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I remember when Penny's signature shoes and collectible cards are rivaling Jordan's. He was very marketable. The true hybrid of Magic and Jordan. But Injuries robbed us of greatness.
To his defense Orlando and the city shitted on Shaq saying he didn't deserve to be paid a record contract which would have made him the highest pay player or big man at that time Good thing the late great Jerry West knew what a dominant game changing big man looked like
This is real grown men shit and how you let someone you appreciate & respect them. Great wisdom on reflecting on past mistakes and growing from them. That opening dialogue was dropping a ton of free game.
@gainztrain9890 " Heroes " My first taste of the "After Party" after the clubs closed downtown.. if you knew you knew... 4 the morning head to IHOP or Dennis
He didn't have a long enough career playing at a high level because of the injuries. 1993/1994-1998/1999 he averaged 19ppg, 4.7 rpg, 6.3 apg and 1.9 spg. Career 15.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 5 apg and 1.6 spg. After 2000, all of his numbers dropped .
I’m having PTSD all over again thinking about “what if”. I am a HUGE Penny Hardaway fan. I would have love to seen the Magic and Sonics matchup in the 96 Finals. Unfortunately, free throws a year before cost a legacy😫
Penny still my favorite player ever. I lived in Orlando during those days. They had the town lit up! Sad to see how ego's played into their breakup. Shaq was dominant, but Penny was a phenom and was more marketable. He became the crowd favorite and Diesel couldn't handle that. Will always hold that 95 team as one of the best starting 5's ever, and definitely THEE most entertaining team I ever watched play. It blows my mind Penny's not in the HOF. At his peak, every pundit was already talking about his potential to be the GOAT. He would have surpassed Magic as the greatest PG ever if he didn't get hurt. Wear Pennies, GET DIMES!!!
Hey man, me too! Any of us who were in Orlando at that time know Penny was THAT GUY. A hybrid of Magic and Michael, we LOVED that uniqueness to him. We'd talk about Penny all the time in school, Central Florida was filled with people wearing Penny jerseys, a lot of us cried when Orlando lost in the Finals to the Rockets. It was a special time! I was a fan through T-Mac's time, and Dwight's time, but Orlando never buzzed like it did in the mid 90s.
Same. I was SUPER heartbroken when I was like 7 hearing Shaq left. Even being in Eatonville, not able to actually go to the games, being a local when we were dominating was dope!
I’m glad Shaq finally said the truth and dived deeper on it. It wasn’t just Orlando didn’t offer the most money, I’m sure if it came just to that last point , Orlando pays Shaq the money.. It was more to it, Penny was arguably top 3 most popular player at that time 96. Shaq was young and was jealous it’s that simple.
Shaq was looking at movies (Shazaam), Music (Fu-Schnikens), and even video games (Shaq-Fu) back then. + All the adds (Pepsi, Reebok, and many others) = Not just basketball for Shaq to consider.
Shaq being a champion in Orlando just at least one time worth more than any laker championships . The city never had one and unfortunately they’ll want get any time soon.
The white dude claiming nyc as a foamposite hub shows how hard he tries to be relevant, glad Penny corrected him and let him know foams are a DMV thing
Best years of my life was going to LSU 90’-92’ had big man in a geology class. We never missed a game, he ran that campus, couldn’t get a ticket on a Wednesday night, it was mayhem in the student section !!! I went up to him once class let out to tell him how much we loved him… he was so cool and even said “ thanks big guy”…. I’m 5’5 😉 We all knew he was going to dominate the league… what a time to be alive!!!!
Penny will Be in the Hall of Fame one day. His Game was Elite, his sneakers catalog was Dope & he had a Tremendous impact on the Culture. I can see him coaching in the League also. Penny & Shaq would have won 3 rings together if the team stayed in tact & kept getting better. The Bulls Dynasty crumbled & Orlando could have took the mantle.
@@Bob-te3le The Bulls Dynasty was dismantled after the 98 season b/c of Ego & a Power struggle between the Team & Jerry Krause. If that shit sandwich didn’t happen that squad would beat the 99 Spurs in the Finals.
From Nick Anderson's steal late in Game 1 to a 9-0 run to end Game 3 to a 14-0 run to end Game 6, the Magic found a way. It would be the final time that Jordan's Bulls were knocked off in a playoff series.
Penny was a pass first Kobe. So dynamic, he could score but was so unselfish. A lot of passes weren't assists because he gave Shaq the ball in the post.
I was at Penny's first college game at Memphis. He was credited with like 7 TO's because he was hitting guys in the numbers with passes they weren't expecting. They learned real quick to keep your hands up and be ready.
I know Shaq is most remembered as a Laker, but I still to this day only think of Shaq on Orlando with Penny. That was one of my favorite duos growing up. I hated when Shaq left and went to the Lakers. I remember when NBA Live 97 came out for Playstation; I released Shaq off the Lakers and put him right back on Orlando. And that's coming from a guy that grew up in Chicago as a Bulls fan in the 90's.
IIt seems to me that Penny and DWade don't fight with Shaq much cause they still have a sense of fear and respect for him that they don't call him out much, but Kobe don't give a shit and wasn't afraid to call him out.
Yet,Kobe acted like a big-BABY-when his team-mates called him out for being a ball-HOG-tho. Kobe was acting like a stubborn little-CHILD-even phil Jackson called Kobe-UNCOACHABLE-in his bio-book.
Yet,Kobe acted like a big-BABY-when his team-mates called him out for being a ball-HOG-tho. Kobe was acting like a stubborn little-CHILD-even phil Jackson called Kobe-UNCOACHABLE-in his bio-book.
My favorite player of the 90s! And I was a Laker fan. Was really thinking he’d be Magic Johnson 2.0 and win multiple titles. So when Shaq went to my squad, it was bittersweet knowing their run was over. I even secretly rooted for Penny in his matchups against Kobe later
Shaq mentioned that Penny came in balling, but Kobe was straight out of HS while Penny came out after his Jr year in college. So based on age the timelines add up, actually by the time Kobe is 22-23, Penny's age as a rookie, him and Shaq already won 2 rings
Those years playing in college helped Penny's game and personal growth,Kobe coming right out of high-school lacked these things and also how to play a-TEAM-sport,thus,his ball-hogging ways.
Hit up The Front Office to bring him, then gets nervous about the ramifications to his own shine when they do it...Lady and Gentlemen, Shaq is human. 😂
Nobody notices this throughout the years. But u should know shaq has always been a goofy and a sell out. He was way diff from Kobe. Kobe was woke in other ways people couldn’t imagine which led to his death between big Pharma if u know u know. Kyrie is the same way he didn’t take the vaccine and earth is flat for example . (Which both are true ) this world isn’t what you were taught and when that keep getting more know the elites will find a way to keep u sleep
@@gerrettj32 I just exposed shaq a couple days ago on this post about Kobe . And how he’s a Hollywood casual who is apart of the weirdos in Hollyweird . And that deleted my comment 😂😂😂😂 every time I speak truth on this app it gets deleted
I loved this interview with Penny and Shaq. I was able to watch it from phone and then on my 55" TV. It was great. Adam was great as well. Very enjoyable ❤
Penny is still my favorite player. I’ve got every jersey and every shoe. I traded all my Jordan cards just to get ALL PENNY cards. 90’s Orlando Magic was the team. Much love half cent
I'm from Memphis and Penny's grandma lived in my neighborhood. Used to play streetball with him in the 90s. The difference between a NBA player and regular people is hard to imagine unless you play against them.
I WATCHED THAT WHOLE SERIES, HAKEEM AND THE ROCKETS FUCKED YALL UP!! ROBERT HORRY WAS COMING INTO HIS PEAK AND SAM CASSELL WAS A YOUNG AND VERY SKILLED GUARD AND OLAJUWON WAS JUST DOMINATE!!
As a Lakers fan, I am obviously happy with how everything unfolded for Shaq leaving Orl for LA. damn in the 90s those two were the up-and-comers that were gonna take over AFTER the Bulls' reign. As for the question, how many more would Kobe and Shaq would've won if they stayed together? lmao. at most 2. realistically 1. At that time, Shaq was getting lazier and lazier and getting hurt more and more. Bro. I witnessed the whole thing. Stop changing the narrative. I love you Shaq. Probably my favorite basketball personality of all time. But brotha, it was a struggle tryna get you to be all in on basketball...or just the conditioning aspect of it. Stop the cap.
But back in 96, I thought Shaq was crazy leaving Orlando because I thought they were the up-and-coming of Magic and Kareem and won 5 championships together. With knee issues for Penny, Shaq made the right move in the end, signing with the Lakers and winning 3 championships.
Don't be so sensitive. If Kobe was still here, he'd be ribbing Shaq. That was their relationship. He's not dissing Kobe. He is just keeping that same energy, Kobe wouldn't want it no different.
@@s.h.p.zfinest256that aint tru , Kobe didnt shit on Shaq much in his last few years , they even had a sitdown in 2018 everything was mutual and Kobe wasnt the type of guy after his retirement to shit on people
@@iammrhallkobe wasnt drafted there or traded there until 2 weeks later and even still Shaq didnt leave to join a dude who wasnt even 18 yet, Shaq went for the money and living in LA and Kobe jus ended up being a plus
@@iammrhall who said it wasnt , u brung up the day Kobe got drafted like thats the day he went to the Lakers and even still Shaq didnt know about Kobe till after he signed and Jerry West said “i got this kid named Kobe” Shaq went cuz he wanted 100+ million dollars , not cuz of highschool Kobe , i dont know wat u cant comprehend
When Shaq left Orlando and Penny, it took me about 15 years to forgive him. Those that didn't get to watch it, it was truly the biggest "what if" had they stayed together
I went to Orlando to see a couple of their games, I had the Penny gear, and I ROCKED that shit like he was my boyfriend. Every guy I knew was all up in my shit about it. These 2 guys were SO much fun to watch. Legends.
OH MY GOD! PENNY HARDAWAY! Like every time I see you, I get kinda giddy inside. I love you so much, Penny. In middle school, I used to rotate posters in my binder of you, Ice Cube and Nasir. I just...whew! Oh my God! I enjoyed this interview, fellas. Thanks so much. We already know how ill, sick wit it and just graceful you were on that court so I don't need to pick it apart. I love you so much. You still look good.
While all these comment section “only saw MJ on the internet” NBA casuals who claim MJ is their goat and weren’t even outside .. for a lot of us true fans who were outside back then, Penny was our favorite player. Before the injury, Penny was the truth
I respect Shaq so much but Kobe was 17 years old and Penny was 22 years old, just finished his Junior year of college ball. Of course Penny came in as Him. Kobe was a teenager.
Outside of Mj in the 90's my guy Penny was the coldest if not for injuries may of surpassed Mj cause he was actually a better all around player and alot more explosive off the bounce he was a freakish long quick guard that we still have never seen another like he was cold blooded and he got the best signature line even better than the Air Jordan line to me💯
@@Bob-te3le At this time Penny was more explosive cause MJ was older Penny was a youngin and this is Penny before injuries and go look at his Memphis State college games well hell you see no one could stop him in the pros either and Penny had a better all around game than Mj he just had the least to work with MJ had Pippen who had a better all around game than Mike,MJ was like a 6'6 version of Durant and unstoppable scoring machine he was very efficient but he is still the Goat only thing that set him apart from other players is ferocious smothering defense he played on players but he could t stop Penny the only player that gave him nightmares like he gave players and that's the truth but MJ the Goat and if Penny had of stayed injury free he would if won rings and been in that discussion rite behind MJ because think about it Bron don't have no post game,Bron didn't have the lateral movement and footwork as Penny hell Kobe didn't either Bean just wanted to score and in the NBA record books he got one of the worst shooting percentages in league history so that leaves honestly Penny who should be #2 behind MJ and G.Hill #3 behind Penny but both suffered horrific career ending injuries Penny worse than Grant but they're both still iconic.
Observations. 1: It’s like we were spammed with ads, either from the pod or RU-vid, with an interview in between. 2nd: “I came in him and you came in him” can’t even be covered with a PAUSE. That’s is way too WILD
