NBA Legends Explain Why Penny Hardaway Was The Goat
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When I watch highlights of MJ and Penny playing I cry lol because I miss being a kid;
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
Penny has the Second best shoe line of all time. My favorite player as a kid.
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.
Penny was unbelievable and for a moment in time he was the coolest player in the league. It was special for anyone who was there to live it.
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
Penny and Grant Hill were two of my favorite players when I was in high school. Great times in the NBA.
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.
Penny is a huge reason why I started watching the NBA as a kid and will always be my favorite player of all time.
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!
We never saw his prime and people are still talking about him 30 years later... that should tell you all you need to know.
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
Penny was so AMAZING.. damn injuries😢
IKR I have a few of his jerseys I wish he didn't have those knee problems
Along with Grant Hill, Penny was a prototype player of the future with all the gifts! If those guys didn't get hurt, MAN!
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
Penny Hardaway was cold… That guy was beautiful to watch, just the way he played with so much finesse.. If Penny Hardaway played today where the physicality has gone he would be the best in the league.. Even Michael Jordan wore Penny Hardaway’s shoes when he came back in 95. That says it all.. 👍🏽
Anfernee Hardaway is the 90s version of what people thought a futuristic NBA be like. In 2024, he still looks futuristic enough.
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.
Why is this almost bringing me to tears. This guy is the reason I started playing basketball. This guy made me and my brother have a better relationship with each other.
My grandmother said watch this kid play and I immediately said oh wait he can do everything.
He never even reached his prime but he seemed to be in his prime. Dude was amazing and it’s sad that the real have the injuries button turned on.
I appreciate the love for Penny man, favorite player of all time and I was a huge fan growing up in the 90’s.
MJ, PENNY, HILL, DUNCAN, STOCKTON, MALONE, KEMP, PAYTON, was a great time to be a kid watching basketball
Penny was great and even after his multiple knee surgeries was still good. He obviously had slowed down, but he was still an effective player. He was definetly a potential hall of famer and a true superstar in his day. I was a big fan of penny back in the day.
Mj respect Penny he wore his shoes when he played him
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
Penny is really entertaining to watch. The style, the flairs, one of a kind.
From Memphis we have been seeing this since his high school days. Should be in the Hall Of Fame.
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
Penny is my starting All-Time PG. When people laugh I tell them "The joke's on you."
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?
I've said before. That move at 3:41 to me is one of the greatest moves I've ever seen
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.
Penny and Shaq are the reason why I fall in love with 🏀. When ever as a kid I spent holidays or weekends at my grandparents I used every chance to watch them live at 2/3 o’clock in the morning on their TV.
My father worked at Saint Louis University and had season tickets for many years with one of his good friends. He would take me to games his buddy couldn't attend. I remember going to see them play Memphis and my dad telling me to watch that Hardaway kid. He killed us. It was my introduction to him and followed him as a fan ever after. Shaq is 100 percent correct on his assessment. Penny just wasn't the same after that injury. He and Grant Hill are two of the greatest of all time whose careers got derailed by injuries.
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.
Big fan of the 90’s Bulls here and there is NO question Penny was HoF material and potentially one of the greatest.
I bought the Penny shoes too, in 1995❤❤❤!
Greetings from Germany
Favourite players of all time... MJ, penny, steve francis, 2000 vince & Rookie A. I.
Penny is still my all time favorite to this day.
My favorite player of all time. Being from Memphis I've seen play high school, college, and pro and I must say he's AMAZING!!!!
Memphis State
Oh my God! FINALLY! I'm so happy to see folks give Mr. Penny Hardaway his flowers. He deserve a whole field of flowers. I'm not willing to let his injuries erase all of the work that he done put in over the years. He was just a bomb ass player, period. And he still look good. I bet not ever meet him because one of us gon end up pregnant and it ain't gon be him.😍 I believe I still have some of his posters that I used to swap out in my binder from middle school.
Penny and Grant Hill are the best would have beens of all time if they didn't battle injuries.
Honorable mention: Derrick Rose
@@jonathanvijongarth With him it was more mental when he came back from his injury.
Chris Webber
Penny hardaway in his prime was a highlight machine and a winner I'm so glad I was old enough to witness him, MJ and Kobe at there best when they played
I remember watching Penny in his first two years - thinking he can potentially become one of the best ever. Limitless…
D rose n Penny are my biggest what if!
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
Penny was my dude growing up. Very interesting to see players and critics alike finally giving the man props 30 years later
What I remember about Prime Penny was that he was so gifted, everything was effortless for him. Injuries brutally derailed him. Penny, DRose, and TMac are three players whose injuries robbed them so early on.
Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill, two of the biggest "what-ifs" in NBA history.
And TMAC
Derrick Rose
Lonzo Ball
Penny got injured early in his career. So he never reached his prime. It's scary to think he probably would have been even better. Even though he was already incredible.
He was just coming into his true prime when he got hurt. I honestly think he was better than Kobe. He just didn’t have the time to prove it. He was mix between Magic, Jordan, and a little Grant Hill, but better than Grant Hill.
Facts
My favorite player growing up!
Penny's kicks were 🔥🔥🔥
yeah that smitty step back, spin move hesi is pretty crazy
I kinda saw Penny Hardaway as a more athletic version of Magic and as a LeBron-type of player before LeBron! He's my favorite point guard of the '90s, and that says a lot considering that John Stockton, GP and Tim Hardaway played in the 90s!
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.
Smooth as silk
I love Pennys game and I wasn’t even around to watch when he was in his Prime. Just off research. No one in today’s game reminds me of him. He was ahead of his time.
Had the black penny #1 jersey as a teenager. Got stolen at the local pool
Favorite player of all time!
So I was a Bulls fan and Rockets fan in the 90's. Penny and Shaq are respected as some of the greatest opposition of my teams. Penny legit scared me with his talent.
My favorite All Time Player 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Normally all players have weaknesses:PENNY HAD NONE!!!!!!!
I totally agree with you, he was a special kind of talent
Love the old school basketball music before the blow up lol miss that
Lil Penny would approve…never enough Anfernee…😊
Lil Penny was the best. Those commercials were so great. I miss commercials at times. The good ones at least.
Penny was that dude for real the 1st person I see doing that 2 step back jump shot.
as a kid, the first basketball team cap I got was the Orlando Magic because of Penny and Shaq. They were amazing. Jordan and the Bulls became my team shortly after (probably due to getting Chicago local TV stations in CA for some reason), but Penny was super impressive, I thought
My 90s Starting Five, Penny, Eddie Jones, Grant Hill, Chris Weber, Shaq
Penny was my favorite player as a kid. I had his Memphis state jersey when I was in 6th grade. Got it before he went to the NBA. I’m 100% sure I was the only one in Wisconsin with that jersey. Penny was so cold.
If Shaq hadn't quit on the Magic, Penny probably never would have gotten injured the way he did- he was playing too hard and too many minutes to keep his team going. Kobe also wouldn't have had his 5 rings.
Penny was the god damn truth.
Penny Hardaway was like Bo Jackson to Baseball/Football - so much athleticism and talent. Had the privilege to watch them both in person. Penny in college at Memphis State Univ now aka University of Memphis. Bo Jackson when he played AA ball for the Memphis Chicks farm club for MLB KC Royals before they took him up to majors. Then due to injury, they were taken away from us too soon.
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
Special thanks for this one! my all time favorite player!
Penny would be top 10 for sure and if he was leading a team probably top 5.
My favorite players, MJ retired and I found a Penny! I use to dub every game on VHS! He was awesome to watch he expanded you mind of what was possible to do on the court, like that step back he was absolutely cooking in that game drop 42 on Miami. He was Quintessential!
My favorite player of all time!!
Penny was my favorite player behind Mike growing up, those first 2-3 years was CRAZY he was A DAWG and should've been a multiple champion and MVP for sure, they should've beat the rockets in 95 without question
Penny and I were classmates in high school. Very quiet guy, but he was a killer on the court.
Back in 93-94 penny and Webber grant hill Jason Kidd were my favorite
Penny deserve HOF
My thing with guys like Penny and Rose the way they moved and played led to inevitable knee injuries. Penny was a guy you could see was going to be one of the best ever: he was just sick to watch. Guys like jordan, kobe and Penny looked and played like the perfect guards.
Brings a tear to my eye when I see these vids. Growing up in Central Florida in the mid 90’s, those Magic teams ignited my love for basketball and Penny was my dude. All their games were either on channel 32 or channel 39. Everybody in middle school wanted my authentic blue alternate Penny jersey with the stitching. I firmly believe that he would never have gotten hurt if Shaq had stayed in Orlando. He absolutely would’ve surpassed Magic Johnson on the GOAT list.
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.
I’m from London and became a Magic fan because of Penny. Always been my favourite player. Just wish he didn’t get injured.
Penny is awesome in 2k. He was the shit when i was a kid. Special.
Anfernee Hardaway is my all time favorite player. I am from Chicago and I like Penny Hardaway more than Air Jordan.
Wow that speak volume....what about more than D.Rose?
My biggest what if. Penny.
A Top 10 all time for sure if not injuries.
He was cold playing, charismatic, funny and serious at the same time. Serious about basketball, funny about his attitude towards others. Very competitive but friendly.
He still is all this!! Humble
One of my favorite players for sure.
Penny was a huge part of my childhood. He was my favorite player as a kid.
Penny’s moves were so smooth
Being a Memphian I was blessed to had watched Penny at Treadwell doing things I never seen a player his size do. He was interviewed after a game after destroying smaller guards and he said, “when they reach, I teach”.
Then at Memphis State and finally at Orlando. That was the only time I was a Magic fan.
I was 7 year old now I'm 38 my big brother told me how good penny was we watch every game he played as the kids penny hardway was in different level still watching from Australia Arnhem land top end
Paul Pierce forgot to say pause 😂 🤷♀️
Penny was one of the most gifted athletes I have seen... Another one who had their prime cut short by injuries unfortunately and we never got to see him at his PEAK for an extended period. I love these days thinking back, good times.
Bro I just love that Shaq quote, “Penny Hardaway! Stop it!” No explanation? “My face is the explanation!”
MJ wore Penny shoes in a game. Let that sink in
Lol the theory is he only wore them to try and get in Penny's head😂
@@billblaski9523 😂, that's how lethal Penny was!
I AGREE!!! I love seeing videos of My Favorites getting their Flowers
I worked for the Orlando Magic when Dwight was on the team. The broadcast dept was digitizing the old tapes which required playing them in real time to convert them. They had this setup behind a glass windows in the studio running for months. We kept stopping to watch the footage of those old games 5-10 minutes at time and I always said, man I forgot how good Penny really was! His game really was the complete package.
As a middle school kind growing up in Orlando at that time, Penny was the closest thing to Jordan. We absolutely LOVED that 94 team who I think still could beat the best teams of today. I bet Shaq would agree. Penny was a guard on a different level at that time. As fun to watch as T-mac.
Only player I ever saw give Penny major problems was Eddie Jones, he would back Jordan down, and take Pippen off the dribble.
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
Helluva player and the reason why I thought the NBA was in good hands after Jordan 1st retirement. Unfortunately, the knee injury destroyed his level of play.
Thanks for showing players break down that crazy play. My brain still can't comprehend it 😂
Penny Hardaway was the complete player that could do anything and everything on the court and he was a great passer and a great scorer that made his teammates better. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.
I love MJ, however there was something about putting a pair of Penny on for me personally back in the day playing ball. The energy behind this man. Truly one of the greats in my book for life ✨✨✨.
Truth, my fav player of all time. Good times bad times whatever. that's my boy! I had a chance to meet him in New York. Good Guy:)
Panny had this amazing style and lightness in playing. He was my first favourite NBA player, long before MJ or AI and he still is my " top 3 favourite players" enforcement with Grant Hill :)
Definitely, he was heading to be the GOAT until injury cut his career short .
Penny was an intelligent, fearless player !
I’m so glad he gettin the luv he deserves
I remember when the pennys came out I bought and waited until my birthday to wear them man we’ve lived in a great time period I’m so grateful
Applauding you for giving an extended space to that crazy stepback Penny did vs the Heat. Because ever since 97 that move is puzzling me. It was so unique and to this day whenever I see it I’m like “huh?!?” 😀
I liked his game better than MJ and Kobe. He didn't have that psycho assassin mentality that they had though.
I had just got out of college when Penny hit the scene. Orlando letting Shaq get away and the injury is why most don't know how good he was!
I corrected Sean at the beginning of this video by saying “We can’t get enough of PRIME Penny Hardaway,” but in the back of my mind I began to wonder if he ever made it to his prime. Sure enough, TMAC echoed the same sentiment. What a damn shame. Orlando Magic for life…
Penny is the reason I'm a Magic fan. I love that dunk over Ewing. That's what made me a fan.
I totally support this message because i watched Pennny!! Penny was MJ biggest competition later in his career
Penny is my favorite player nxt to Mj
Dang, watching a NBA game or two on Saturday mornings was thee best in 90's. Hands Down.
Penny Hardaway was the Michael Jordan of all Penny Hatdaways
Was my fav player growing up as a kid
I'll look at it in a different way. Had they won that title. EVERYTHING changes