Penny Hardaway

Penny Hardaway is one of basketball's great what-ifs, and I never tire of thinking about it. A 201 cm point guard with handle and vision, paired with Shaq in Orlando, he looked destined for the all-time tier before injuries dimmed the prime. Those mid-90s All-NBA selections were no fluke. What moves me more, though, is the second act: returning to coach his hometown Memphis Tigers, the program where he became a star. That loyalty to where he came from reframes his whole story for me, turning an unfinished playing legacy into something rooted and generous.

Name (English)

Penny Hardaway

Name (Japanese)

アンファニー・ハーダウェイ

Reading

あんふぁにー・はーだうぇい

Born

July 18, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

University

University of Memphis

Awards & achievements

• 1992 Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
• 1993 Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
• 1993 All-District Team
• 1993 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
• 1994 NBA All-Rookie Team
• 1995 All-NBA Team
• 1996 All-NBA Team

• Official sitehttp://www.pennyhardaway.net
• Xhttps://x.com/Iam1Cent
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny%20Hardaway
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317209

Tags

• Tennessee
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

2026-06-17

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