Melvin Rudy Sudijanto penny got hurt the most after his first season in Phoenix. Obviously he was a little injured before that but his 2nd year in Phoenix that was the end effectively.
Penny already had a bad knee at the beginning of the 95-96 season from which he never recovered, combination of the seriousness of the problem with the fact Shaq had been out during the first half of that season with a thumb injury so Penny couldn't take days off and that injury would get worse a few months later. Either way he was spectacular despite the reduced athleticism which showed when they faced the Bulls in playoffs, where Penny was all skill, but reduced athletic ability already evident. Now talking about this video, in earlier seasons Penny absolutely toyed with Grant Hill, Grant might have been great defensively but for a guard I'd say Penny was more impressive considering he was near the top of the league in steals before knee problems appeared. Penny would frustrate Grant and it was no contest. Young Penny already had court vision similar to Magic Johnson with much more athleticism, plus the outside game, plus the inside game like that of a power forward which was unique for a guard (best post up guard still to this day). Penny would've been incredible 10 years down the line had he never suffered the debilitating knee and foot injuries. Rookie Penny was already considered a superstar and looked more like a veteran than a rookie. Grant Hill was very good, but not in Penny's level. Penny could score at will, even the commentators in the game are saying his only problem is being too unselfish. Don't let PPG stats fool you..
@@Mario-re2qp pure liar. Penny never shot over 31 percent from 3 so this myth of him being Reggie Miller is bullshit. Secondly he didn't score at will matter of fact Grant Hill had 5 years of more points, rebounds and assists without having Shaq to carry him. Y'all clearly are biased and think Penny from 96 is the GOAT when in actuality Grant Hill 2000 season, T Mac 2003 season and Kobe 2003 seasons are clearly better than anything he ever did with or without Shaq. And Gary Payton had a more effective post game as a point guard. 😂😂😂😂😂 thinking Penny post game is better than Kobe or Jordan's I see why Shaq left y'all delusional asses
@@elbowgang9715 gary payton's post game is not better than pennys. Penny is not offensive minded all the time but he plays big in big games. Just watch penny's game against pacers and bulls. Yes, the magic got swept against rockets & bulls in playoffs but they were too young at the time. If he was not injured, he had all the talent/skill to be one of the best. Past players (even mj) talked very highly of Penny for a reason. They played against him, they know best. In fact in 95-96 he was third in mvp voting in his 3rd year and already made nba 1st team for 2nd yr.
End of discussion! Between that two of these players, hardaway was the bigger what if than Hill! Hello would have been great player too but hardaway had something over Grant hill
Yeah, Hill was able to have one really good season in Orlando (04-05) and then he was a good role player in Phoenix. Penny couldn`t stay healthy in Phoenix or New York. Well, he played 80 games in 01-02, but after that season.
False. All of you commenting clearly have a bias. How was Penny clearly better than Grant Hill? He never had a better season than Grant Hill 2000 season and truthfully only had 3 great years and to top it off Grant Hill was a year younger with better numbers in every damn category than Penny. Your memories aint what really happened on that court
More of a scorer as Penny was more of a facilitator but Penny could score whenever he felt like it and when he did he was unstoppable he had freakish athleticism like some type of explosion from the floor never seen anything like it before and was a excellent ball handler at 6'7 but G.Hill was a bad dude also these two wud of been write there with Mj as the best to ever do it or may of been better if not for injuries these guys could take over games easy G.Hill was like Lebron/Pippen hybrid and Penny was like a Magic Johnson /Michael Jordan Hybrid that's the best way to describe these guys.
I don't know what basketball you been watching or if you're just too young to know. But Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill but not even in the same class. Penny Hardaway was truly ambidextrous. That was no more of a complete player in the history of the game than Penny Hardaway. To talk about more complete players you got to mention LeBron and people like that if you don't there's nobody you can compare his skill to. Matter fact Penny Hardaway been that good since 9th grade