They were both good enough for their franchises to dump shaq
Shaq Says Penny Was Every Bit As Good As Kobe
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Penny peak was that first season without Shaq. He not in the same realm as Kobe lol
BK The Great
Veteran
Penny was 1st-team All-NBA and a playoff monster by his 2nd and 3rd years, then got his first injury during the playoffs his 3rd year. Which "hump" was he failing to get over?
I don’t think It was enough, his rise was just as big as his fall off.
Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
Frobe was better than any version of Penny we got to see…explosive 30ppg scorer and 1st team all defense level player while being being the primary playmaker (though in the triangle)… didn’t get to see how’d he look in his prime, so who knows where Penny progressed from there
Erratic415
Superstar
Yeah, he’s talked about it publicly. He’s suffered from depression since being abused as a child.
Boonapalist
Superstar
Kobe said it himself.
But y’all still wanna juelz…
Unless you’re quoting someone I’ve got blocked. What does TMac have to do with Penny.
Software
RIP Future Gohan
End thread. This.
I made a mistake and misread the thread.
No. Penny Hardaway was not in Kobe’s league athletically or in skill.
King P
Legends Never Die
This is the same Penny that Shaq comparing Fredo Corleone when breaking down the difference between the 3 guys he played with (Penny, Kobe, Wade)
yet I'm supposed to believe he thinks Penny was every bit as good Kobe 
Penny and Grant are the biggest what ifs in basketball.
They were at the mercy of the lack of medical technical advances.
They were at the mercy of the lack of medical technical advances.
Knicksman20
Superstar
Years later P, Shaq admitted he was jealous of Penny while on the Magic. So I think you might have to factor that into that statement
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Better handle. Better passer. And just as good a scorer. He was like a bigger version of Kyrie. You're looking at what Kobe became.
steph_harden
Superstar
Penny was super skilled. I just don’t know he would have ever been as dominant as Kobe. Kobe was looking to get it every night. The game came so easy for Penny u got the impression that he glided through games.
