I’d say one of the top 3 shooters in the country in his class, if not No. “He’s, to me, arguably, one of the top shooters in the country. Penny Hardaway was asked earlier this week about Ashton’s strengths. James threw down an alley-oop dunk, and Ashton Hardaway knocked down a fall-away mid-range jumper. While several of the first shots Ashton Hardaway took didn’t fall, once he found his groove, he kept it.Ĭalifornia Basketball Club fell behind 4-0 early, but Ashton Hardaway and Bronny James jumpstarted a 17-0 run. In addition to Bronny James and Ashton Hardaway, California Basketball Club also suits up Bryce James – LeBron’s younger son – and Justin Pippen, the youngest son of former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen.īut Saturday’s game is believed to have marked the first time Ashton Hardaway played an organized game in the Mid-South, where his father was born, raised, played college basketball and now coaches at his alma mater. Later, Ashton, Penny and Jayden gathered with several more family members outside the team’s locker room.Īshton Hardaway was not made available to the media following the game, which can be standard for a team with such star power. Up next was a moment with Penny, followed by more posing for photos. Amid a jumbled collection of fans, he posed for photos with his brother Jayden Hardaway, a senior guard at Memphis. Soon after the game ended, Ashton Hardaway made a beeline toward his relatives. SIGN UP: Sign up for the Memphis Tigers Basketball Insider text group with Jason Munz MEMPHIS BASKETBALL: Memphis basketball's Penny Hardaway on Damaria Franklin eligibility: 'Just sign the paperwork' He dazzled during the game, scoring 20 points and showing a knack for knowing exactly when and where to distribute the ball when he wasn’t scoring the ball himself. The senior at Sierra Canyon (California) is a 6-foot-7, 195-pound, three-star recruit. It was the moments immediately afterward that brought more smiles to their faces than anything that happened on the court.Īshton Hardaway, Penny’s son, is a starting wing for California Basketball Club. Bronny James, son NBA star LeBron James, put on a show, scoring 24 points against a team made up mostly of players who made names for themselves in Memphis and across the Mid-South.īut the game itself, which also brought out the likes of rapper BlocBoy JB, was secondary for the Hardaway family. The Hardaways had front-row seats inside the jam-packed MTM Fieldhouse at Collierville High, where California Basketball Club breezed past Platform Basketball Club Elite 73-50 at the Mid-South Basketball Classic. Penny Hardaway was there Saturday night with much of his family.
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