shootout to an nba player when shaq just lost one to a child is laughable.
@@uhok6712shaq is WORSE at the FT line 💀 they literally stopped him by fouling him and make him go to the Ftl
Facts he probably can shoot good as some nba guys if he’s making 30 3s in one minute but he folded that’s the difference with nba players
The ability of Jimmy to over dramatize a story like this will never be matched haha! Great content lol
Try NBA Storyteller. He has a video about how Clyde Drexler's hairline killed his legacy.
@@kostastube2010 LOL
Jesus loves you so much and he is our only hope ❤🙏 Please start believing in him ✝️🙏
@@JesusSufferedForYouno
AINT NO WAY LMFAOO @@kostastube2010
Here after watching AM win on Gil’s Shootout. Happy for him. Dope to see his wife was with him in the gym and he got his redemption!
Oh ya!
What redemption? Hes good at those shooting contests but trash under this kind of pressure.
@@chadjohnson6718it wasn’t pressure it was the roof
@@chadjohnson6718 yeah def no pressure when he was competing for 100k 😆
Wasn’t no nba shooters der name them
"No matter how knocked them knees get" ended my life lololololol
As an NBA Fan that also happens to be a classical pianist, I always appreciate that you often utilize both Chopin and Satie’s compositions in your videos. Appreciate your content!
Same, classical or jazz music in a KZhead video and it’ll automatically have me hooked lol
my teenager wants to de transition but they already had bottom surgery. Help
Which piece did he use in this?
@@TransKidsMafiaTf??
Orchestra conductor here. Same, bro!
Nah they never gonna let this man live this down 🤣🤣🤣
Between Shaq, The Jet, Chuck, Ernie and the film crew, somebody watches Jimmy's channel and they are watching this right now. Don't be surprised if this is brought up at some point this week.
Steph Curry probably has more 3 point records IN NBA GAMES against the best teams and defenders in the world then this guy has in practice alone 💀
@@orthotech9758i bet you underdog and tk are onto this. bout to put it in a t-shirt
Ay I’d kill to be able to say I was on nba tnt lol, I’m sure he had fun
He was living it down until Jimmy made a video about him. This dude's social media is about to get flooded.
Since every shooter shoots with their own style and technique, this guy had a very valid point about the low ceiling. Those pros were all bullies, especially Barkley. He was the biggest bully, not giving the guy the ball immediately to shoot again, but instead taunting. The guy reacted with humility and integrity, despite the attempted shaming from their big mouths and egos!
He was not humble lololol
@leonconnelly5303 Maybe humble is the wrong word, but he wasn't the bully in the room. And he held his peace... He's a good guy.
He called himself "the greatest shooter in the world." How is that humble? Besides, banter and trash talk are a part of the game. If dude can't handle a tiny bit of shit talk he shouldn't call himself "the greatest shooter in the world." He's a static shooter. Someone who needs specific things set up for him so he can do it in the way he knows how. Just a tiny bit of pressure and he cracks. He'd never win in real street basketball. Hell he wouldn't even win a game of H-O-R-S-E.
@KG-th3cr I get what you're saying about him being a static shooter. You're right.
Fair enough.@@kiki1326
"He's just standing there...MENACINGLY!"🤣
Only the real ones got this quote. The Open Window Maniac is no joke.
8:09 Charles’s face and Jimmy’s monologue, with Shaq just being Shaq in the background give this clip peak “It was at this moment he knew” vibes 🤣
They look like sum big ahh bullies😂
it’s crazy how underrated kenny is when he’s sitting next to Shaq and Charles Barkley, people don’t realize how hard it is to do what he does - he demands respect
fr I was watching opening night with my friend and he asked me "who tf is kenny smith" i told him "he won 2 rings with hakeem" and his casual ass said "i bet he was a benchwarmer then" like bro he is an all time great shooter and without him hakeem and the rockets would have 0 rings😭💀
Kenny smoked this 2 in 1 playoff run as Hakeem's #2-3 Setting an NBA finals record too at that
I see it as, Every championship team is stacked, Kenny was good enough to be considered in what made those teams stacked. Never a star, but far from a scrub. He had particular value, there were things he did that not many could. Also he has a monopoly on an NBA nickname, for whatever that's worth.
Pass the water to Hakeem?
that's a salty phrase from a ringless player who then joined kenny's team in hopes that hakeem wins him a championship LMAO(that was after having blown a 3-1 lead to them)@@dwighteldrichmanaol8922
Yo that’s messed up. They all knew full well what his shooting style was like with high arc. Was a set up.
"The greatest shooter ever" needs special circumstances to make a shot?
@@ImAlxxy A normal ceiling to shoot a basketball is not a special circumstance. Lol stop trollin, that guy would obviously school everyone in a fair shooting competition. Every video of the guy doing what he does is a very high arcing shot because he is so short. Pure ego and insecurity on their part. Other dude is the one that needed the special circumstance so he didn’t get shown up by a short white guy on national tv.
@@marcuswilliams6367 i'm not saying he is a bad shooter. I'm sure he'd crush 99.9% of humans ever in a 3PT contest. But he isn't the greatest. Even in his new supposed claim, he was in the finals against a former college player who played three seasons at schools i'd never even heard of, and only had hit 31.79% of his attempts there, before going undrafted. And he barely beat that dude. Kenny was almost a 40% career 3PT shooter while being defended by nba players. Its not even comparable
@@ImAlxxy right, not even comparable, also not even related. This is just shooting and there won’t be a defender or a low ceiling or a 6’5” minimum shooter who barely needs any arc at a greater distance than what they knew he and everyone else shooting in a gym are used to. Kenny has the single most experience shooting in this very specific scenario in a studio with a low ceiling. He even confidently jumped at the opportunity to show he could still make the longer shots but that needs even more arc. I’m not saying he is the best or would even beat these guys without a doubt. They were not even willing to give him a chance. Was a hit job.
@@ImAlxxy Calling every single fucking basketball court on Earth "special circumstances" sure is an amazingly well thought out argument. They're the ones who needed the "special circumstances" to humiliate him.
I watched this back in 2019 when it aired. I couldnt stop laughing at him. The TNT crew destroyed him and his confidence. LOL
Same!
Yep I remember this too
Dude has no idea how competitive athletes are even when retired, it doesn't just go away. You can't just walk up to a bunch of them and not get dogged out lol,
Kenny tried to let him down gently with some comments about the overhead lights. good dude.
Could have been interesting if he didn't make the low roof remark. Charles literally monstarred his shit -STOP MAKING EXCUSES lol. It was over from there, Kenny smelled the nerves and said "its your welcome" haha which is such a weird sentence theres no way to combat that
"Thou shall not talketh the talk, if thou can't walketh the walk. " -Jimmy Highroller
“This is treacherous territory.”
"Thou shalt not talk the talk, if thou canst not walk the walk"
Is this ancient english or something?
Dude just won that shootout for $100k on Gil’s channel. A redemption video might be warranted 🤷🏾♂️.
No shit. Def changes my opinion of this channel. This pos has no problem continuing to profit off of a video Miracola said affected his ability to provide for his family. JimmyHighroller profits off of making children's lives harder
A redemption video 😂😂 he was crying about the ceiling being too low but a good shooter is going to make it splash on any court. He can get redemption by proving he can shoot on any hoop
@@joshuajones3219 It's funny because we don't see Kenny shooting those 3s on an actual court. He only does it in their studio where he's gotten used to it. Let's see him hit those 3s on a normal court at that same age
Amateur 3 point contest. This proves he’s the best amateur 3 point shooter on that night. Beat a pro
There's NO REDEMPTION. HE FLOPPED UNDER PRESSURE 😂😂😂
First here after he won Gil’s Arenas shootout😂😂💪🏾
He’s trash
He put up numbers
still lost too kenny in a suit :D
@@oaktree1626don't put up no numbers tf is u talking bout
@@boofogle Try that sentence again. You were struggling.
My cousin was drafted by the Anaheim ducks in 1997. He never even actually played a game in the NHL. Played the rest of his hockey career in the ECHL. Around 2010-2011 I got him to come out and play some pick up hockey with us. I have several buddy’s buddy’s who played Jr B. Hockey and thought they were absolutely hot shots. A couple of them even played on the team Canada ball hockey team and my cousin literally skated circles around everyone scoring at will for an hour straight. The only time he lost the puck was when he passed it. This is a guy who never even played a pro game but was drafted. The worst pro player, is better then the best civilian player 😂
This is not true .
@@noahcarter1056you’re such a vibe kill dude get off the internet go read a book and get outside
The amount of play time he had is probably years ahead of those hot shots. It just makes sense. Same with the video, if you combined hours trained, he had no chance against a pro player. @@noahcarter1056
@@noahcarter1056 You may have the odd freak of nature of there. But for the most part it absolutely is. Another comparison I have from firsthand account. When I was playing lacrosse at my highest level of lacrosse I was a 3rd string goalie for the best lacrosse town in the world’s Jr A team. The last year I played I won an award for the best goalie in Canada with a 3.30 GAA. The next closest to me was over 7 from ages 4 to 21, with a 39-1 record to boot. Our coach that year with the Jr. A team was josh Sanderson, one of the best snipers of all time in the NLL. He could tell me where he was shooting from roughly where blue line is in hockey and would put a laser beam past me 9 out of 10 times and this was when I was statistically the best goalie in Canada from peewee to Jr A. One league below pro. Pro is an entirely different animal.
What’s your cousin’s name?
The crew circling and hounding him before he starts was funny as f*ck 🤣They ended his career that day
Mob mentality is horse poo.
It was bullying
@@yetekt6953found the guy's youtube account 😂
@yetekt6953 It was sports shit-talk. Literally, every competitor has shit-talked or received a little of it. It's a sign of respect for some people 😅
@@Des_from_the_Wes No dude not this. You can see they were shit talking this guy before he even came into the studio. Best shooter in the world? Come on now.
Here after my boy won gils shootout for 100k and dissed the show. Good for him! Hard work was more than it's own reward today. Bravo brother
How much of your boys money did you pocket?
Your boy was shooting from the collegiate 3 point line. 😅
@@taraishot100 he got us a new car. Free scholarship for the kids and a washer and dryer set.
@@sentry8992 oh no. Wonder if the bank cared when they cashed the check? "No,sir. We can't help you. Wasn't from the logo we don't count it." Smh
@@sentry8992The challenge was shooting from BOTH NBA 3 point line AND college 3 point line. Learn what you're talking about before you make yourself look like a dumb clown 😂
🗣️“LET’S GO HOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN” 🔥🔥🔥 bro violated him with his signature catchphrase too 😭😭
"A 7 foot echoing monolith." them boys were RUUUUUUTHLESS
Just menacingly standing there 😂😂
@@Samuel-xs2yvYou mean 6'4 Charles Barkley looking at him like he was seeing something disgusting. The look Charles had when he was looking at the guys first shot was just too much pressure.
You know that contest with Terry for the “Jet” nickname was personal for Kenny. You KNOW he wouldn’t lose that contest. You know he misses having any reason to be competitive again and will jump at the chance to feel that “rush” again.
But he won against the Terry though and this was always going to be an easy walk!
Welp! He showed out tonight 😂
He's surrounded by giant, confident men. He wasnt even thinking about sinking the shots. Never had a chance. Mental game of Professional athletes is insurmountable. It would be like the best putter in the world putting against Tiger on the 18th green at US Open, in a must make situation. Its all in between the ears... Look how many of those putts Tiger made. Its insane
This man deserves all the sponsorship for these quality production
probably someone else doing the production since he didnt even watch the video hes talking about
@@PostFadehe showed a buncha videos tho which u mean
@@5.kc.5 he said dude only had 2 shots when i just watched him miss 3 shots
Agreed if it wasn't all gambling bullshit
He turned a clip from a show into a saga. TNT should pay Jimmy for elevating their game.
Bird said in an interview that he had the advantage in the 3 point contest because he faced players that were skilled at shooting 3's but didn't play many minutes and in as much pressure as he did night after night. The psychological aspect of the game is huge.
And what did Bird do he won!!!!
Indeed
I think in the video he is talking about ,bird says to lighten the mood, " who's playing for 2nd place tonight?"
The man said he's the best out an out shooter in the world😂
Just looked it up, Bird was 6'8" , how was he able to hit shots like that?
He said, "No matter how knocked those knees get". LMAO!!!
They got in his head. Made him feel unwelcome and like an intruder. He was out of his element - Kenny was very much at home. The haunting truth is that an NBA star knows how to intimidate and screw with your mind.
When youre at a high level in anything, its not about whose better, its about whose gonna screw up first
Pressure as a shooter is a real thing. In high school practice I would make over 90 percent of my free throws. Our coach kept stats for this in practice. In games, I was 71 percent. In high pressure situations I remember my hands literally trembling. I have all the respect in the world for pros who perform at the top level in full arenas with people screaming and sometimes even threatening them.
Soft 🍨
nah u just ain’t built for the moment
@@PlugLuv78 Unfortunately this is true
@@danieljd6776 ik because i was put in for the complete opposite to shoot the fts
@@PlugLuv78neither are u and 95% of nba players
I love it when Kenny said something along the lines of “Give me a minute, I might make 28 more “ 😂
Anybody here after watching Anthony Miracola win $100,000 from Gil's Arena shooting contest? 😂
I’m here for the salty tears of all the racist black guys
“What’s my name? What’s my name?” As the ball swishes through the net😂😂 Kenny is the Jet for a reason💀
I feel so bad for this dude. Even more now that there is a mini doc expertly produced about his most embarrassing moment as a shooter
He learned a valuable lesson, I don't feel bad for him at all. HE WAS THE ONE CLAIMING TO BE BETTER THAN STEPH...
@@bipolarminddroppingswhere did he claim that?
@@ludifoe5039 When he responded "Yes" to the question "You consider yourself the best shooter of all time?" Lol xD
@@davidfcorreia And so he might well be, in the right controlled environment, and from the FT line or college three-point line. We wouldn't know unless Steph etc tried to beat him in that environment.
@@richatlarge462 you know damn well what he implied when he said "yes", he wasn't thinking on what line or what environment . If you want to BE the best you have to beat the best in equal standards.
Im so glad you made a video on this segment from Inside the NBA. Easily one of the funniest moments ever from that show. Kenny put that New Yorker hustle on full display with the rest of the crew leading Anthony into Kenny’s trap. Dude came in overconfident and they basically gassed him up to get utterly humbled
That's it. I get annoyed by Kenny sometimes, but he's a true new yorker. He knows how to hype himself up and thrives under the lights. His ego is bruised and them knees are clapping together yet his shooting form remains as crisp as a gold nugget 😂
I wonder if he won another WR or even attempted to get one after this
Lmao the roof was low as hell, this is like me setting up a 16ft rim for Shaq to dunk on and acting is if he will be “ humbled “ when he fails to dunk on it.
@@jayskate6631that dude is like 5 foot his arc should still be higher than Kenny who is 6'4
@@shh2277 you don’t understand physics, the shorter you are the MORE you have to arc the ball to end up reaching the downward angle with the ball still having height.
"like a pack of hyenas the crew is circling" 🤣🤣🤣
he was just in a competition and beat former NBA players and active college players.
Kenny ain't just a former NBA player. Dude shot 39.9% from 3 on 1665 attempts, which i'd assume had an NBA level defender on him at LEAST 80% of the time, all in front of arenas full of people. And half of the time that entire arena was rooting against him.
@@ImAlxxy not talking about kenny, he was just on a 3 pt tournament the gilbert arenas was hosting and he won, beating former NBA players and college players. i believe there was over 150 participants.
I remember seeing this live and being so embarrassed for the guy. Before he started shooting. He had so many excuses. I knew it was not going to go well. Having a world record in your quiet environment with nobody around, special machine, a gym that you've practiced in and all those practice shots is different than just being a sugar. Kenny has seen so many situations with crowds of people screaming at him and still had to make the shot. Once you put all that work in it doesn't just go away. You're now an expert. Poor guy
how you gon take that comfort from him, but not mention where kenny was shooting at. Thats his environment, thats his court, he been at that studio longer than his ball career...you think he not always shootin on set...also a factor why terry lost...how you gon hype a man thats in his quiet environment, but scold another for not being in his? Take it to a gym, as I said b4, kenny not walking away like that...
"sugar"
to be the best shooter in the world, he has to shoot nba distance, and make it regardless of what court he's on he's a good shooter, but he confidently said he was the best in the world and got proven wrong
@@iansmith3261cry🤣
@@iansmith3261this must be his burner account go cry bro he claimed to be the best shooter in the world and got embarrassed 😂tf are you talking about he was going to lose regardless …it’s Kenny fucking smith go do your research lil bro
Anthony couldn't handle the pressure. He wasn't under nearly as much pressure breaking those records as he was on national TV, in front of two all-time greats and competing with one of the best sharp shooters of the 90's.
So like, less pressure than an nba game
And with Charles staring him down in complete disgust lol. Idk why they were so mean to him that day. It's like they all took it personally when he claimed to be the best shooter in the world
@@borRIINGfor competitive people like former NBA player, when someone that never touched the court like them, they felt insulted when he claimed he is the best pure shooter. If i ever meet someone that claims that they are the best at an aspect of what i do for a living and on a high level, for some sort of bragging right, im gonna be insulted too. I'm gonna show them how it is done in the real world.
@@borRIING I definitely think they felt some type of way when he said that shit. They probably felt that he needed to be humbled a bit, and tbh, they were right. The man then proceeded to embarrass himself on national tv, which-needless to say-is hilarious 😆
@@borRIINGThey did take it personally. Because he claimed he was better than them.
I just saw this dude outshoot pros on Gils Arena for 100k
Not nba 3
yea it was@@radon3292
@@radon3292 last 50 shots were from nba 3
@@radon3292 yes nba 3. 25 from highschool NBA , 25 from NBA 3, u dumb
@@radon3292 ok, and that court wasn't nba height.
he’s shooting form is so unique too crazy how consistent he is
It's not unique at all. Its the form most female players have.
^ and it seems to have worked well enough to get him multiple world records and a general level of fame... dude prob makes a career off shooting balls into a hoop. Not bad for a guy with a ponytail who shoots like a girl 🤷♂️
@@cdknowledgehe's right and you are right kinda crazy but if it works it works. It would be easy to block in a game though
He's just shooting for world records. Basketball players adjust their mechanics to shoot on live play situations against defenders. He doesn't need to shoot against defenders so he uses this stupid form which also allows him to get set for the next shot pretty quickly
1v1 though he doesn’t score on me. He can score wide open that’s it
I felt second hand embarrassment from the way Chuck looked at him💀
This dude just won Gil's Arena shootout 😂😂😂
against how many nba players
It doesn't matter who he plays against they're not defending him.
@@xaviervarela7190 cry
The fact he won a shooting contest that was from a college 3pt line, with 10 extra seconds, and warm up shots... tells me everything... Its like me winning a dunk contest with an 8ft high basketball rim (instead of 10) :D
It seemed pretty clear that the dude only practices free throws and college three pointers in a very specific less stress setting. This was completely out of the dudes comfort zone he was destined to miss nearly every-shot in that setting. That said, nice story telling as always and agreed on the fact that NBA players are on another planet when it comes to skill.
Yep but folks always wanna put down pros cause envy. Yet dudes making shots do so with no defense nor are they in professional game setting
It wasn’t clear to him, or else he would have modestly turned down the challenge. Ego got the best of him.
That can't be true. If they put him higher than Booker on that 3 point list then surely the distance must have been the same. Dude just got humbled that day, doesn't take away the fact that he's still a crazy shooter
@@yardstarznah bro nba 3 is different from college 3 if you perfected just the college 3 because the ball will take more time to get to the rim etc.
fair enough but don't call yourself the best shooter in the world then
I remember my 9 year old son and I watching Max Scherzer warm up in the bullpen at Camden Yards. I was a good college baseball player. My son said "daddy, you could hit home runs off of him!" I replied "If he threw me ten pitches, I'd swing and miss ten times!" The bullpen coach heard the conversation and laughed, knowing how right I was.
Son just learned his dad has integrity and respect.
This is so right. I played a high level of basketball and so I was confident that I was a better shooter, dribbler, dunker, than pretty much everyone I'd play against in the park or in pickup. I'd have to remind people that as good as I look right now compared to you, I wouldn't come close to people who were in the league.
Not to brag, but if he threw me 10 pitches, I'd miss 11 times..
@@nalokittenI would’ve said “ sure bud” and winked at the coach
Give yourself a little credit. I think if you were decent enough and trained for 2 weeks, you’d foul a few off and dare I say make good contact.
Cant discredit the guy for being confident. He had world records, its still impressive man!
make a follow-up to this to give anthony his respect, doesn't deserve all the hate he's been bombarded with thanks to TNT and this video
You are so easily fooled
He doesn't deserve respect. The NBA owes him nothing.
@@leonconnelly5303 you are so quick to make wild assumptions
I will say, in all his world record attempts, he never had Kenny, Shaq and Chuck chirping and trash talking throughout 😂 they put him through the ringer and the heat! Love your stuff Jimmy! You're the man
Steph has 20,000 braying opposition fans trying to put him off every shot, half the games each season. Anyone who claims to be the best shooter ever, but hasn't done it in front of a big crowd, with all that pressure, needs to sit down and be quiet before they embarrass themselves...
Pro Players do it with pressure and contention. Mans got a lil piece of that...wouldn't call it Humble Pie, more like Reality Pie
I can only imagine this guy shooting with KG, Reggie or MJ trash talking him.
It’s amazing to see Kenny psych his opponent out and psych himself up. It shows how competitive NBA players are. They really want to win a contest with no prize other than bragging rights.
@@bipolarminddroppings Right, with that form boys gettin blocked every time in a regular pickup game not even the nba
Glad to see someone recognize Kenny...casuals will dismiss him because he is sitting next to 2 top-50 players of all time, but Kenny was a starter for most of his career in the NBA..which makes him a standout even among other NBA players ! A great 3pt shooter in an era when it wasn't considered a great shot...he could be an all-star in this era !
bronsexuals will outright label him as "plumber"
He also happened to start on two title winning teams
Two top 25 players of all-time no cap
@@robertthabassheadjacobson4968 yes, I believe that too..just played it safe
@@robertthabassheadjacobson4968 🧢 🧢🧢
I think mental toughness is what separates them. I remember seeing an old clip on YT of a coach saying D rose would miss his next shot because he hasn’t been in the league long enough and he did
im here after Gil's competition....so, dude you are the same dirty media as TNT my congratulations you ruin this mens life. bravo
It's really impressive to go 3/3 cold and in slacks! Well done Kenny. Poor guy was so embarassed
Who says he was cold?? I guarantee you he was practicing in that same goal the day before and that same morning. and as the video explains they intimidated the guy who probably was nervous around those mega stars also when he first shot not only was he not warmed up they kept distracting under the goal right before shoots.. go see it again. no-one distracted Kenny on his turns
@@2r3notgoodas1Oh come on… really? Never mind that this shmuck came in as the self-proclaimed “greatest basketball shooter”, so the onus was on him to prove it. He didn’t say “greatest free-throw shooter” or “greatest college 3-point shooter using a 3-point contest timer, ball racks and unlimited ceiling height”. He claimed “greatest basketball shooter.” When they went to their starting positions, it was the guy who brought up the studio environment even before they started shooting. No one who actually believes they’re the greatest basketball shooter would care about the studio environment. He would man up and focus on the task at hand. No one interrupted him while shooting, as you claim. He was given the same opportunity to shoot his shots as Kenny. The guy was used to controlling everything when he shot. He finally had to perform in a way with which he was unfamiliar but should have known was coming (the show had been on for many years and they had done several shooting contests previously). He could have easily researched everything in advance to see what to expect. But he chose to go in unprepared. He was toast before they started, and it was awesome to see him get destroyed.
@@2r3notgoodas1 He wasnt winning either way, so all these excuses dont matter.
@@chriswaite8784can you really say they gave him a fair go?
@@2r3notgoodas1 Interesting ,in an NBA game those knuckleheads would have gotten technicals and perhaps tossed. I say get Kenny the Jet on neutral court minus the incredible advantages in studio and perhaps its different. Shaq,Barkley, and Kenny knew what the advantages were and messed with guy. I get it but at the same time they made sure they had every advantage. Not impressed.
PUT RESPECT ON HIS NAME!! @JxmyHighRoller #Gil’sShootout
At age 29, best shape ever, just dunked since age 19 and going to Fresno State D1. Was really thinking to just go to walk on try outs and see. Then a 3rd string bench warmer who never checked into a game played at our church gym with us. He looked like Superman at 5'10" all over the rim. I felt proud I could dunk at 29, 6'1"...and there it ends.
lmaoooooo
whos here after Miracola’s revelation in Gils Arena💁🏻♀️💯🤣 true or not they must do a part 2 of Kenny vs Miracola at the biggest Meca streetcourt in america Rucker Park💁🏻♀️💯
This video contradicts itself. Saying an average guy that holds records for shooting isnt better than an nba player while a kid outshoots shaq. There are a lot of nba players that dude would beat in a shooting competition. There are non professionals that are better dunkers than nba players. Does that mean they can play in the nba. No. But hes outshooting shaq anywhere outside 3 feet
Great point. With the video’s and much of the comment section’s logic, that kid just proved he can hang in the nba
One thing I learned in life with basketball. Anyone can be a pure shooter and lights out with their shoots when they are alone with no real pressure. But once the lights are on and a lot of people are watching on tv or fans in the stands, that’s when your true colors come out 😂. Your heart rate picks up, your nervous kicks in and your mind starts to scatter. That’s why being a pro athlete isn’t as easy as use regular folks think it is. Yeah we can say “oh they should did this or done this” but in reality a lot of us would fold quickly if we had the spotlight on us 🤷🏽♂️
I've never been nervous on the court, but the real difference is that you are moving in the flow of the game and are being defended, and get one shot at a time.
You know, that´s remind me of a similar story in a basketball camp back in the day. I was 14-15 y/o, and this former basketball player in my country, Vinicio Muñoz, he was teaching in that 2 day camp. He is the MJ/GOAT of the dominican basketball league, a 6´7 SF with a great jumper, his jumpshot kinda look like Luka´s jumpshot with a high arc, and he averaged like 23 pts over a 25 years career. And boooy, he was an old head, just like that drunk uncle that tells you he would have made it to the NBA if he didnt get injured, or another bullshit excuse. He started the first day practices giving his testimony, the ups and downs of his life and career, and of course he was talking in some point of how good he was and his shot was money. Some kid participating in the practice was talking hella trash to his friend, he didnt believe this former player was that good, and this kid was one of the best of the camp. The old head overheard him talking, and dared him to a shooting contest, while everybody started to do the drills. Whoever makes the more shots out of 10 attempts, win. The former player didnt warm up and he shot first, he went 10/10 from inside the three point line. Then, he passed a ball to the young fella, and he missed horribly the first shot, no chance to win. And this man was almost 60 y/o, but in a good shape, shooting 200 shots everyday as his normal daily routine. Anyway, after that, young fella really started to learn from the old man. If i remember well, he told us to practice twice as hard the dribbling with your left hand, and dribble most of the time with your opposite hand, so you can change the direction and explode to the basket with your strong hand, which, ironically, are pretty good teachings if you try it, but he told me once i was trash. I think he faced MJ and USA basketball team back in 1984 in a exhibition game. St Johns offered him an scholarship as a teenager, but he rejected it, until this day his biggest regret, according to himself.
Did he tell you guys why he didn’t take that offer
He shoulda took tht offer
Classic story of any retired pro in any good league of any sport. Most people don't understand there are levels to it until they see 45+ year old guys toy with everybody while making it look effortless. When you've done something every day, hundreds of thousands of times, for your first 35+ years, your body never forgets. Mastery that can only be reached by decades of practice. You can't fake or replicate it.
@@guillaumerauxnot to mention they have experience competing with the worlds best so shutting down trash talkers is a Sunday stroll for them
@@briant1745 This reminds me of my dad. He was a pro tennis player and a decent golfer, and one day someone scratched from our foursome and so I got him to come out and play with us. Anyways through the front nine everything was pretty even, but on hole 11 one of my friends told him "you don't have this shot" on his second ball and my dad came out from his address, took a second and just stared at my buddy and then lined the shot up and put it 10 feet from the pin. He then proceeded to play the last 8 holes at 3 under par and take all our money. All he ever said was at the end of the round "when there is trash talking what is doing the talking?" and then walked off like a zen master. My friends still bring it up today.
Gilbert Arenas Challenges EVERYONE To Shoot For $100k...and winner is MIRACOLA .Lol
Love the channel, but u got this one wrong Jxmy. After winning another 100k 3pt contest- vs nba players + under pressure- He’s exposed this TNT stunt for ruining his rep. Please update this video, this narrative must be changed‼️🙏🏽💯
Who he beat in a 3 pt contest?
@@matthewgabbana5021 most notably Gilbert Arenas, Swaggy P, and Brandon Jennings. It was Gil’s shootout check it out. There were a handful of contestants shooting very high percentage
@@itsh4sh Rashard McCants, Lexie Brown also
It has nothing to do with pressure, this guy practices shooting the exact same way from the exact same spot hundreds of thousands of times. The world records he’s breaking don’t require you to do anything else. The second he moves back he looks like he’s never touched a ball. This is why context is important.
Also location. Kenny has shot on that hoop this guy has not.
he was getting up shots before they aired the segment. and besides that doesn't matter. if you actually hoop, it only takes a couple minutes or less to adjust to a new rim.@@Dead_Goat
But the height of the ceiling also does matter. If he always shoots a looper then he would get "intimidated" by the low ceiling.
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Yes, because the “best shooter in the world” is limited to a fix position
11:11 Oooooooh it's bad when Kenny doesn't just beat you, he goes out and says "LET'S GO HOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN" 😂
won 100 rackades in gilbert arenas shootout though bro a legend fr
Stop it no nba shooter was der
@@Mobthegreat11 gilbert arenas ,rashad mccants, brandon jennings , n some dude that was on a 10 day contract with the pacers now if you mean stephen curry wasn’t there then say that but i just named 4 niggas that we’re in the nba at some point in time and shot a basketball in said nba
If you watch Gil’s arena you will see that there was more to this behind the scenes. The man was set up to fail since the beginning.
How was he set up? Unless they explicitly told him to miss there’s no way to rig a shooting contest
@@QertiiDid you watch the video before you commented this?
@@PieManZXY Yes, can you answer my question?
My basketball coach once said "Everyone looks good at the lay-up line" this is literally the embodiment of it, but on national tv lmao
Not everyone can look good at the layup line either.
The second hand embarrassment I felt while watching this…😭😭
Same
I had to pause it lmao. I'm taking refuge in the comments right now. Just absolutely brutal
Mega oof indeed.
Bro after every sentence I had to pause it
That feeling is really palpable man, if it wasn't for the jxmy's narration I couldn't handle it.
This happened 4 years ago, and you need to do more research of current events about this...
You ain’t gon mention his world records tho? 😂
Did you watch the video?
I played D1 college ball with a few guys who would go on to play professionally. Calling them elite athletes doesn't describe how talented, skilled, and physically gifted they were. Dude had no idea. Granted, the guy has skill, but shooting baskets alone in a gym doesn't compare to shooting in front of an audience. Part of what makes great players great is their confidence and ability to perform under pressure.
If you played D1 ball then you were also elite talented, skilled, and physically gifted. Or, you were super mega elite at a few things but topped out at that level because you didn't have the rest. And should understand how trivial it is for some random person to be better than NBA players at one aspect of the game but never being close to making it to the NBA.
Gifted? LOL. Practice and discipline. They didn't get their abilities from Santa Claus and weren't born bouncing a ball. GTFOH
It literally Does describe them
Where did you play?
@@dorianpaisley-smith303 Michael Jordan wasn't born the goat. Tiger woods was molded by his father and decades of reps. There are studies done about this and it is well proven "talent" only shows through in the beginning stages of a subject. K Anders Ericson being the most prominent to do so. Being tall alone only works in high school basketball. Professionals are as such because hard work and discipline. This is not debatable. Educate yourself. kzhead.info/sun/ZdeRnrOFnIWJmps/bejne.htmlsi=BFoRMezg8lVxAAwH
Love how the three guys came together to defend Kenny’s and the NBA fraternity’s honour.
I'm sure if it wasn't for the excuses they would have treated him better and passed him the ball, then he would have had a shot. You can't come in making excuses especially to a bunch of guys from the 80s and 90s, plus Chuck hates manbuns and ponytails too
To be fair, it’s Kenny having home court advantage just like in an actual game. He got the crowd of scary Shaq and chuck to back him up and intimidate Anthony. It’s like if Kenny were to play in a playoff game in the opposing team’s home court, Kenny and his team would likely more to lose because of the physiological pressure like Anthony is having right now. On top of that, Kenny had more time to shoot in the studio’s court and it was Anthony first time shooting on this court which has low ceiling, and this of course gave Kenny a huge advantage alongside with the home court advantage. Let’s reverse this and put Kenny on the courts that Anthony was playing on. Kenny would lose 100%. So I don’t think why everyone is criticizing Anthony..
@@timwynn1983 Making me spit out my food on thanksgiving?! "Kenny would lose 100%" 😂😂😂
I Fricken LOVE It ! 🛩️ I met The Jet @ Fashion Show in Las Vegas and Jet was Cool AF Signed something for Me Just a notebook I had in My bag He’s legit Real Dude. Just Super Cool I Love when these type of Dudes get set straight and even better when it’s like this an older long retired player Kenny The Jet Smith doing what He does & Oh Yea… The Jet was also in Dunk Contests Not just a shooter Nor just a jumper 🛩️
@@timwynn1983 doesn’t matter. If you’re the worlds, best shooter, it doesn’t matter wouldn’t say that if he was Curry
*"And wearing a suit 👔" Lol!*
kzhead.info/sun/gNVsaKmbmn-ZhHA/bejne.html I love your channel, I really do. I vaguely remember seeing this clip, but hadn't recalled the details of it until you ran this vid. However, I think you really should watch his interview on Gil's Arena. The guy just won 100k Saturday Jan 20th.2024 (there's a live stream on Gil's Arena youtube channel still up) against 19 other shooters, several of which were former pros, college players, aspiring pros, current pros, and he shot well, under pressure, and tied or won every round he shot. It would be really nice and respectful of you to do a follow-up video to this one you made here, showing what the guy has accomplished. He's clearly more than just the butt of a TNT joke, and has put in some work. You gotta respect the work.
One of the best basketball storytellers. Thank you, Jimmy.
Second to "The NBA Story Teller"
I love Jimmy too but why does everyone keep posting the same comment lately ?
I watch football, hockey, and baseball. Remember watching basketball when I was a kid but fell out of love with the sport. Jimmy's been a spark rekindling that flame for me. Thanks. Respect.
Just when he thought enough time has passed and no one would remember, here is Jxmy dropping a 12 minute video about that one episode 😂
If you watch the tnt crew, you’re never forgetting this
This aged well.
I'm not gonna lie...that felt like straight-up schoolyard bullying the crew did to that guy. Calling "excuses" on literally handicapping a normal court and being the most childish I've ever seen a normally chill, funny set of hosts felt wrong. I get there's nerves involved, trash talk is normal and all that but that didn't feel like trash talk. It felt like full-on humiliation and reveling in wanting to ruin the guy's image. It wasn't fun to watch at all, it simply made me furious as someone who's been through bullying in school before.
As a former D1 sprinter I get sh!t like this all the time. My adult friends (made after college) are like, "I'm fast as hell, bet I can beat you". I'm just like, " dude, not only do you have no chance against me in my prime, you have absolutely zero chance against me now". I've raced so many dadbods who think they can run a 4.6 40 because "that's not that fast"
I’d say most d1 probably d2 athletes can probably run a 4.6
Okay, but have you raced jerry Seinfeld though? He’s the fastest kid in school.
@@frankjennings4489what a great comment, thank you
No, just no@@A5AP_SWEATSHIRT
@@A5AP_SWEATSHIRTHey, you're the guy he was referring to!
This is exactly why I tell people to go see the NBA live and as up close as possible. These player are HUGE and FAST and talking shit to each other the whole time. It’s not just being big or an amazing shooter, you gotta put it all together in front of the fans and all those other players, it’s an intensity you have to condition yourself to. Most adult males couldn’t take an NBA bump or hand check, it’s just different. It’s like thinking working a heavy bag like boss makes you a boxer.
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THIS. I got to sit 6th row once at a clippers Knicks game, near the basket and watched Montrez Harrell body the SHIT outta Mitchell Robinson mid-air and finish. It was at that moment that I fully understood, it does not translate on TV at all.
I was friend with NBA center and got to experience few games up close and even hang with some of the players in a restaurant after the game. I realized how TV does NOT "translate" how big these MFs are, 1st time when I went to one of the games like this where I stood next to them. Im 5'10" and I literally felt like a child standing next to these guys. Only one that was kinda close to my height was Jameer Nelson. He is listed at 6'0" (in NBA height listed is with shoes on) but he is NOT that height. He was 5'10" at best.
Bc them mf bots in the NBA
This slightly reminds me of when Jeremy Lin got to be in the NBA, when he was enrolled at Harvard and playing basketball, a lot of those black guys in the park, didn’t think he was good for anything till he had to embarrass them
We need a Gil's Arena Shootout Update!
he won
that accidental "term aint never fight" from kenny around 9:25 had me dying dude meant to say form aint never tight again quickly and messed up i feel it in my soul i do that so often
Kenny Smith won the Rockets a Finals game because of his shooting. That experience of handling that pressure to win a crucial game will carry over for the rest of his life. Like players say, a player can lose their athleticism, their explosiveness and quickness. But shooters never lose their touch.
6:15 "No matter how knocked those knees get"😂 Kenny still knocking them 3's down
"and wearing a suit"
😂😂😂
The stage is everything, I've seen so many videos of NBA guys shooting for warm ups and those guys don't miss man.
This video aged like milk
Especially now that we heard from Miracola and the shit he's saying makes sense. This video makes a whole lot of assumptions and is trash.
not really
Jxmy prolly was watching Gil's shootout with his finger on the delete button on this video lmao
Impressive story telling! You took a sentence “he wasn’t as good as an NBA player” and made an interesting story that kept me hanging on to the end. Well done!
Jimmy has the best videos and it's no debate. I've already seen this dude before but it feels like a whole new story when Jimmy tells it and I love it.
Agreed. Hands down the best bball channel on KZhead. Always stellar. 😎👏🏾👏🏾
5:35 I loved that they choose to write "life experience" instead of age. 😂
Damn, not the Knock Knees! 😂😂😂😂 I used to trip on him when he was in Uniform with those knees. 😂😂😂
Ernie johnson is so underrated. He’s a stand up man, father, and host to the NBA world. I’d love to see jimmy do a spotlight on a man every NBA fan has admired for over 3 decades.
Ernie underrated? Everyone who knows about the show loves him
yes, and have to babysit these guys is a feat in itself !! Ernie is the man !
I wish TNT did segments like this more often. The arm wrestling spot with Devon Larratt was legendary
I just seen this guy's story on Gilbert Arenas' show..its crazy how they did my man!
This guy just won Gil Arenas 3 point contest for 100k
Dude has never played in front of a packed middle school or high school game with people screaming for and against you before otherwise he wouldn't have cracked. Over confidence exist, I actually call it delusion. He was confident until he stepped in front of people who actually have been there and couldn't handle that insane pressure. I hope he takes his humbleness as a life lesson.
he had a bad shooting day it happens to the best of em even Steph curry shoots like shit on days this dude has 201 free throws in 3 minutes 93 3 pointers in 3 minutes 67 freethrows in 1 minute 34 behind the backboards shots in 1 minute 31 3 pointers in 1 minute and 12 3 pointers in a minute with a single ball 🤦he be shooting the lights out with the ugly ass form of a shot he has
He crumbled in a studio with 10-20 people in it, imagine a NBA arena with 18,000 fans… 🙈
I don't know how you do it, you're the best storyteller I've ever encountered. You took a very basic and uneventful bit and had me on the edge of my seat throughout. Well done sir!
check out 'mr ballin'
Same here. Was about to do something else, but I kept my but on the couch, waiting for "circus show" =D
Same here👍
Facts!!! Love how he tells it with the funny add ons. 😂👌🏽
The only thing he did was make a 90 second video about 11 minutes too long.
Better make a new video he won Gil’s shootout lol
He just won Gilbert Arena to shoot out you clown
I once challenged a teammate for a free throw contest with real money on the line (i was a guard, he like a power forward, higher amateur / Division II level). Usually hit around 80-85 of 100 free throws in practice. The day before the contest, i made 37 free throws in a row, to this day my record. Many teammates eventually joined the contest (each paid 10 bucks to the pot). Rule was: One shot each, then to the next shot, until 10 shots. So no one could get into a rhythm. Nerves kicked in. I finished 4 of 10. Last place. Pressure got the best of me.