Penny Hardaway

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been waiting on this one for a while! This week we got a Memphis legend as Anfernee Deon Hardaway — the one and only Penny — joins Q and D on Knuckleheads. The guys look back on Penny’s upbringing in Memphis, his dominating at Memphis State, and what it was like to get drafted to the Magic to play with Shaq. The four-time All-Star touches on the Magic’s run in the ’90s, going up against MJ, and what it was like when Shaq left for the Lakers. Penny was one of them ones back in the ’90s! Tune in ! Staying local for college, going to Memphis, sitting out for part of Freshman year (12:10) Beating the Dream Team in the infamous scrimmage (19:16) Getting drafted by the Magic, playing with Shaq (31:25)) Penny having some of the most popular shoes alongside Jordans (39:13) Magic-Bulls playoffs, beating MJ after he unretired (45:50) Shaq leaving the Magic for the Lakers (53:43) Coaching at his alma mater, Memphis (1:27:36) About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook

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0:00.0	First of all, man, we appreciate you coming on the show rocking with us, man.
0:04.7	We go way, way back.
0:07.4	Like, every time I think of you, I just think about, man, our first year in the lead,
0:11.5	first time in Phoenix, man.
0:13.4	You're giving us the opportunity to come bring us to the crib, man.
0:16.7	Just kind of show us the NBA lifestyle and just how it was, man.
0:21.7	And I always cherish that moment, man,
0:24.4	because that was a big moment for me and Q
0:26.1	to just see the crib and, you know, running to Bo at the crew
0:29.9	and all that stuff, man.
0:31.7	Just how you embraced us from the door, man.
0:34.1	I always appreciate that.
0:35.7	I always had a high regard from you since then,
0:38.2	man. I've been a big fan of yours, but we definitely appreciate you coming on the show with it.
0:43.0	I appreciate y'all, man. Honestly, huge fans. When y'all boys came in, y'all came in and
0:47.1	kicked the door open, though. That's what I was loving because y'all weren't scared of nothing. Y'all was bawling and it was crazy, man. Y'all had it going, man. So the do that was just something that's just showing respect of how I felt about y'all and y'all
0:59.0	game at the time for sure.
1:00.0	Man, I appreciate it.
1:02.0	When you first got to the league, who was the first person to bust your ass?
1:06.0	Let's see.
1:08.0	We're talking about in practice first. When nobody in practice, let's see who we play in preseason. Probably Tim Hardaway. I think we played them in preseason. And, you know, it might have been Tim, if I'm thinking correctly, because he was nasty. You already know Q Rich I already know.
1:29.6	Man, Tim was hard, man.
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