How Penny Hardaway’s High‑School Highlights Stole Arenas’ Fan Heart Gilbert Arenas shares that while his dad insisted he watch all the Chicago Bulls games—complete with the Michael Jordan ...

Hardaway agreed that he had gotten him at the right time. "He came back, and I was like, 'I'm a big dog. Michael is Michael, but he will have to show it to me,'" he said.

Hardaway came into the league in 1993, and the hype around him took off fast. Sure, teaming up with Shaquille O'Neal helped put him in the spotlight, but it was Penny's own game that turned heads.

“Penny has been there for me since the day I was born,” Brown told the Peoria (Ill.) Journal-Star in 2019. “He’s been a big mentor for me my whole life teaching me little stuff about the game.

The Magic traded for Penny Hardaway in the 1993 NBA Draft after franchise star Shaquille O’Neal strongly pushed for his selection. Despite reaching the NBA Finals, the duo lasted just three seasons.

MEMPHIS — Penny Hardaway making good on that comment he made a week ago when he said his team had more guys joining the program that hadn’t been announced yet. Hardaway and the Tigers f… ...

Penny Hardaway adds Darrell Brown Jr. — Memphis native, godson — to coaching staff Memphis basketball players on NBA Summer League rosters, including Dain Dainja, Lester Quinones Memphis ...

Calipari coached the Tigers from 2000-09, taking them to the national championship game in 2008. Calipari told Hardaway how happy it made him to see several of his former Memphis players while he ...

Penny Hardaway, sitting in front of a roomful of Memphis Tigers fans at Brookhaven Pub & Grill on July 8, was explaining the challenges of putting together a strong non-conference schedule.

Penny Hardaway, sitting in front of a roomful of Memphis Tigers fans at Brookhaven Pub & Grill on July 8, was explaining the challenges of putting together a strong non-conference schedule.