<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> His career is not going to end this way. Penny Hardaway, who was once so good but has fallen so far, might finish this season on the sideline with the New York Knicks. But he sure won't be re-signing this summer when he becomes a free agent. "I don't want to go out like this,'' Hardaway said before the Knicks played the Magic last week. "This is not how I want to finish, not how I want to be remembered.'' Hardaway was at the game in Orlando but he spent it in a nice-looking business suit -- still on the inactive list -- although he was plenty healthy enough to play. Before the game, when his teammates were warming up, he was sitting in the locker room, eating french fries and a sandwich, lamenting his plight on a struggling team that had decided he no longer was needed or wanted. At 34, he isn't anywhere close to the talent he once was with the Magic, but he said he still can be a useful NBA player in a part-time role. And he isn't getting that chance in New York, which has gone with younger guards with an eye on the future. "I'll find a team that wants me. I've got a couple years left in me,'' he said. "There is no reason why I can't be like Nick Van Exel or Michael Finley [both in San Antonio]. I can still help a team win games. I can help a veteran team. I'm not through yet, but they've just gone in a different direction here.'' Hardaway has been on and off the inactive list three times this season, including the start of the season. He has played in four games, fewest of anyone on the Knicks roster. Because he makes so much money ($15.7 million), he is tough to trade, although the Knicks have talked to the Toronto Raptors about Jalen Rose, who makes a similar salary. Like many veterans past their prime, Hardaway would be willing to take a dramatic pay cut to sign next season with a contender, hoping to finish his career on the court and with a chance to win a championship. </div> <div align="center">Source</div>
i watched those games this season when penny played, and he's just wack now i mean he had a whole bunch of bad passes in one game, resulting in knick turnovers, he can't really shoot anymore when he shoots he misses... why not just retire after this season
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GatorsowntheSEC:</div><div class="quote_post">I have 1 word for Penny..... NO.</div> lol. this is what i was thinking.
