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First Look: Nike Air Penny III Retro

1325 days ago - by Matt Halfhill - 38 comments

Nike Air Penny III Retro

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
Nike Air Penny III Retro

Nike Air Penny III Retro
Tim Hardaway and Penny Hardaway wearing Penny III November 25, 1997
(Photo by Bob Rosato/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)

  • http://yahoo.com jeff

    damn tight ass for hoops :D

  • Flatsole

    I remember dyin wanting these as a kid

  • http://www.nicekicks.com Nice Kicks

    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.

  • eric

    dope def. copping with the penny II that are coming out!!!!!!!!…..damn now i gotta play the waiting game !!!!!!!!

  • nikeindabutt

    Wow…things are started to get beyond interesting…

  • Big L

    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

  • solesaved

    Neva was a fan of these versions of the penny’s

  • http://www.nicekicks.com Nice Kicks

    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.

  • grego

    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

  • hotboy16

    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.

  • dopasaurus

    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…

  • Crazy TUrk

    One Word…… FIRRREEEE!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/sirecommunications J.King

    I thought this was the least creative of the Penny line.

  • mtownzfinest1

    YES!!!!
    Every1 bow down to the best second shoes to come from a player from Memphis!!!!
    (the foamposites r numero uno.)

  • http://www.nicekicks.com Nice Kicks

    ^ 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.

  • abelino

    I’m not big on the penny’s but these are tight i would copp in a hart beat…

  • swanson

    THESE KICKS R THE TRUTH

  • kb.aka.The 1

    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!!!

  • http://nicekicks twebb

    Never really liked these. These joints were kinda wack.

  • YouKnow

    these are straight. def a collectors item.

  • Bmorekicks

    I always wanted the wht/blue pair when I was little…I’m definitely getting those

    Bring Lil Penny back!!!

  • Jerronimo

    WE WANT LIL PENNY!!!

  • kidnike88

    never had these when i was younger, but i might cop a pair now cuz they are str8 heat on ur feet

  • IkonRadio.com

    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.

  • http://www.nicekicks.com Nice Kicks

    ^ 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.

  • http://nicekicks.com j.grier

    I AM ON THEM. I.N.C FOR LIFE

  • MJSF

    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.

  • gregory lemons

    man these shoes is ugly, what can you wear with that?

  • greenmaker24

    really dope

  • http://www.myspace.com/porn0graffiK Darneezy

    Damn shame what happened to Penny, injury wise…
    *pours out liquor*

  • http://www.myspace.com/porn0graffiK Darneezy

    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!!

  • http://my.nicekicks.com/user/bklynsSNKRhead.html bklynsSNKRhead

    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

  • LilJames

    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 …

  • sneakerfreaker

    man i need deez in my life real talk!!!

  • jordan

    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?

  • Vegas

    Send me more of all the Retro Shoes

  • http://nicekicks chris dirty

    penny and i have hit the same hoez ill ask him 4 a pair

  • J From MD, But Born In D.C.

    kill son,they on point

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