Penny Hardaway

Penny Hardaway
Player information
Full name	Anfernee Deon Hardaway
birthday	18th July 1971 (age 49)
place of birth	Memphis , United States
size	201 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	Point Guard / Shooting Guard
college	Memphis State
NBA draft	1993 , 3rd pick, Golden State Warriors
Clubs as active
1993–1999 Orlando Magic 1999–2004 Phoenix Suns 2004–2006 New York Knicks 2007 Miami Heat 000 0
National team
000 0 1996	United States	8 games
Clubs as coaches
University of Memphis since 02018

Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is a former American basketball player who was active from 1993 to 2007 in the NBA . Hardaway was one of the most popular players in the sport in the 1990s. In 2018, Hardaway became a coach at the University of Memphis , where he also played in college.

Career

After three years at Memphis State University ( University of Memphis since 1994 ), he signed up for the 1993 NBA Draft . The Golden State Warriors voted him in third place to immediately swap him for the Orlando Magic number one drafted Chris Webber . Hardaway's first season was very successful. So he was MVP of the Rookie All-Star Games and second in the election for Rookie of the Year , behind Chris Webber. For his accomplishments in Orlando, Hardaway was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1994 .

At the Magic he met center Shaquille O'Neal , who joined the team in 1992 and with whom the point guard Hardaway formed a congenial duo until 1996. Hardaway had his best years in sport during this time. In his second year he was invited to the NBA All-Star Game and appointed to the All-NBA First Team . Three more invitations to the All-Star Game should follow. He scored about 20 points and 7 assists per game during that time. In the 1994/95 season , the Magic made it to the NBA finals, which, however, was lost 4-0 to the Houston Rockets . On November 8, 1995 Hardaway reached his career best with 42 points against the New Jersey Nets .

In 1996 he was a member of Dream Team III, which won gold at the Atlanta Olympics .

After O'Neal moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 , Hardaway was the sole team leader. However, he could not compensate for the departure of the dominant center. Serious injuries kept throwing him back; so he completed only 19 games in the 1997/98 season .

1999 transferred the Magic Hardaway to the Phoenix Suns , in exchange for Danny Manning , Pat Garrity and two future first-round draft picks . In Phoenix, Hardaway's injury misery continued (only four games in the 2000/01 season ), so that, with the exception of the 1999/2000 season, he could no longer bring his services to the usual extent. His point yield fell from an average of 18 with the Magic to about 10 points per game with the Suns. Still, Hardaway was an important player in the Suns rotation.

In 2004 Hardaway was sent, among others, with Stephon Marbury in exchange for Howard Eisley , Charlie Ward , Antonio McDyess , Maciej Lampe , the draft rights to Miloš Vujanić , a first-round draft pick for 2004 and another future first-round pick to the New York Knicks . For the Knicks, he completed 83 games in three years and scored 8.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

Hardaway in the Knicks' jersey (2005)

In February 2006, Hardaway and Trevor Ariza returned to Orlando in exchange for Steve Francis . There Hardaway was released from his contract a few days later without having played a game for the team.

After the 2005/06 season he retired from active sports because of knee problems.

In 2007-08 he made a comeback to the NBA and was signed by the Miami Heat . On December 12th, Hardaway was released from the Florida team after 16 games.

During his career, Hardaway averaged 15.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in 704 games.

Coaching career

After coaching a Memphis high school between 2015 and 2018, Hardaway was introduced as the new coach of the University of Memphis in March 2018 , for which he played in his college career from 1991 to 1993.

Others

After retiring, Hardaway opened a barber shop and beauty salon in Memphis.

In 2012 he became a partner in the Memphis Grizzlies .

successes

• Olympic gold medal with USA ( 1996 )
• 4 × NBA All-Star (1995-1998)
• 2 × All-NBA First Team (1995–1996)
  • All-NBA Third Team (1997)
• NBA All-Rookie First Team (1994)
  • NBA Rookie Challenge MVP (1994)

NBA statistics

Legend
GP	Matches played (Games Played)	GS	Games from the beginning (Games started)	MPG	Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
FG%	Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)	3P%	Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)	FT%	Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
RPG	Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)	APG	Assists per game (assists per game)	SPG	Steals per game (steals per game)
BPG	Blocks per game (blocks per game)	PPG	Points per game (points per game)	FAT	Career record

Regular season

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1993-94	Orlando	82	64	36.8	.466	.267	.742	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	16.0
1994-95	Orlando	77	77	37.7	.512	.349	.769	4.4	7.2	1.7	0.3	20.9
1995-96	Orlando	82	82	36.8	.513	.314	.767	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	21.7
1996-97	Orlando	59	59	37.6	.447	.318	.820	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	20.5
1997-98	Orlando	19th	15th	32.9	.377	.300	.763	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	16.4
1998-99	Orlando	50	50	38.9	.420	.286	.706	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	15.8
1999-00	Phoenix	60	60	37.6	.474	.324	.790	5.8	6.3	1.6	0.6	16.9
2000-01	Phoenix	4th	4th	28.0	.416	.250	.636	4.5	3.8	1.5	0.3	9.8
2001-02	Phoenix	80	56	30.8	.418	.277	.810	4.4	4.1	1.5	0.4	12.0
2002-03	Phoenix	58	51	30.6	.447	.356	.794	4.4	4.1	1.1	0.4	10.6
2003-04	Phoenix	34	10	25.8	.443	.400	.857	2.9	2.9	0.8	0.2	8.7
2003-04	new York	42	4th	29.0	.390	.364	.775	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.3	9.6
2004-05	new York	37	0	24.2	.423	.300	.739	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.1	7.3
2005-06	new York	4th	0	18.0	.286	.000	1,000	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	2.5
2007-08	Miami	16	8th	20.3	.367	.421	.889	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.1	3.8
total		704	558	33.7	.458	.316	.774	4.5	5.0	1.6	0.4	15.2

Playoffs

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1994	Orlando	3	3	44.3	.440	.455	.700	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	18.7
1995	Orlando	21st	21st	40.4	.472	.404	.757	3.8	7.7	1.9	0.7	19.6
1996	Orlando	12	12	39.4	.465	.364	.744	4.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	23.3
1997	Orlando	5	5	44.0	.468	.367	.741	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	31.0
1999	Orlando	4th	4th	41.8	.351	.462	.769	5.0	5.5	2.3	0.3	19.0
2000	Phoenix	9	9	42.9	.462	.263	.710	4.9	5.7	1.6	1.2	20.3
2003	Phoenix	6th	6th	40.7	.386	.360	.722	6.0	4.3	2.2	0.8	12.7
2004	new York	4th	3	42.0	.365	.357	.833	4.5	5.8	1.5	0.3	16.5
total		64	63	41.3	.448	.380	.746	4.7	6.2	1.9	0.8	20.4

Web links

Commons : Penny Hardaway  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Anfernee Hardaway - player profile on NBA.com
• Penny Hardaway - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ usabasketball.com - All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster // H ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Penny Hardaway agrees to be next Memphis coach
3. ↑ Ex-NBA star returns to inner city, brings hoop dreams
4. ^ Peyton Manning, Penny Hardaway buys into ownership group set to purchase NBA's Memphis Grizzlies