I imagine Anfernee Hardaway was nervous before taking the court at Dwight Howard's Celebrity Game on Sunday night at UCF Arena. Hardaway, after all, had a bitter break up with the franchise and has tended to stay away from the City Beautiful since then. His injuries took away the athleticism that had made him famous in the mid-1990s and helped spawn the first run into the glory years for the Magic.
When Dwight Howard extended the invitation to return to Orlando for his Celebrity All-Star Game -- a new school vs. old school showdown of current and former Magic players -- I imagine Hardaway had the same trepidations. How would the Magic fans receive him after such a long absence?
All that must have subsided when Hardaway, by all accounts, received the loudest and warmest reception of all the players in the building. Howard had done the impossible, he had built a bridge to the past and brough Penny Hardaway back to his second home. And the fans totally loved it.
Hardaway showed ...
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