In the ESPN 30 for 30 Films documentary This Magic Moment, Penny Hardaway states at one point that he retired seven years too late. His knee injuries had cost him the majority of the latter half of his career, and he went from a shining star, talked about as the next Magic Johnson, appearing to be a hall of famer at the outside of his career, to fading into the Miami Beach sunset, a shell of his former self.
In 2007, the same probably could have been said about Orlando Magic small forward Grant Hill.