NBA Legends Explain Why Penny Hardaway Was The Goat 

The good ole days

The best days

Well BOoo F*kcin hoOO

Same…I wasn’t even nearly as big of a sports fan back then but Penny was iconic. Even I had multiple editions of his shoes in HS.

Well BOoo FKcin hoOO

I miss the hardwood shoes of the 90s. Had a sweet pair of Barkleys and a couple airforce 1s as backups. That's when the Forces were the affordable 40 dollar bb shoe

Lil Penny saying it's Tyra Banks fool was priceless

I liked his sneaker personally over Jordan's.

But who helped sponsored his shoe? After playing against him. 🤔🧐😊

@@lionheart4529 If you're trying to sound coy about Jordan that's not secret news and Jordan only wore them in one game because of the NBA policy. Some rumors were Jordan did it to get in Penny's head instead of just wearing one of his older models but I doubt that was the case. Jordan didn't help sponsor it since Penny's shoe was already a success and he was already quite popular with the commercials prior to that. Penny was already an all star prior to Jordan returning in March 1995 in his first game back in the NBA against Indiana.

if you combine magic with jordan, you get penny, lebron who? the discussion would be jordan, penny, kobe if he played 15-18 year career

@@frequentiisnothing about penny game was like MJ. He was a far better ball handler and passer and could finish with power or finesse.

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@@frequentiis if you combine magic with jordan you have penny? magic at his prime was better than penny scoring, rebounding and assisting. How penny was magic and jordan combined?

@@leonardoyi3183 i'm open-minded if you have a better analogy, but i believe shaq that penny would have been better than kobe if penny had a full 18 year career

He was the 90's rolled up into one. So much cool for sure.

Facts

Big facts. Penny was cold. Healthy Penny is a problem any era

I was there in Orlando

I grew up in Orlando during the Shaq years! Penny felt like we were going to build something

My favourite player when Jordan stepped out in. 93 .. loved the shaq and penny duo and penny was my favourite and still is in my top 5 favourite players .. he was a problem

I had the blue and black Penny Jerseys

Same here my man, king of elegance he is the all time grace of basketball, sometimes we see old school videos and we’re like they got skills lol but Penny 50 years from now, we would still love the style.

Mine too

You want to know who's amazing Jesus Christ look at the moves Jesus Christ does have you turned to Jesus Christ to make moves in your life? Life's too Short not to know Jesus!

Yup 2 overlooked!!

You 45

Too bad both had injuries destroy they greatness and even after injuries that would take most out the league they played many more yrs just wasn't as great as they would have been

They debunk that BS plumber narrative, that there weren’t taller guys who were very skilled before Lebron and KD. Nevermind Kobe and KG came into the NBA, in the mid 90s. Jamal Mashburn was another skilled big guy.

Those 2 are the ultimate what if, if it weren't for the injuries.

IKR I have a few of his jerseys I wish he didn't have those knee problems

You are exactly right those two MAN

Grant Hill was the first LEGITIMATE next Jordan 🎉

Exactly! I started playing more offensive because of Grant Hill

Grant Hill was LeBron and Penny was TMac

The biggest difference between Penny and Grant Hill is that Penny could shoot.

I'm sorry. This is an understatement. He was the most effortless productive player ever. He is still more futuristic than today's players. He could be a player from 100 years now.

One of MJs crazy strategies to get an mental advantage but he definitely respected Penny tho

🗣️MJ WORE PENNY ' S SH👟ES ONE TIME . D🚫N ' T GET CARRIED AWAY .>🎤 🏀🗑️

Not that says alot

And MJ dropped 40 or 45 that game😂 he was cold

Oooooh my ! What a great time to be a kid indeed ! From France too 🇨🇵🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥

Duncan wasn’t really fun to watch. His game was boring

​@spenser6353 that's the great thing about opinions, everyone is entitled to their own 😀

That is exactly what I always say, buddy!! Starting All-Time PG, nothing less. People come up and say, but Magic or Allen Iverson, Stephen Curry, etc.... I always say, are you people out of your god damn minds?

Mine too. My all-time starting 5: Ben Wallace Kevin Durant Grant Hill Vince Carter Penny Hardaway

From Little Rock, I used to come to Memphis and watch him clown dudes at Treadwell...so yeah, we BEEN knowing. lol.

Long time ago. He is a icon. He is a brand. He's a memory for all time. Truly truly unforgettable he is

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Mictofracture surgery destroyed them both. No athlete today would even consider that kind of surgery

And Brandon Roy

@@whayes8084 him and Derrick Rose were gonna be the new Faces of the league. So sad.

jesuit trained ??

@@frequentiis Catholic actually. Seemed like it was that or a public school were the only options, At least where I grew up.

Exactly! How do you even guard that. The speed at which he pulled that off is just crazy. Penny Hardaway first jersey I ever got.

I came to see if anyone said this. Glad to see I didn't have to write it myself. And @LouBang718, I remember nearly everyone had a Penny jersey, but I never got one. I always wanted authentic jerseys, but they were so expensive, and I was still in high school, so I couldn't afford it. Them joints was like $200 back then. I was tired of wearing the replicas because they always would fade.

I totally agree with you, he was a special kind of talent

me too for life

I totally agree but I'd have to include Grant Hill in that list.

​@@miguelecastroGrant Hill was special

​@@Damian-qn5fzfacts. Sad ppl don't give them the respect they deserve. I guess you had to be one of the ones sitting in front of the TV watching it go down. I liked MJ but when Penny and Grant hit the league I fell in absolute love with basketball.

I said Hill and Penny in my comment. Forgot bout DRose and apologize. It was over so fast you almost forget and I did lol. He was off the charts amazing as well.

Penny Grant Hill Rose Brandon Roy

Honorable mention: Derrick Rose

@@jonathanvijongarth With him it was more mental when he came back from his injury.

Chris Webber

​@@randyschwagginshe played more than he was hurt tho. I'd say TMac over Webber.

Memphis State

And TMAC

Derrick Rose

Lonzo Ball

​@@bshews9132stop lol. He was over hyped. I'll say B Roy over Ball 😂😂

Facts

I agree with magic, but penny was fundamentally sound, smooth and had moves at 3 levels...which lebron is not. While penny had athleticism, he didnt rely on it. Lebron, without his out of this world athleticism, would not be effective.

Never disrespect Penny by comparing him to LeBron.

Wow that speak volume....what about more than D.Rose?

@@neanam More than D.Rose

@@juckrain01 it's a shame both their careers got hindered due to injury...im from Memphis so Penny and Rose are my two favorites for the obvious reasons...and they had a game to back it up

@@neanam How tragic it is. . .

Lil Penny was the best. Those commercials were so great. I miss commercials at times. The good ones at least.

Not in yet?,😢.......

Wanna say his microfracture issue was started because he came back early to play in the all star game in 95 or 96 against doctor’s recs, when Shaq was still in town. It may have been the 96 Olympics tho tbh. I remember reading about it, and it had to do with not allowing the rest for the knee to heal.

You need to relax with trying to compare him to Bo. That's ridiculous and completely out of pocket.

​@@CinqueMalcolm facts penny was good but he wasn't no got dam Bo Jackson

Lol the theory is he only wore them to try and get in Penny's head😂

@@billblaski9523 😂, that's how lethal Penny was!

So underrated comment !🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥

Not True., Dennis Rodman, and penny did it for about 6 months

Lol Eddie Jones one of those forgotten players who was great at his peak. Had a long career too

He was my favorite at the time Eddie Elevator they called him, he had elite defense@@billblaski9523