Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 at 3:02 pm  |  16 responses

Best of Penny Hardaway x Nike

For the retired guard’s 41st birthday, a collection of his greatest TV spots.

by Peter Walsh / @goinginsquad

Anytime Penny Hardaway’s name is brought up, it always comes with a lot of debate and “What if…?” While there will always be questions surrounding Penny and his injury-plagued career, one thing is for certain: Nobody was, or ever will be, messing with his TV commercials. With the Chris Rock-voiced Lil Penny at his side, Penny provided fans with classic upon classic Nike spots that will often be replicated, but never matched.

Thanks to guest appearances from Tyra Banks, Spike Lee, Kevin Garnett and Nick Anderson and featuring some of the greatest kicks of all time, Penny was able to dominate both on the court and on the airwaves. For Penny’s 41st born day, SLAM is bringing you a gallery of pure nostalgia for your enjoyment. Enjoy!

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  • http://www.slamonline.com 19821982

    The first poster of lil Penny and Penny is still up on the wall of my bedroom in Taiwan.

  • bdogg

    i loved little penny..the magic choreographer was classic!!!

  • SeanJr

    Penny looks like Kyrie Irving.

  • http://www.twitter.com/_dfrance dfrance21

    Penny is 41, Nas is about to be 39, my favorite player KG been in the league 37 years. I’m getting old man.

  • LA Huey

    LeBron, I’m real happy for you and hope you continue your reigh. But Penny Hardaway is my favorite player of all time. OF ALL TIME!

  • logues

    man that nba on nbc intro used to give me chills every time and just get u pumped up for the game. nothing will ever come close to nba on nbc! the 90′s were awesome

  • DaHolyKarron

    Penny was my dude cuz mj was gone but he was dope then after penny tmac now i like PG24 game…

  • http://none.com Funny

    THe commercial number 6 is so funny showing how antiquated technology good reminder

  • Red Star

    Ahh, the good ol’ days. Great memories, thanks Slam!!

  • http://www.thesmashbrothas.com zen garden

    fresh

  • Ash

    Love the lil penny commercials.

  • LA Huey

    logues, I think NBC’s “Roundball Rock” holds a special place in the hearts of all of us that watched the NBA in the 90s.

  • allen3

    Remember in 2011 I was mad that slam did not put any info about penny turning 40 and not posting his pics at a celebrity golf game
    This year I am just very happy they think about penny
    I use to love the man game and his shoes from the air flight 1 to the air max penny 3 they where all instant classic I think it is the best shoe line even better than jordans since it is not diluated by the numbers

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcDSbJOa-8I Ugh

    Yinka Dare’s Penny mix is outta sight. Click my name, as they say.

  • Martey

    what could have been….one of those guys you tell your grandkids about and they still wouldn’t understand. hopefully history does this guy justice….and vintage tyra!

  • http://www.twitter.com/_dfrance dfrance21

    Ugh thanks for that link. Penny was working MJ out in the post. lol

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