Basketball season is in full swing, both at the collegiate and professional levels. Watching the athletic dunks, improbable shots and skill (not ability, but skill!) of the best players is great fun. Still, no player quite compares to my favorite basketball player of all-time: Penny Hardaway. Penny made crazy shots that were highlights every night for the Orlando Magic. Plus, he dished some stellar passes to this short and shy guy named Shaq. Hardaway also had the best little brother in the wise-cracking, Chris Rock-voiced Lil’ Penny.

And yet, his legacy is being defined in a middle school gym in Tennessee.

http://youtu.be/deeEitS9P5M

Penny Hardaway’s Legacy: Instead of offering our “two cents,” let’s volunteer one cent.