Crazy Story About When Young Kobe Challenged Prime Penny

Brian Shaw shares a story about how Kobe Bryant played against Penny in a summer basketball game while still in high school.
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[@rodneysam3574]

If Penny never got injured, he easily could have been one of the greats. He was 6'8 with handles better than Magic. He could score, shoot, was athletic and can DO everything. Big respect to young Kobe challenging Penny.

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@chadbutler8634]

Penny was Kobe/tmac mix

[@beantownbilli]

he wasn’t injured when they got swept by Houston….

[@jeffwilson8246]

​@beantownbilli Penny got shot in the leg as a teenager I believe. He was never 100

[@davidriley6843]

Penny is one of the greats

[@onestopfunstop317]

Penny was my Favorite Player. We missed an all time great. He was incredible.

[@sergiogarcia5593]

Kobe had 1st Teamers circling they calendars before he played in the NBA 😂

[@ecgodsmack86]

Tim Duncan

[@Valueandtime]

I still watch kobe's interviews when i'm dealing with any stress.

[@runninwitdatmop152]

Getting hard off Kobe stories is crazy

[@TheYoungwet]

Do u believe in God ? Or have parents? U looking for other Man U don’t know to to save ur life ? 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@cynthiadiaz6325]

That's pathetic

[@Valueandtime]

@@TheYoungwet you guys clearly haven't watched his interviews all the way. Different levels i guess

[@evanshall]

Rest at the end, not in the middle.

[@JTTJ93]

Kobe was always on another level, always looking ahead and saw the bigger picture, RIP Mamba and Baby Mamba

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Yeah but he didn't want the smoke and waited till Penny got hurt

[@vashaundavids4802]

Notice he didn't get to play him, because Kobe came off the bench

[@firstname2022]

@@NotAnAstronaut2kdidn’t even watch the video huh? Just ran to the comments to talk shit

[@luigivincenz3843]

@@NotAnAstronaut2k Penny was and will always be overrated. When you get cooked by a 17 year old kid, that says something about your game.

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

@luigivincenz3843 lol he never got cooked you delusional Kobetards, Kobe didn't want that smoke till Penny got hurt lol, even with the Suns one legged Penny was cooking Kobe.. even Shaq says Penny was better lmao

[@BigMir248]

Kobe Bean!! Always bringing the smoke. The world misses his energy for sure 💪🏿

[@jameskim1505]

Kids might not know but Penny was mega nice also a Memphis Legend

[@luigivincenz3843]

No, he's not nice. The clown threw a water bottle at the other winning after losing to SMU , and loses his cool with reporters when Memphis loses. Also throws the race card on interviews when it wasn't even relevant to the game. There is always a big difference between U Tenn and Memphis...

[@ericvonjeffeson2640]

@@luigivincenz3843You really still mad at that 😂

[@California-king]

@@luigivincenz3843damn you remember this? Tell us more

[@luigivincenz3843]

@@ericvonjeffeson2640 No. Not mad. Just speaking facts son.

[@RobertsLyric]

Penny was born in 1971. Kobe was born in 1978. Penny was 24 years old and Kobe was 17 his rookie year. 96-97.

[@MemphisMo]

Yeaaa Penny was in College for 3 years alone and another 2-3 before Kobe made it to the league

[@him37404]

He was drafted at 17 but he was actually 18 when the season started

[@RobertsLyric]

@@him37404 during the draft and the beginning of the 96-97 training camp he was still 17

[@raymondbennettjr.8845]

Kobe was 18 and penny was 25 because their birthdays are before the season started and back then the season usually started in November but you definitely right on the age gap

[@alvinrichmond305]

Facts

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Penny had goat talent, dude had "IT" when he came into the league, same as MJ, Kob and Bron

[@SleepyAirplane-si2xy]

What other baller got miniature doll look alike ,no one touching lil penny

[@ptpoul]

Penny was filthy. After shaq left and he had to take shots double teamed with the other teams scheming to stop him, penny was still dominating. He was soooo good.

[@YoungMaster_626]

Kobe went through that his whole career, what’s difference 🤷🏻‍♂️😆

[@ptpoul]

@@YoungMaster_626 Who said anything different? Just pointed out Penny was good. It's not a zero sum game. Luckily there is and have been a lot of good players :) Kobe loved to take bad shots more than most though ;)

[@cortlandsimmons6241]

Penny was me and my twin brothers favorite player. And he's still my all time favorite till this day.

[@fade2black1982]

Penny’s unfortunate injuries definitely robbed us of some epic battles between the two. I honestly feel a friendship would have eventually grown from it, the competition. Penny was a quiet assassin and Kobe was more blatant with it. They probably had more things in common than they would have thought, including co-starring with Shaq. Unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be. Respect for them both.

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Could've been one of the greatest rivalries ever. Killer vs killer.. such a shame..

[@user-sx5fn8yo5s]

Shaq got replaced and kobe would thrash penny

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

@user-sx5fn8yo5s yeah right lol, Kobe ducked the smoke and one legged Penny with Suns was giving Kobe Problems lol if Penny stayed healthy and reached his peak he wouldve schooled Kobe alot more

[@California-king]

Five rings champ

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Man injuries robbed us of could've been one of the craziest rivalries in NBA history.. Killer vs Killer

[@dariuswilliams7509]

Man this era wit Penny, Grant Hill, AI3, TMAC, Kobe was suppsoed to be amazing sad penny and grant became so injure prone then Tmac followed suit eventually lol then young Lebron wade and melo had taken their spots vs Kobe 😢

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

@dariuswilliams7509 Bron, Wade and Melo were boring a$$ brats Penny, G-Hill, Kob and T-Mac would've been fun asl

[@mikeschmidt2472]

This interview is pure gold!

[@Nickgonelie]

Kobe & GiGi RIP Kobe was a DAWG on the court my favorite story was him torching Reggie Miller 😂 in the gym.

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Myth. Miller was torching him too.. Kobe fans are so delusional these recent years

[@CommieKilla1977]

Same can be said about Kobe haters. He’s dead already show some love bruh. Your comments shows so much hatred of a man much beloved by millions except you. Weird!

[@Frank-gh9qn]

Penny was no joke

[@mchav7718]

And now players don’t wanna compete

[@kingsports1113]

Penny be looking at kobe n shaq like that suppose to be my nba title

[@zanatos44lucis82]

I love that era of basket ball penny and grant hill will always be up there in my book of legends.

[@tobyncummins]

“Penny” is a great basketball star’s name… and Hardaway wore that name as well as it could be.

[@HoopsNNature]

its so many people from that generation not just kobe that had that type of truth mentality about everything its sadly not as common in todays world.

[@369pendulum]

It’s still common today, you just romanticize the game. These guys are living it every single day. You don’t know what’s what from a tv screen.

[@colereviewsyt]

They didn't talk about it but Penny dissed Kobe when Kobe was trying to meet him when he looked up to him. I imagine after that Kobe was hunting Penny

[@Chrissmith-tr1gz]

Facts penny told him to go to college instead of the nba and kobe didn’t like that

[@wkenley]

Penny dissed everybody……. Arrogant piece of shit.

[@marcusredd4229]

​@@Chrissmith-tr1gzKobe himself said he should have went college

[@pjmcray101]

Yeah i remember that game like yesterday when a young Kobe put up 38 on Penny and i was a Penny fan😣 smh

[@na_k]

​@@Chrissmith-tr1gzTelling a HS player to go to college is dissing him?

[@MIGGYME1]

Penny had to be at least 5 years older than kobe. I think penny stayed 2 or 3 years in college,was drafted in 93 and kobe graduated high school in 96 at 17.

[@reallife0728]

PRIME PENNY WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM,,,,FOR REAL!!!!🏀🏀🏀💯💯💯

[@user-dz6jg3tn4w]

Just ask MJ and Pippen. Hardaway cooked them in 94.

[@reallife0728]

@@user-dz6jg3tn4w IT WAS ACTUALLY 1995,,,MJ RETURNED THE FAVOR IN 1996 BY SWEEPING THE ORLANDO MAGIC...

[@theinktician]

We never saw prime penny

[@theinktician]

​@@user-dz6jg3tn4wbro typed in all caps to save his king

[@vincentforonda7381]

Prime PG is a serious prob too he cooked bron & heat in 2013 😅

[@juice07x]

I heard Penny didn’t wanna give Kobe an autograph and he never forgot that .

[@user-dz6jg3tn4w]

Kobe to Penny-"Can i get an autograph" Penny-"Your beneath me,get tha F outta here."

[@karmaking1263]

Paul George can have a very successful career as an nba analyst: very impressive and asks very thoughtful questions

[@MrChazb1987]

Bruh Penny Hardaway was my FAVORITE player of all time. Pops asked me who’s the best player of the league. Without hesitation “Penny”. Over MJ son?? Yessir

[@anthonyjones634]

It's funny because I was a MJ and Bulls fan back then, but never had any MJ jersey. However, I did have a Penny Hardaway jersey. Penny made me confused...lol

[@whatbooks7908]

Penny and Billy Smith! Memphis Tigers 92/93!

[@edwin.Wezt1]

Penny was special truly a magic moment!

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

One legged Penny w/ the Suns was giving Kobe some issues tho.

[@knowEgo]

Kobe got lucky that night because Penny was that dude!!!

[@INSTANTDOPELORD]

🗣️Tell em!!

[@knowEgo]

@@INSTANTDOPELORD - lol that’s right Kobe would have got that work!!!

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Man Penny on scoring mode would give anyone issues.. Kobe and Penny would've been a very memorable matchup but nobody want that problems.. such a shame Penny never recovered after being hurt, dude wasn't even close to his prime yet.

[@conscious258]

That part

[@user-rx7hn9li5c]

Kobe couldn't guard Prime Penny at all. FYI Penny was cooking the league. MJ and all.

[@MrWoo-jc8nt]

You better tell em

[@seanbrugone3609]

Also most people don't know Jordan wore a pair of pennys in a game. Only one game in his career he wore another players shoes

[@jeremyrichmond82]

Jordan + Magic = Penny He is your favorite player favorite player 💯

[@MrWoo-jc8nt]

Perfect analogy

[@growthdevelopment7412]

Im from Memphis Penny will always be the 🐐

[@raymondbennettjr.8845]

Brian was a year off on penny draft year but in all actuality they are 7 years apart penny born 1971 and Kobe born 1978 but draft wise he definitely accurate

[@kavienjay8]

I luvd Afernee Hardaways post up game as a guard

[@jeffrad6171]

Kobe was a menace

[@willdavis6502]

Shaq says Penny was better I don’t wanna hear nothing from nobody else they irrelevant

[@casiemny1219]

That’s not what he said

[@ikembaojore3877]

@@casiemny1219 I thought that is what he said. You sure?

[@stevenirizarry9427]

Boy stop it Shaq never said that

[@lexdadon]

@@stevenirizarry9427Shaq said coming into the league, penny was better. He said..it took Kobe a few year to become Kobe, but penny was already penny when he came into the league.

[@TheThinkingMansTemplar]

Paul George wearing a T shirt with him on it a kin to having a picture of yourself as your phone screen saver. 😅

[@frankjum]

I got love for all these dudes but this story was unspectacular to say the least.

[@dagodbran]

Being great isn’t a number “penny “ is one ☝🏽 of the greatest ever to lace em up period .. He was one of dem ones o saw him give Jordan the bizness live 5 feet away from me don’t play with Penny my Guy

[@abovenbeyondlimits81]

Yea at that time , penny would have been ahead on that 1 . He was a serious problem . And can score everywhere and in a 1 on 1 vs prime Kobe he would have been also able to post up 👍

[@kidistight]

The last true GOAT.

[@hangarnut5660]

I met Penny in the mall in houston and he wasn't trying to deal with no young fan. He did kobe the same in the locker room so Kobe would try to bust his ass every time they played against each other.

[@bigzizzo]

Isn’t there a story about when Kobe asked Penny for an autograph Penny dissed him. Kobe said Shaq was cool, but Penny played him.

[@princekel101]

Yo PG where can I get that shirt brotha?! I NEED THAT

[@vinobeans9542]

😂😂 google it bro

[@ljvue]

That shit was almost epic. Prime Penny vs from Kobe.

[@teehard1651]

Penny❤

[@SoCalifornia]

Penny was 7 years older than Kobe so that was a 18 year old going up against a prime 25 year old..

[@JB-ty8mv]

Penny was a star. Had a doll name after him in commercials. Little Penny with Chris Rock's voice I think. Listen, Penny gave Jordon the business.

[@jukztv76]

The only other personalized sneaker MJ wore

[@anthonyjones634]

Penny shoes gave the Jordan brand the business

[@jbivs9072]

Goated

[@jus3278]

Hate that Penny got injured. After Hakeem and MJ, Penny and Grant Hill were my favorites growing up.

[@MrBmick79]

I heard B Shaw was kickin it wit Madonna back in the day. Way before she got wit Dennis Rodman

[@NovaKANe1911]

Penny had kobe's number even after his injuries when kobe got to the league. KZbin is free

[@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq]

Ko8e was A Killa at 7‼️ He wanted the Smoke‼️ Penny was CooL he made nice passes‼️

[@Prerich45]

Sounds very much like Bill Dudleston's concept of the Whispers (also a cardioid speaker).

[@barclaydonaldson8863]

Penny was awsome...he wore cons in college and his Nike commercials were great

[@antwandavis1776]

No doubt on the Pennster!!

[@derekjwilliams007]

Kobe didn't want it with Penny back then he was really that good

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Penny was a silent assassin

[@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq]

Liar 🤥

[@anthonyjones634]

​@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq No you are clueless. Penny was that guy

[@thegod625]

Kobe was the best

[@rjdodgerz2776]

Penney hardway looks like Bill bellamy 😂

[@Mo1683]

Don’t let this mid story distract y’all from the fact that Penny Hardaway played his whole NBA career w/literally on only 1 foot due to being shot in other as a teenager, but go on & let the Kobe revisionist narrative play on💁🏾‍♂️

[@nydibs]

Penny was my favorite player, his knees gave out way too early and he was never the same. But he was an all time great talent

[@shyne1308]

Cap

[@QSLIMQ]

🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ cards he was dealt. Cry me a river. Penny was amazingly talent, no dog in him tho. Penny had chances to win, got swept in finals

[@privatenumber1156]

Yea but I lived by Lorenzen wright mother(met her) and Penny used to get his hair cut before the barbershop opened across from Kirby high i knew the owner he lived in Bennington forrest on the street next to me ..you should do research and find out why he got shot.... revisionist? Lol revisit the story Penny got shot by some gds or crips and it wasn't just a robbery he lucky he didn't die you hang with killers ppl will try to kill you

[@OhCarlJr]

Seems Penny never liked Kobe. In the 1 on 1 interview with Kobe and Shaq, Kobe said in high school he went to see Shaq and Penny at some event. He asked Penny for an autograph and Penny ignored him. But Shaq said wassup and gave Kobe an autograph..

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

A candle that burns twice as bright.......

[@California-king]

Penny got more playing time in blue chips than the nba

[@youngair24]

This aged like wine after that all star game

[@dariuswilliams7509]

In that Jordan clip you can tell Penny was focused 😂😂😂

[@bookerforte]

Kobe was getting cooked by Eddie Jones, worrying about penny 😂

[@jacobyjonez9900]

Stop making up stuff

[@jukztv76]

@@jacobyjonez9900 then why is EJ starting over Kobe on their team? If he ain't better than EJ sure as hell he isn't better than Penny back then lol

[@anthonyjones634]

Eddie Jones was that guy back then.

[@peterharris5953]

Whenever I see anything to do with Penny, I have to watch.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Podcast P with Paul George i hope you're next guest is Jaylen Brown 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Kobe knew when not to play.

[@iTuber012]

And yet, Del Harris held him back and treated him like a nobody Kobe was ready to start from day 1.

[@anthonyjones634]

Not over Eddie Jones at that time

[@QuestionEverything562]

Nah bruh. Kobe was not That Guy in terms of his basketball know how from day one. Kobe should have gone to college tbh.

[@dakotatheplumber1287]

"How many years was Penny older than Kobe at that time?" 😅

[@EAR_JORDAN]

"Bench players talking like starters, I hate it..."

[@bobmonteiro9458]

Nah Kobe wasn’t a bench player .. his mind was bigger than anything also , yes stupid coach Harris bench him , but as u know Kobe was killing those dudes in practice , and Jerry west said , it was the best tryout perfomance he ever saw .. Harry took long to unleash the beast

[@reddricmorales2300]

Brian Shaw started in his early years with Miami

[@JoeGain-pk3vz]

Kobe no fear , basketball wise you can't Hate him he's a proven winner

[@dinewalton]

Penny was born in 1971 and Kobe was born in 1978

[@royalranting119]

Good way to cut a 4 minute.Video in half is to put a ad read at the end of it. Thnx!

[@bleedcollectionllc8038]

Got to play against all those players because of his Father and he turned his back on his parents. What a son

[@JayJay-fc2fh]

You don’t know what your talking about clown

[@awwskit9753]

I was at this game but I don’t remember penny and Kobe feuding

[@waynegreen7970]

If my calculations are correct. Kobe was 18 and Penny was 21-22. Both were very young men at the time. BTW, I thought a man was not considered in his physical prime until 26-27.

[@QuestionEverything562]

A very injured prone Suns Penny Hardaway was battling with young just starting to go into his prime Kobe in the 2000 playoffs. It was pretty even between the two. However, Shaq was a huge problem. Shaq dominated inside.

[@sephmoody3196]

is that Tom Brady in that HS pic?

[@kritikal3172]

Calling league of legends legion of dooms is fucking hilarious

[@SexxMode]

No comparison with Penny and baby Kobe Penny was way ahead of the game

[@russelljohnson437]

Brian shaq old as hell he said kobe was 10 😂😂😂😂😂

[@brooklynlace5503]

That’s why Penny was looking crazy when Jordan was talking in the locker room at 1998 All Star Game…..he knew Kobe was about to surpass him already

[@nydibs]

Penny was done by ‘98. His knees gave out on him

[@kingsports1113]

Facts and penny was thinking like fuck Kobe 😂

[@captainspirou]

“Kobe going to the NBA from the 11th grade” Meanwhile all these euro players like Luka and Jokic are playing pro at 14

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Penny is 7 years older than Kobe. July '71 and Aug. '78. So Kobe would've been like 18 and Penny was 25.

[@user-ke3mh2gm6g]

Alot of youger people don't know, but Penny was that Guy

[@anthonyhurd5573]

Btw Penny was like 5 years older than the Bean.💯💯

[@DavidLoveOfficial]

Please put the guy's name in the title.

[@user-qt4yr6bw8f]

That was the difference between Kobe and everybody else

[@Chavez787]

Penny was about 7 years older than Kobe.

[@isaacannanjr2371]

Nah Brian Shaw Penny was 7 years older than Kobe and was in the league in '93 draft.

[@oryan404]

three or four years in the league is NOT prime years....lmao

[@temskee6792]

Penny at rookie was prime already

[@marcmarcel3077]

Penny was 7 years older than Kobe. not 2.

[@rileytvriley3743]

Penny was 6 years older

[@bainer3052]

LeJuice would have cowered in fear by avoiding his opponent.

[@chadfisher611]

Penny, and Grant Hill, are tough to explain to younger fans. They were better than Pippen, better than Drexler, and had the potential to get to a Magic-type level.