Hardaway's exciting play combined with the iconic marketing campaign (Lil' Penny commercials) made the sneakers some of the most unforgettable models in the golden era of basketball shoes.

"And Nike ain't just giving anybody no shoe so I was like, dude, this is crazy." Penny was such a highly-touted prospect that several shoe companies wooed him when he first came to the league.

On Monday, Steven Raiser, Mr Penny’s attorney, asked jurors to put themselves in Mr Penny's shoes, saying that he and other subway passengers had “very little room” to move or run when Neely ...