First Look: Nike Air Penny III Retro
Posted by Matt Halfhill | Jun 25, 2008|
Breaking news just in at Nice Kicks! Now that you guys know the Nike Air Penny II will be coming out this fall, get ready for the completion of your Penny line to arrive shortly as well. The Nike Air Penny III will be making it’s return to stores in 2009 slated for a spring release! As of now the two original color ways have been confirmed and will make their way to retail doors. The Nike Air Penny III was the third numbered signature shoe that he wore in the NBA not counting the infamous Nike Air Foamposite. Like the Foamposite the Penny III featured a Posite upper that had a “liquid” appearance giving the shoe that nickname. The Penny III came in just two colorways back in the day, that saw the court very few times. In the early part of the 1997-98 season, Penny suffered a career altering knee injury that has been operated on a total of five times to date. Despite being sidelined early on, Lil Penny and fans brought Penny to the All Star Game where many criticized him for coming back too soon to play on the battered knee. Stay up to date with Nice Kicks as we will keep you posted with any additional info, release dates, or updates about the Nike Air Penny III retro. Much thanks to Chicago’s Mayor for the shots. |
Nike Air Penny III Retro
Tim Hardaway and Penny Hardaway wearing Penny III November 25, 1997
(Photo by Bob Rosato/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)
Oct 29, 2008 at 6:56 pm
kill son,they on point
Jul 15, 2008 at 2:30 am
penny and i have hit the same hoez ill ask him 4 a pair
Jul 2, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Send me more of all the Retro Shoes
Jul 2, 2008 at 12:50 am
even after the injury he was still a decent player. i mean he wasnt MVP status like he was b4, but he was still iight.
didn it seem like he lost his nickname after he stopd bein great?
Jun 26, 2008 at 12:10 am
man i need deez in my life real talk!!!
Jun 25, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I ALREADY GOT PENNY 1 AND PENNY 4 AND AIR FOAMPOSITE 1 AND..I AM PLAN GETTING WHITE /BLUE PENNY 2 IN OCT AND I AM GETTING BOTH PAIRS OF PENNY 3 WHEN COMING IN SPRING ! I AM PENNY HARDAWAY BIGGEST FAN SINCE PLAY WITH MEMPHIS TIGERS AND MAGIC …
Jun 25, 2008 at 10:30 pm
yea my boss juss let me look at the catolog for next year i saw these and got hyped i think the release date is in march or april cant remember but i kno its around that time. these and the black ones and their comming out in kids sizes so u small feet ppl cud get them too
Jun 25, 2008 at 9:35 pm
You know what kills me? And I’m pretty sure I’m not alone, people like “Gregory Lemons” asking, “what can you wear with that?”
Quite frankly, the same thing you’d wear with ANY OTHER SHOE… CLOTHES!!
Jun 25, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Damn shame what happened to Penny, injury wise…
*pours out liquor*
Jun 25, 2008 at 9:05 pm
really dope
Jun 25, 2008 at 8:43 pm
man these shoes is ugly, what can you wear with that?
Jun 25, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I’m coppin all the retro Penny’s. I’ll just need the Retro Penny 1’s that dropped awhile back to complete the set.
Jun 25, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I AM ON THEM. I.N.C FOR LIFE
Jun 25, 2008 at 4:18 pm
^ Yes that damn left knee got between him and his potential. It is sad because he truly could have been HOF status, but with the knee his sneakers will be remembered more than his game in history.
Jun 25, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Treadwell High School-Memphis State University- Megastardom in the league with the Magic. Its a damn shame his health couldn’t hold him down though.
I will be copping. I’m a Memphis guy. This is a no brainer.
Jun 25, 2008 at 3:22 pm
never had these when i was younger, but i might cop a pair now cuz they are str8 heat on ur feet
Jun 25, 2008 at 3:07 pm
WE WANT LIL PENNY!!!
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I always wanted the wht/blue pair when I was little…I’m definitely getting those
Bring Lil Penny back!!!
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:17 pm
these are straight. def a collectors item.
Jun 25, 2008 at 11:38 am
Never really liked these. These joints were kinda wack.
Jun 25, 2008 at 10:23 am
I’m sorry I am NOT FEELING these t-shoe’s? even when they first dropped? they just look so CHEAP!!! I saw this guy with them on and the side with the foamposite was peeling off??? AAAaawww NNaaawww!!! maybe if the foamposite on the side was acually part the of the t-shoe itself? instead of being what looks like glued to the side? it would be better but I’ll have to pass on these? But will def cop the Penny II’s in both colorways, fo sho!!!
Jun 25, 2008 at 10:03 am
THESE KICKS R THE TRUTH
Jun 25, 2008 at 9:52 am
I’m not big on the penny’s but these are tight i would copp in a hart beat…
Jun 25, 2008 at 9:35 am
^ I forgot that he was FROM Memphis. I knew that he played there but I totally forgot that he was born and bred in Memphis.
Jun 25, 2008 at 9:27 am
YES!!!!
Every1 bow down to the best second shoes to come from a player from Memphis!!!!
(the foamposites r numero uno.)
Jun 25, 2008 at 8:48 am
I thought this was the least creative of the Penny line.
Jun 25, 2008 at 8:27 am
One Word…… FIRRREEEE!!!
Jun 25, 2008 at 8:03 am
nice. 2 more penny sub-signatures we need to see are the air up’s and the air flight ones. all pennys have been heat…
Jun 25, 2008 at 7:11 am
I remember my cuz traded me the black Penny 3s for some CB4’s(Barkley’s. Man these really hugged your feet. They were perfect 2 ball in.
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:59 am
pretty juiced about this,i always wished i had copped the white/blue version of these, luckly i copped a pair back in the day of the black/black colorway hopin i would grow into them one day and i did =D
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:56 am
Big L,
I am with you about real ball players. The Boston 3 party are giving me new hope for the NBA, but I really miss the days of any given game a player giving it his all and not even concerned with his health just for the sake of winning.
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:49 am
Neva was a fan of these versions of the penny’s
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:36 am
These were originally to be release with a White wing instead of the Blue, but that GOD they didn’t. Those were the days of kicks and REAL ball players ie: Penny and Timmy
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:14 am
Wow…things are started to get beyond interesting…
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:03 am
dope def. copping with the penny II that are coming out!!!!!!!!…..damn now i gotta play the waiting game !!!!!!!!
Jun 24, 2008 at 11:54 pm
I just traded a pair of DS AF1s for a worn pair of the black joints. They need to be replaced though as they have been abused.
Jun 24, 2008 at 11:53 pm
I remember dyin wanting these as a kid
Jun 24, 2008 at 11:52 pm
damn tight ass for hoops