If Penny never got injured, he easily could have been one of the greats. He was 6'8 with handles better than Magic. He could score, shoot, was athletic and can DO everything. Big respect to young Kobe challenging Penny.

@jumahbrady670

4 ай бұрын

Facts 💯

@chadbutler8634

4 ай бұрын

Penny was Kobe/tmac mix

@beantownbilli

4 ай бұрын

he wasn’t injured when they got swept by Houston….

@jeffwilson8246

4 ай бұрын

​@beantownbilli Penny got shot in the leg as a teenager I believe. He was never 100

@davidriley6843

4 ай бұрын

Penny is one of the greats

Penny was my Favorite Player. We missed an all time great. He was incredible.

Kobe had 1st Teamers circling they calendars before he played in the NBA 😂

@ecgodsmack86

3 ай бұрын

Tim Duncan

I still watch kobe's interviews when i'm dealing with any stress.

@runninwitdatmop152

4 ай бұрын

Getting hard off Kobe stories is crazy

@TheYoungwet

4 ай бұрын

Do u believe in God ? Or have parents? U looking for other Man U don’t know to to save ur life ? 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

@cynthiadiaz6325

4 ай бұрын

That's pathetic

@Valueandtime

4 ай бұрын

@@TheYoungwet you guys clearly haven't watched his interviews all the way. Different levels i guess

@evanshall

4 ай бұрын

Rest at the end, not in the middle.

Kobe was always on another level, always looking ahead and saw the bigger picture, RIP Mamba and Baby Mamba

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

Yeah but he didn't want the smoke and waited till Penny got hurt

@vashaundavids4802

4 ай бұрын

Notice he didn't get to play him, because Kobe came off the bench

@firstname2022

4 ай бұрын

@@NotAnAstronaut2kdidn’t even watch the video huh? Just ran to the comments to talk shit

@luigivincenz3843

4 ай бұрын

@@NotAnAstronaut2k Penny was and will always be overrated. When you get cooked by a 17 year old kid, that says something about your game.

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

@luigivincenz3843 lol he never got cooked you delusional Kobetards, Kobe didn't want that smoke till Penny got hurt lol, even with the Suns one legged Penny was cooking Kobe.. even Shaq says Penny was better lmao

Kids might not know but Penny was mega nice also a Memphis Legend

@luigivincenz3843

4 ай бұрын

No, he's not nice. The clown threw a water bottle at the other winning after losing to SMU , and loses his cool with reporters when Memphis loses. Also throws the race card on interviews when it wasn't even relevant to the game. There is always a big difference between U Tenn and Memphis...

@ericvonjeffeson2640

4 ай бұрын

@@luigivincenz3843You really still mad at that 😂

@California-king

3 ай бұрын

@@luigivincenz3843damn you remember this? Tell us more

@luigivincenz3843

3 ай бұрын

@@ericvonjeffeson2640 No. Not mad. Just speaking facts son.

Kobe Bean!! Always bringing the smoke. The world misses his energy for sure 💪🏿

Penny was born in 1971. Kobe was born in 1978. Penny was 24 years old and Kobe was 17 his rookie year. 96-97.

@MemphisMo

4 ай бұрын

Yeaaa Penny was in College for 3 years alone and another 2-3 before Kobe made it to the league

@him37404

4 ай бұрын

He was drafted at 17 but he was actually 18 when the season started

@RobertsLyric

4 ай бұрын

@@him37404 during the draft and the beginning of the 96-97 training camp he was still 17

@raymondbennettjr.8845

4 ай бұрын

Kobe was 18 and penny was 25 because their birthdays are before the season started and back then the season usually started in November but you definitely right on the age gap

@alvinrichmond305

4 ай бұрын

Facts

Penny had goat talent, dude had "IT" when he came into the league, same as MJ, Kob and Bron

@SleepyAirplane-si2xy

4 ай бұрын

What other baller got miniature doll look alike ,no one touching lil penny

Penny was filthy. After shaq left and he had to take shots double teamed with the other teams scheming to stop him, penny was still dominating. He was soooo good.

@YoungMaster_626

Ай бұрын

Kobe went through that his whole career, what’s difference 🤷🏻‍♂️😆

@ptpoul

Ай бұрын

@@YoungMaster_626 Who said anything different? Just pointed out Penny was good. It's not a zero sum game. Luckily there is and have been a lot of good players :) Kobe loved to take bad shots more than most though ;)

Penny was me and my twin brothers favorite player. And he's still my all time favorite till this day.

Damn..kobe was him. I've honestly never seen another player as captivating as him...huge influence in my life

Penny’s unfortunate injuries definitely robbed us of some epic battles between the two. I honestly feel a friendship would have eventually grown from it, the competition. Penny was a quiet assassin and Kobe was more blatant with it. They probably had more things in common than they would have thought, including co-starring with Shaq. Unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be. Respect for them both.

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

Could've been one of the greatest rivalries ever. Killer vs killer.. such a shame..

@user-sx5fn8yo5s

3 ай бұрын

Shaq got replaced and kobe would thrash penny

@NotAnAstronaut2k

3 ай бұрын

@user-sx5fn8yo5s yeah right lol, Kobe ducked the smoke and one legged Penny with Suns was giving Kobe Problems lol if Penny stayed healthy and reached his peak he wouldve schooled Kobe alot more

@California-king

3 ай бұрын

Five rings champ

Man injuries robbed us of could've been one of the craziest rivalries in NBA history.. Killer vs Killer

@dariuswilliams7509

4 ай бұрын

Man this era wit Penny, Grant Hill, AI3, TMAC, Kobe was suppsoed to be amazing sad penny and grant became so injure prone then Tmac followed suit eventually lol then young Lebron wade and melo had taken their spots vs Kobe 😢

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

@dariuswilliams7509 Bron, Wade and Melo were boring a$$ brats Penny, G-Hill, Kob and T-Mac would've been fun asl

Penny was no joke

its so many people from that generation not just kobe that had that type of truth mentality about everything its sadly not as common in todays world.

@369pendulum

4 ай бұрын

It’s still common today, you just romanticize the game. These guys are living it every single day. You don’t know what’s what from a tv screen.

Kobe & GiGi RIP Kobe was a DAWG on the court my favorite story was him torching Reggie Miller 😂 in the gym.

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

Myth. Miller was torching him too.. Kobe fans are so delusional these recent years

@CommieKilla1977

4 ай бұрын

Same can be said about Kobe haters. He’s dead already show some love bruh. Your comments shows so much hatred of a man much beloved by millions except you. Weird!

This interview is pure gold!

And now players don’t wanna compete

Kobe couldn't guard Prime Penny at all. FYI Penny was cooking the league. MJ and all.

@MrWoo-jc8nt

3 ай бұрын

You better tell em

@Noisyhead818

11 күн бұрын

Lmaoo healthy penny couldn’t even cook sam cassel and kenny smith in the finals where it mattered most foh

Penny had to be at least 5 years older than kobe. I think penny stayed 2 or 3 years in college,was drafted in 93 and kobe graduated high school in 96 at 17.

Bruh Penny Hardaway was my FAVORITE player of all time. Pops asked me who’s the best player of the league. Without hesitation “Penny”. Over MJ son?? Yessir

@anthonyjones634

4 ай бұрын

It's funny because I was a MJ and Bulls fan back then, but never had any MJ jersey. However, I did have a Penny Hardaway jersey. Penny made me confused...lol

“Penny” is a great basketball star’s name… and Hardaway wore that name as well as it could be.

Penny be looking at kobe n shaq like that suppose to be my nba title

PRIME PENNY WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM,,,,FOR REAL!!!!🏀🏀🏀💯💯💯

@user-dz6jg3tn4w

4 ай бұрын

Just ask MJ and Pippen. Hardaway cooked them in 94.

@reallife0728

4 ай бұрын

@@user-dz6jg3tn4w IT WAS ACTUALLY 1995,,,MJ RETURNED THE FAVOR IN 1996 BY SWEEPING THE ORLANDO MAGIC...

@theinktician

3 ай бұрын

We never saw prime penny

@theinktician

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-dz6jg3tn4wbro typed in all caps to save his king

@vincentforonda7381

3 ай бұрын

Prime PG is a serious prob too he cooked bron & heat in 2013 😅

They didn't talk about it but Penny dissed Kobe when Kobe was trying to meet him when he looked up to him. I imagine after that Kobe was hunting Penny

@Chrissmith-tr1gz

4 ай бұрын

Facts penny told him to go to college instead of the nba and kobe didn’t like that

@wkenley

4 ай бұрын

Penny dissed everybody……. Arrogant piece of shit.

@marcusredd4229

4 ай бұрын

​@@Chrissmith-tr1gzKobe himself said he should have went college

@pjmcray101

4 ай бұрын

Yeah i remember that game like yesterday when a young Kobe put up 38 on Penny and i was a Penny fan😣 smh

@na_k

4 ай бұрын

​@@Chrissmith-tr1gzTelling a HS player to go to college is dissing him?

Hate that Penny got injured. After Hakeem and MJ, Penny and Grant Hill were my favorites growing up.

I love that era of basket ball penny and grant hill will always be up there in my book of legends.

I heard Penny didn’t wanna give Kobe an autograph and he never forgot that .

@user-dz6jg3tn4w

4 ай бұрын

Kobe to Penny-"Can i get an autograph" Penny-"Your beneath me,get tha F outta here."

Shaq says Penny was better I don’t wanna hear nothing from nobody else they irrelevant

@casiemny1219

4 ай бұрын

That’s not what he said

@ikembaojore3877

4 ай бұрын

@@casiemny1219 I thought that is what he said. You sure?

@stevenirizarry9427

4 ай бұрын

Boy stop it Shaq never said that

@lexdadon

4 ай бұрын

@@stevenirizarry9427Shaq said coming into the league, penny was better. He said..it took Kobe a few year to become Kobe, but penny was already penny when he came into the league.

Penny and Billy Smith! Memphis Tigers 92/93!

Paul George can have a very successful career as an nba analyst: very impressive and asks very thoughtful questions

Kobe got lucky that night because Penny was that dude!!!

@INSTANTDOPELORD

4 ай бұрын

🗣️Tell em!!

@knowEgo

4 ай бұрын

@@INSTANTDOPELORD - lol that’s right Kobe would have got that work!!!

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

Man Penny on scoring mode would give anyone issues.. Kobe and Penny would've been a very memorable matchup but nobody want that problems.. such a shame Penny never recovered after being hurt, dude wasn't even close to his prime yet.

@conscious258

4 ай бұрын

That part

Jordan + Magic = Penny He is your favorite player favorite player 💯

@MrWoo-jc8nt

3 ай бұрын

Perfect analogy

Don’t let this mid story distract y’all from the fact that Penny Hardaway played his whole NBA career w/literally on only 1 foot due to being shot in other as a teenager, but go on & let the Kobe revisionist narrative play on💁🏾‍♂️

@nydibs

4 ай бұрын

Penny was my favorite player, his knees gave out way too early and he was never the same. But he was an all time great talent

@shyne1308

3 ай бұрын

Cap

@QSLIMQ

3 ай бұрын

🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ cards he was dealt. Cry me a river. Penny was amazingly talent, no dog in him tho. Penny had chances to win, got swept in finals

@privatenumber1156

3 ай бұрын

Yea but I lived by Lorenzen wright mother(met her) and Penny used to get his hair cut before the barbershop opened across from Kirby high i knew the owner he lived in Bennington forrest on the street next to me ..you should do research and find out why he got shot.... revisionist? Lol revisit the story Penny got shot by some gds or crips and it wasn't just a robbery he lucky he didn't die you hang with killers ppl will try to kill you

Also most people don't know Jordan wore a pair of pennys in a game. Only one game in his career he wore another players shoes

Im from Memphis Penny will always be the 🐐

Penny was special truly a magic moment!

Kobe was a menace

Paul George wearing a T shirt with him on it a kin to having a picture of yourself as your phone screen saver. 😅

Brian was a year off on penny draft year but in all actuality they are 7 years apart penny born 1971 and Kobe born 1978 but draft wise he definitely accurate

Being great isn’t a number “penny “ is one ☝🏽 of the greatest ever to lace em up period .. He was one of dem ones o saw him give Jordan the bizness live 5 feet away from me don’t play with Penny my Guy

I got love for all these dudes but this story was unspectacular to say the least.

Penny was 7 years older than Kobe so that was a 18 year old going up against a prime 25 year old..

Isn’t there a story about when Kobe asked Penny for an autograph Penny dissed him. Kobe said Shaq was cool, but Penny played him.

Penny and T-Mac had the smoothest games of all time!

I met Penny in the mall in houston and he wasn't trying to deal with no young fan. He did kobe the same in the locker room so Kobe would try to bust his ass every time they played against each other.

I luvd Afernee Hardaways post up game as a guard

The last true GOAT.

Yo PG where can I get that shirt brotha?! I NEED THAT

@vinobeans9542

4 ай бұрын

😂😂 google it bro

Yea at that time , penny would have been ahead on that 1 . He was a serious problem . And can score everywhere and in a 1 on 1 vs prime Kobe he would have been also able to post up 👍

Penny❤

Goated

Penny was a star. Had a doll name after him in commercials. Little Penny with Chris Rock's voice I think. Listen, Penny gave Jordon the business.

@jukztv76

4 ай бұрын

The only other personalized sneaker MJ wore

@anthonyjones634

4 ай бұрын

Penny shoes gave the Jordan brand the business

Ko8e was A Killa at 7‼️ He wanted the Smoke‼️ Penny was CooL he made nice passes‼️

That shit was almost epic. Prime Penny vs from Kobe.

I heard B Shaw was kickin it wit Madonna back in the day. Way before she got wit Dennis Rodman

Penny was awsome...he wore cons in college and his Nike commercials were great

One legged Penny w/ the Suns was giving Kobe some issues tho.

Prime penny was the the sheeet breakin off everyone!

No doubt on the Pennster!!

Penny had kobe's number even after his injuries when kobe got to the league. KZread is free

Seems Penny never liked Kobe. In the 1 on 1 interview with Kobe and Shaq, Kobe said in high school he went to see Shaq and Penny at some event. He asked Penny for an autograph and Penny ignored him. But Shaq said wassup and gave Kobe an autograph..

Sounds very much like Bill Dudleston's concept of the Whispers (also a cardioid speaker).

Kobe was getting cooked by Eddie Jones, worrying about penny 😂

@jacobyjonez9900

4 ай бұрын

Stop making up stuff

@jukztv76

4 ай бұрын

@@jacobyjonez9900 then why is EJ starting over Kobe on their team? If he ain't better than EJ sure as hell he isn't better than Penny back then lol

@anthonyjones634

4 ай бұрын

Eddie Jones was that guy back then.

A candle that burns twice as bright.......

Kobe didn't want it with Penny back then he was really that good

@NotAnAstronaut2k

4 ай бұрын

Penny was a silent assassin

@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq

4 ай бұрын

Liar 🤥

@anthonyjones634

4 ай бұрын

​@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq No you are clueless. Penny was that guy

Penney hardway looks like Bill bellamy 😂

And yet, Del Harris held him back and treated him like a nobody Kobe was ready to start from day 1.

@anthonyjones634

4 ай бұрын

Not over Eddie Jones at that time

@QuestionEverything562

3 ай бұрын

Nah bruh. Kobe was not That Guy in terms of his basketball know how from day one. Kobe should have gone to college tbh.

Kobe no fear , basketball wise you can't Hate him he's a proven winner

Kobe was the best

PPL forget Kobe was weird, odd, and did not know how to act around ppl, much less read a room. He didnt really have friends in the league. Players and fans couldnt stand him. They respected and admired his game, but couldnt stand him. After he got all his scoring titles and losing seasons under hi belt then he started to shift and make an effort to be a more personable person and teammate.

This aged like wine after that all star game

@dariuswilliams7509

4 ай бұрын

In that Jordan clip you can tell Penny was focused 😂😂😂

Kobe knew when not to play.

Penny was 7 years older than Kobe. not 2.

Whenever I see anything to do with Penny, I have to watch.

If my calculations are correct. Kobe was 18 and Penny was 21-22. Both were very young men at the time. BTW, I thought a man was not considered in his physical prime until 26-27.

Good way to cut a 4 minute.Video in half is to put a ad read at the end of it. Thnx!

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Penny was born in 1971 and Kobe was born in 1978

A very injured prone Suns Penny Hardaway was battling with young just starting to go into his prime Kobe in the 2000 playoffs. It was pretty even between the two. However, Shaq was a huge problem. Shaq dominated inside.

"How many years was Penny older than Kobe at that time?" 😅

Got to play against all those players because of his Father and he turned his back on his parents. What a son

@JayJay-fc2fh

3 ай бұрын

You don’t know what your talking about clown

three or four years in the league is NOT prime years....lmao

Penny got more playing time in blue chips than the nba

Please put the guy's name in the title.

Penny is 7 years older than Kobe. July '71 and Aug. '78. So Kobe would've been like 18 and Penny was 25.

First of all, Penny was 7 years older, not 2 or 3 years, 7 years older. He was at his absolute peak, kobe was not 18 years old at that time. But Penny always played his beat when playing against Kobe. Kobe didn't saw him as that way

is that Tom Brady in that HS pic?

Calling league of legends legion of dooms is fucking hilarious

Penny, and Grant Hill, are tough to explain to younger fans. They were better than Pippen, better than Drexler, and had the potential to get to a Magic-type level.

"Bench players talking like starters, I hate it..."

@bobmonteiro9458

4 ай бұрын

Nah Kobe wasn’t a bench player .. his mind was bigger than anything also , yes stupid coach Harris bench him , but as u know Kobe was killing those dudes in practice , and Jerry west said , it was the best tryout perfomance he ever saw .. Harry took long to unleash the beast

@reddricmorales2300

4 ай бұрын

Brian Shaw started in his early years with Miami

I was at this game but I don’t remember penny and Kobe feuding

Alot of youger people don't know, but Penny was that Guy

Brian shaq old as hell he said kobe was 10 😂😂😂😂😂

Nah Brian Shaw Penny was 7 years older than Kobe and was in the league in '93 draft.

Mannnn YALL NEEDA STOP 🛑 Im a Penny fan but ppl act like he was a 🐐 when he only averaged over 20ppg like 2-3 times in his career!! And that was barely over 20ppg, like 21!! Yall chill, Penny was nice but putting him in the same breathe as MJ or Kobe is RIDICULOUS

No comparison with Penny and baby Kobe Penny was way ahead of the game

no disrespect to you PG but you gotta put your feet down man when talking to legends like you.

Penny didn't reach his prime because of injuries he was just a few years in the league healthy. Imagine if he didn't get injured.