Everything about Tim Hardaway totally explained
Timothy Duane (
Tim)
Hardaway (born
September 1 1966 in
Chicago,
Illinois) is a retired
American basketball point guard who played in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) and who in his prime was one of the league's best at his position. Six feet (1.83 m) tall, he was best known for his
crossover dribble (dubbed the
UTEP Two-step by
television analysts), a move which he used and which seemingly caused a revolution in the NBA, and is still used by several current players, notably
Allen Iverson,
Dwyane Wade and
Brandon Roy.
Early career
After graduating from
Carver High School in Chicago, Hardaway attended the
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where he won the
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best college player six feet (1.83 m) tall or under. Hardaway was selected as the 14th pick of the first round, in the
1989 NBA Draft by the
Golden State Warriors.
NBA career
In his rookie season, Hardaway wore jersey number "5", as
Manute Bol wore Hardaway's trademark "10." After Bol left the Warriors, Hardaway inherited it. With the Warriors, Hardaway was part of "Run TMC" (a play on the title of the popular rap group
Run DMC) which was the high-scoring trio of himself,
Mitch Richmond, and
Chris Mullin. As part of the Warriors' attack, Hardaway was responsible for leading Run TMC's fast break, displaying his excellent passing and one-on-one skills to complement Richmond's slashing and Mullin's shooting. Hardaway played for the Warriors until the middle of
1995-96 season when he was traded to the
Miami Heat along with
Chris Gatling in exchange for
Kevin Willis and
Bimbo Coles.
In his best seasons, Hardaway averaged 18 to 23 points and 8 to 10 assists per game. He reached 5,000 points and 2,500 assists faster than any NBA player, except
Oscar Robertson. Hardaway has competed in five
NBA All-Star Games. He is the Miami Heat's all time leader in assists and together with
center Alonzo Mourning led the Heat to some of the franchise's best seasons. Late season injuries kept Hardaway from performing at the peak of his abilities for almost all of the Heat's playoff runs and he missed most of the playoff games.
He was an
MVP candidate following the
1996-97 season, making it to the All-NBA First Team after leading the Heat to the best record in franchise history while averaging 20.3 points, 8.6 assists, and being fourth in the league with 203 three-point baskets.
With his skills declining with age, Hardaway was traded to the
Dallas Mavericks on
August 22,
2001 for a second round draft pick. With Dallas, Hardaway was mainly utilized off the bench, starting only two games out of 54 and averaging almost ten points a game. In the middle of the season he was traded to the
Denver Nuggets which sent controversial point guard
Nick Van Exel to the Mavericks. With the Nuggets he started all fourteen games he played with them before retiring and becoming a basketball analyst for
ESPN. While playing for the Nuggets, Hardaway was suspended for two games and fined $10,000 by the league when he threw a television monitor onto the court in a fit of rage. On
March 27,
2003, Hardaway signed a contract with the
Indiana Pacers where in his first game with them, he registered a season-high fourteen points and seven assists in a game against the
Chicago Bulls.
He has a wife, Yolanda, and two children, Tim Jr. and Nia. Tim Hardaway currently lives in Miami, Florida. Hardaway was a player/head coach of the
Florida Pit Bulls of the
ABA in 2006, but the team folded, and no longer exists.
Achievements
- Hardaway recorded 5,000 points and 2,500 assists faster than any player in NBA history except Oscar Robertson. Hardaway accomplished it in 262 games; Robertson took only 247.
Later in the day, Hardaway apologized for the remarks during a telephone interview with Fox affiliate WSVN in Miami. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said I hate gay people or anything like that." He further apologized on February 15 in a statement released by his agent. Hardaway's employer, Trinity Sports, owner of the Anderson-based CBA Indiana Alley Cats, dismissed him from his position as Chief Basketball Operations Advisor, and the CBA issued a statement distancing itself from Hardaway's remarks.
In a September 2007 interview, Hardaway spoke about his February comments, saying he "had no idea how much I hurt people. A lot of people." He described the controversy as "the biggest bump [inthe road] in my life," and added, "I'm going to do whatever I can to correct it. That's all I can do."
After the incident, Hardaway began attending classes to learn about some of the issues facing gay, lesbian, and transgender youth. Speaking about the classes, he said, "I just wanted to go in and get educated. I'm not really trying to make amends. I've been there trying to get help." The director of the YES Institute, which sponsors the program Hardaway has been attending, described him as "genuine" and said that the staff was "surprised how real our relationship with Tim got." A picture of Hardaway and members of the staff appears on the group's website.[Further Information]
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