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NBA ALL-STARPenny Hardaway was one of the mostnotable players In the League from 1993 to 2007. Before retirement, he played as a point of view or shooting for four different teams, including the magic of Orlando for six seasons and the Suns of Phoenix for five. Now, three's father is a master coach of the male basketball team from the University of Memphis and his 21-year-old sonJayden Hardaway is one of his players. The growing star, which wasraised by his mother,NikkiIn Miami, goes to his third season as Tiger. To learn more about the son of Penny Hardaway, his basketball career so far and their relationship on and out of the yard, read it.

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Jayden has just finished his second year at the University of Memphis. According to hisofficial bioHe played in the 28 games this last season for an average of 10 minutes. He also marked nine points in the season opener against the state of South Carolina during his first year.

The athlete has accumulated an average of 12.1 points per game during his junior year at Miami Palmetto High School in Florida. It was transferred to the east of Memphis for its last year and helped its team win a state championship.

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Jayden has made a lot of effort from the court beyond its second college season. Talk toThe daily Memmphian In December 2020, he said he pushed to "focus on [his] body" and better his basketball skills.

"I spoke to my father to be great in my role, playing disinterestedly, making plays, to be aggressive in situations such as playing closing or just beat your man dribble if you Have an inadequacy, "he said. "I just noticed how to take advantage of these situations more this year."

Jayden's efforts have not passed unnoticed. His father said at the exit how proud he was of his son for bringing significant improvements. "He arrived in a stronger way and much bigger, then he can then take the physicality of the game," Penny explained. "And then secondly, his confidence of his trust has grown up. You know, he entered the first practices and he started dominating from the first day to show guys that he was not going to go backwards because he was the coach's son. "

There was another factor that came into play with Jayden's attitude. He changed his jersey from No. 25 to No. 1, which was the number he wore in high school is as well as the penny issue for Orlando's magic. AFormer University of Memphis Garde,Tyler Harris, worn N ° 1, but it was transferred to the state of Iowa in the spring of 2020.

"It's like a certain level of confidence that I have just wearing my number again," Jayden said. "I feel in a way like me."

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Jayden was put the first starting line for the first time for a match 2020 February, an important decision for his coach. With the tigers playing against the University of Connecticut, the game was also a fundraising forAutism speaks, an advocacy and research organization. As Jayden was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (AST) a child, who added an additional meaning to his first departure at the university level.

"First of all, I put it there because I felt like it could stretch the defense," Penny explained during an episode of theCOACH PENNY HARDAWAY RADIO SHOW (Going throughCommercial) "He's not going to play big minutes anyway because he's a jump shooter and he's a game game. But also because he was autistic."

Penny also stated that "around the third or fourth year", Jayden started showing fewer symptoms of AST. The coach called him "a miracle of walking" and stated that the Uconn match was a significant moment "between father and son".

"People say that I will never be as good as my father or other, and I just want to be the best Jayen possible," he explained in a 2020 March segment UNINTERRUPTED . He also noted that he tries not to fear of being as accomplished as his father.

Jayden admitted that he felt a little trapped by his father's legacy, though. "I'm always called," Kid de Penny ", because they just idolored my father so much here," Recount Commercial In 2017 on life in Memphis. "I'm Jayden. I'm not the penny kid. I'm, but I do not want to be identified like that. I want to be my own person."

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