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salukiblue · 04-15-2016 09:53 AM

Steve Forbes ‏@ForbesETSUhoops 12h12 hours ago

Penny is the best HS player I've ever seen & that includes Lebron & I witnessed the Lenny Cooke beatdown #Treadwell

rolexjames · 04-15-2016 09:58 AM

Sad part about that was Shaq and his ego. Like Shaq said if he was man enough to talk to Penny this wouldn't have happened. Penny deferred to Shaq way more than Kobe ever would. Plus, Penny carried the Magic with a roster much less than what the Lakers had and Brian Hill as coach to the playoffs the year after Shaq left. When Shaq left LA, Kobe couldn't get them in the playoffs that 1st year. I'm not throwing shade on Kobe but acknowledging Penny's greatness.

kabluey · 04-15-2016 12:41 PM

(04-15-2016 09:51 AM)Collegiate Black Man Wrote:
(04-14-2016 10:46 PM)UofMark Wrote: In 94 I was with a group of people that went in early April to see Penny and the Magic play at Atlanta in the old Omni Arena. It was really cool how many Memphis people made the trip for that Saturday afternoon game. That weekend all of us stumbled inadvertently into something that used to go on in Atlanta called 'Freaknik'. Believe me, that's another story for another day.

Spring '94 Freaknik was the most epic one of all. Oh, the memories.....

"Thats when the city used to be real sick..."

Easterwood · 04-15-2016 12:47 PM

(04-15-2016 09:53 AM)salukiblue Wrote: Steve Forbes ‏@ForbesETSUhoops 12h12 hours ago

Penny is the best HS player I've ever seen & that includes Lebron & I witnessed the Lenny Cooke beatdown #Treadwell

Teaneck, NJ

I was there as well

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bcobb901 · 04-15-2016 12:48 PM

(04-14-2016 11:44 PM)snowtiger Wrote:
(04-14-2016 10:46 PM)UofMark Wrote: In 94 I was with a group of people that went in early April to see Penny and the Magic play at Atlanta in the old Omni Arena. It was really cool how many Memphis people made the trip for that Saturday afternoon game. That weekend all of us stumbled inadvertently into something that used to go on in Atlanta called 'Freaknik'. Believe me, that's another story for another day.

Talk about leaving us hanging...

LOL funny story playing little league basketball and my dad was the coach and our whole team went to that game when Penny played in Atlanta. We all had Penny jerseys and went to the game but we also stumbled into Freaknik as well. Can you imagine a bus full of 9 - 11 yr olds in the middle of Freaknik. LOL good times!!!!!

80sTiger · 04-15-2016 12:48 PM

I got goosebumps watching those Penny highlights. My wife was in a class/lab team with Penny at the UofM his freshman year and didn't even know he was "a big deal". Said he was soft spoken, polite and only showed-up twice all semester. LOL.

~~Brother Bluto~~ · 04-15-2016 12:49 PM

The Memphis knee curse hit Penny just like it hit Lee, Vaughn and now Rose.

k2tigers · 04-15-2016 12:51 PM

(04-15-2016 05:09 AM)BIGDTiger Wrote: Penny Hardaway was Memphis' first NBA franchise. All hardcore Memphis fans know what I mean.

exactly

ironically, Penny tells ESPN that if he could play today, he'd play for Memphis' current franchise, like Lorenzen once did

https://mobile.twitter.com/ESPNNBA/statu...9628944385

~~Brother Bluto~~ · 04-15-2016 12:52 PM

Memphis was a big Magic town back then

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