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The NBA had a very good initiative to bring back some joy and excitement to the All-Star Weekend.
WNBA superstar Sabrina Ionescu, the best female shooter in the pros, agreed to match up with Stephen Curry.
She was originally meant to shoot from the WNBA’s three-point line, which is a little closer to the rim, but she stated she wanted to shoot from NBA range.
So, the only difference between her and Curry was that she was going to shoot with WNBA basketballs instead of NBA basketballs, and she seemed to be at a bit of a disadvantage because of the range.
Notably, that wasn’t a factor at all, as she scored a whopping 26 points, losing to Curry by just three.
That led Kenny Smith to state that she should’ve shot from the WNBA’s three-point line instead, to which Reggie Miller replied that he shouldn’t try to put boundaries on women like that and that no women should be okay with that (via Gifdsports).
Smith’s comments rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and the fans took to Twitter to call him out.
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To shoot from the women’s 3-point line and Reggie Miller wasn’t having it pic.twitter.com/s64X1VOOxh
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 18, 2024
Can’t forget Reggie’s sister, Cheryl was a baller. Once dropped 105! Reggie knows what’s up
— Kyle Rassel (@KyleRassel) February 18, 2024
Reggie tried to save him and Kenny was like nah let me dig myself even deeper.
— st@tic (@Unbelievabro) February 18, 2024
How can he say that when her 26 points would’ve tied the highest score from the actual NBA 3-Point Contest????
— Ethan (@wariswhack) February 18, 2024
Reggie not gonna let Kenny disrespect Sabrina because he wouldn’t want anyone disrespecting his sister like that.
— CuriousGeorge (@Curious10416024) February 18, 2024
One player was considered the greatest shooter of all time at one point in history….and the other is Kenny Smith.
— Rj (@JerichoFPS) February 18, 2024
Ionescu did well from the longer range by scoring 26 points, so it’s not like she couldn’t knock down shots.
She just happened to come across the greatest shooter of all time, and even he had a tough time beating her.
Hopefully, this will become an annual event, and women hoopers will get the recognition they deserve.
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