'NBA on TNT' analyst Kenny 'The Jet' Smith makes MVP pick, discusses Celtics' and Knicks' title chances
Smith discussed his NBA predictions with Fox News Digital
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"It’s the gift that keeps on giving… Just bet responsibly, and you’re good," FanDuel hypeman Kenny "The Jet" Smith said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.
Smith himself admits that he is "not a big bettor, but I was always the king of the office pool." Of course, the TNT analyst doesn't need League Pass, but if he were placing that $5 bet, he'd have an idea of what to wager on.
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"I’m putting it on a parlay so I can win more. The most absurd parlay so I can get something ridiculous back. That would be me…" Smith joked. "But Giannis [Antetokounmpo will be the MVP of the league this year."
"There’s a lot of guys that will lose votes because they got great players now playing with them. I think Paul George will grab votes from Joel Embiid. I think it’s Giannis Antetokounmpo. I don’t think Dame Lillard grabs votes from him even though he’s an all-NBA type of performer," Smith added.
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Smith can also find some value in the New York Knicks winning the title, a team he says is now "a true contender" to win it all.
"To me, the Knicks have put themselves as a contender. Before, they were trying to make the playoffs – now, they’re trying to not get beat in the playoffs. Whole different mindset. Adding [Karl-Anthony Towns] and [Mikal] Bridges puts everyone in their right position, and they can tap into their superpower. They are a true contender to win the NBA title."
They, of course, need to take down the reigning champion Boston Celtics, but he says they could "100%" compete with their Eastern Conference rival.
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However, it will be a tall order.
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"Their fourth and fifth men, there’s no other fourth- and fifth-best players as good as them on any team. There’s no player as good as [Kristaps] Porzingis as the fourth-best player on a team… Their fifth-best player Derrick White] played more than their best player in the Olympics. Think about that… and they didn’t even take the second-best player [Jaylen Brown] on the Celtics. That tells you how good the Celtics are."
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For the record, a $5 wager on the parlay of the Celtics winning it all, along with Antetokounmpo winning MVP, would win you about $190.
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