The Two Cents Podcast with Penny Hardaway

For some players, the game of basketball can take them to places they’d never expect. For Cody Toppert that has been literally all over the map. Coming out of New Mexico, Cody was a standout at Cornell University, before time in G League eventually led him to teams in Italy, Germany, England and Spain. That international experience gave him perspective on the game, adjusting your style play to the...

Every basketball journey has its own unique detail to it. For De’Anthony Melton, his story shows that if you stay focused, good things happen. A SoCal kid, De’Anthony went to nearby USC, but played just one season in two years. Then after being drafted by the Rockets, he was traded to the Suns before his rookie season started. His two-way talent got him minutes, but his ability to lock in on defen...

When it comes to all-time great teams, the 1985 Villanova Wildcats stand as college basketball’s greatest underdog champions. Proving that when a team comes together at the right time, they can accomplish the unthinkable. At the center of that historic champion was Ed Pinckney. Coming up the 80’s basketball wave in New York, Ed anchored Nova at both ends of the floor, leading in their famous upset...

One of the most important aspects of a basketball player’s career is how they are evaluated. It can impact their playing time, how they’re drafted and their contracts. For years, Jonathan Givony has established a benchmark for player evaluation with Draft Express. He has specialized in tracking and gathering measurables on players for teams, coaches and fans to follow. A job with a tremendous amou...

When it comes to basketball life stories, Buzz Peterson has an all-time great one. From Asheville, North Carolina, Buzz came up as state player of the year, and was recruited by Dean Smith to the University of North Carolina in 1981. His teammate and roommate was, Michael Jordan, and before MJ was MJ, he and Buzz created a lifelong friendship. They won the national title at UNC, and that propelled...

Larry Brown is the definition of a basketball lifer. A back in the day hooper out of Brooklyn, he played at North Carolina for both legendary coaches Frank McGuire and Dean Smith. He won gold on Team USA in 1964. He played in the ABA, winning a championship and was a 3-time All-Star. As a coach, he won a national championship for Kansas in 1988, and an NBA championship with the Pistons in 2004. He...

Bonzi Wells was recently named head coach of LeMoyne-Owen College, an HBCU school in Memphis. As a player, he was a hard nosed bucket that could score in all phases on offense. Bonzi lit it up at the mid-major program, Ball State, before ending up a Portland Trailblazer in 1998. Always part of contending teams, Bonzi was most often misunderstood as a player. It’s something that stuck with Bonzi th...

As the new NBA season is upon us, we’ve got a rookie to definitely have your radar. Selected in the first round by the Clippers, Quentin Grimes was part of a draft night trade then sent him to the New York Knicks. Now, the kid from Houston is ready to show out in the Big Apple. Penny got a first hand look at Quentin, from when he came up with a dagger for his Houston Cougars against Memphis last s...

Darius Miles discovered early and immediate success on the basketball court. As a prep-to-pro phenom, D-Miles literally grew up on the NBA stage. A trailblazer in the early 2000's, he ushered in the movement straight out of high school draft picks when he was picked 3rd overall by the Clippers (the highest ever for a high schooler at the time). Penny takes a look at the impact and contributions Da...

One of the most original and unique personalities the game of basketball has ever known, Rasheed Wallace has always marched to the beat of his own drum. Sheed also established himself as an unstoppable talent and high IQ player. Penny's experience with Sheed began within the lines of intense competition, and evolved to a relationship of mutual respect and admiration. As we find out, Sheed's basket...

Have a Basketball Jones? Legendary NBA point guard and current head coach of the University of Memphis Tigers Penny Hardaway has the hoops talk you need in your life. On each episode of “Two Cents Podcast with Penny Hardaway,” Coach Hardaway and his guests from all over the world of basketball bring their unique perspectives to the most interesting and informative hoops discussions being had today...