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{{short description|American basketball player (born 1966)}}
{{About|the former NBA player|his son and the current player|Tim Hardaway Jr.{{!}}Tim Hardaway Jr}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Tim Hardaway
| caption = Hardaway at a Summer 2015 youth clinic
| image = 20150902 Quest Multisport clinic Tim Hardaway (1).JPG
| team = 
| position = Amateur scout
| league = [[NBA]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|1}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 195
| high_school = [[Carver Military Academy|Carver]] {{nowrap|(Chicago, Illinois)}}
| college = [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|UTEP]] (1985–1989)
| draft_year = 1989
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 14
| draft_team = [[Golden State Warriors]]
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = 2003
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number = 5, 10, 14
| coach_start = 2005–2006, 2014
| coach_end = 2018
| years1 = {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1995|end}}
| team1 = [[Golden State Warriors]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1995|end}}–{{nbay|2000|end}}
| team2 = [[Miami Heat]]
| years3 = {{nbay|2001|full=y}}
| team3 = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years4 = {{nbay|2001|end}}
| team4 = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| years5 = {{nbay|2002|end}}
| team5 = [[Indiana Pacers]]
| cyears1 = [[2005–06 ABA season|2005–2006]]
| cteam1 = [[Florida Pit Bulls]]
| cyears2 = [[2014–15 NBA season|2014]]–[[2017–18 NBA season|2018]]
| cteam2 = [[Detroit Pistons]] (assistant)
| highlights = * 5× [[NBA All-Star Game|NBA All-Star]] ([[1991 NBA All-Star Game|1991]]–[[1993 NBA All-Star Game|1993]], [[1997 NBA All-Star Game|1997]], [[1998 NBA All-Star Game|1998]])
* [[All-NBA First Team]] ([[1996–97 NBA season|1997]])
* 3× [[All-NBA Second Team]] ([[1991–92 NBA season|1992]], [[1997–98 NBA season|1998]], [[1998–99 NBA season|1999]])
* [[All-NBA Third Team]] ([[1992–93 NBA season|1993]])
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ([[1989–90 NBA season|1990]])
* No. 10 [[Miami Heat#Retired numbers|retired by Miami Heat]]
* [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA All Star-Game]] ([[2006 ABA All-Star Game|2006]])
* [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]] (1989)
* [[Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|WAC Player of the Year]] (1989)
* [[WAC men's basketball tournament#Tournament results|WAC Tournament MVP]] (1989)
* First-team All-[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] (1989)
* Second-team All-WAC (1988)
* No. 10 [[UTEP Miners men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by UTEP Miners]]
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 15,373 (17.7 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 2,855 (3.3 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 7,095 (8.2 apg)
| HOF_player = tim-hardaway
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|United States}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
}}
'''Timothy Duane Hardaway Sr.''' (born September 1, 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Hardaway Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hardati01.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en|archive-date=2023-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524201026/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hardati01.html}}</ref> is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. Hardaway played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for the [[Golden State Warriors]], [[Miami Heat]], [[Dallas Mavericks]], [[Denver Nuggets]] and [[Indiana Pacers]]. He was a five-time [[NBA All-Star]] and a five-time [[All-NBA Team]] member. Hardaway won a gold medal with the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States national basketball team]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. He was known for his [[crossover dribble]] which was dubbed the "[[UTEP Miners men's basketball|UTEP]] [[Two-step (dance move)|two-step]]" by television analysts. In 2022 Hardaway was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].

He is the father of NBA player [[Tim Hardaway Jr.]]

==Early life==
Hardaway was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and he graduated from [[Carver Military Academy|Carver Area High School]] in 1985.

==College career==
Hardaway played [[college basketball]] for the [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|UTEP Miners]] under head coach [[Don Haskins]], a future member of the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].

Hardaway was twice named MVP of El Paso's Sun Bowl Invitational Tournament, in 1987 and 1988. He played on teams that went to the NCAA Tournaments from 1986 to 1989. He won the [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]] in 1989 as the best college player in the nation six feet (1.83&nbsp;m) tall or under. While playing for the Miners, Hardaway developed his crossover dribble move that was called the "UTEP two-step".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Richardson |first1=Shandel |title=How a product endorsed by Heat legend Tim Hardaway could help Jimmy Butler in Orlando |url=https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/miami-heat-jimmy-butler-tim-hardaway-dream-dribble |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=July 26, 2020 |date=July 16, 2020|archive-date=2021-07-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714075625/https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/miami-heat-jimmy-butler-tim-hardaway-dream-dribble}}</ref>

==Professional career==
=== Golden State Warriors (1989–1996) ===
Hardaway was selected as the 14th overall pick of the [[1989 NBA draft]] by the [[Golden State Warriors]]. In his rookie season, Hardaway wore number ''5'' on his jersey, as [[Manute Bol]] wore Hardaway's ''10''. After Bol left the Warriors, Hardaway acquired the number. Hardaway, [[Mitch Richmond]], and [[Chris Mullin (basketball)|Chris Mullin]] formed a trio known as [[Run TMC]] (the initials of the players' first names and a play on the name of the popular rap group [[Run-DMC]]). 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.

Golden State made the playoffs during the 1990–91 season, Hardaway's second season and his first season in the playoffs. In the first round, the 7th seeded Warriors defeated the 2nd seeded [[San Antonio Spurs]] led by All-Star [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]] in 4 games to advance to face the 3rd seeded [[Los Angeles Lakers]] led by NBA legend [[Magic Johnson]]. The Warriors managed to steal a game on the road in game 2, but could not defeat the more experienced Lakers, falling in five games despite Hardaway averaging 26.8 points, 12.8 assists and 3.8 steals for the series.

Hardaway averaged a career-high 23.4 points a game in the 1991–92 season, as the Warriors fell in the first round of the playoffs to the [[Seattle SuperSonics]]. The following season Hardaway averaged a career-high 10.6 assists a game to get with his scoring average of 21.5, but the Warriors did not make the playoffs and would not return to postseason action for the remainder of Hardaway's tenure with the team.

As a Warrior, Hardaway made the [[NBA All-Star Game]] three straight years, and a knee injury kept him out of the entire 1993–94 season. He reached 5,000 points and 2,500 assists faster than any other NBA player except [[Oscar Robertson]]. Hardaway played for the Warriors until the middle of [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96 season]] when he was traded to the [[Miami Heat]] along with [[Chris Gatling]] in exchange for [[Kevin Willis]] and [[Bimbo Coles]].

=== Miami Heat (1996–2001) ===
Following the mid-season trade to Miami, Hardaway started 28 games to finish the season, averaging 17.2 points a game with 10 assists. Miami made the playoffs but were swept in the first round by the 72 win [[Chicago Bulls]]. The following season was a huge success for Miami and for Hardaway, as he finished 4th in voting for the [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award]], was selected to the All-NBA First Team as Miami won a franchise record 61 wins.

Hardaway started in 81 games, averaging 20.3 points, 8.6 assists, while placing fourth in the league with 203 three-point baskets. He also played in the [[1997 NBA All-Star Game]], scoring 10 points in 14 minutes. In the playoffs, Hardaway averaged 26 points a game as the Heat defeated the [[Orlando Magic]] in the first round in 5 games, and then defeated the [[New York Knicks]] in 7 games in the semifinals, in which Hardaway scored 38 points in the 7th game. Miami would once again fall to the defending champion [[Chicago Bulls]] in the Eastern Conference Finals in 5 games.

In the 1997–98 season, Hardaway averaged 18.9 points and 8.3 assist per game, and was selected to play in the [[1998 NBA All-Star Game]]. The Heat won 55 games and won the Atlantic Division, but lost to the Knicks in 5 games in the first round of the playoffs. In the lockout shortened 1998–99 season, he averaged 17.4 points a game with 7.3 assists, and Miami won the Atlantic Division again but could once again not defeat the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs despite having home court advantage and the Knicks being the 8th seed in the playoffs.

Hardaway's production slipped in the 1999–2000 season, with [[Alonzo Mourning]] and [[Jamal Mashburn]] carrying more of the offensive load. Hardaway averaged 13.4 points with 7.4 assists a game, but shot a personal best .367 percent from beyond the three-point arc. After playing just 52 games, Hardaway was further limited in the playoffs, as Miami defeated the [[Detroit Pistons]] but once again fell to New York in 7 games.

That summer, Hardaway and Mourning won a gold medal playing for the U.S.A. men's basketball team at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, Australia. Before the 2000–01 season Mourning would be diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, and would be sidelined for much of the season. Hardaway upped his offensive production to 14.9 points a game with 6.3 assists a game as Miami won 50 games and captured the East's third best record, only to be swept in the first round by the [[Charlotte Hornets]].

=== Dallas Mavericks (2001–2002) ===
Following the 2000–01 season, and with his skills declining with age, Hardaway was traded to the [[Dallas Mavericks]] on August 22, 2001, for a second-round draft pick. He was at one time Miami's all-time leader in assists. 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]] alongside [[Juwan Howard]], [[Donnell Harvey]] and a future first-round draft pick in exchange for [[Nick Van Exel]], [[Tariq Abdul-Wahad]], [[Raef LaFrentz]] and [[Avery Johnson]].

===Denver Nuggets (2002)===
With the Nuggets he started all 14 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.<ref name=Nuggets>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20020326/ai_n12456303|title=The rule of flaw|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=September 20, 2023|date=March 26, 2002|archive-date=2007-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031005450/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20020326/ai_n12456303}}</ref>

===Indiana Pacers (2003)===
On March 27, 2003, Hardaway signed a contract with the [[Indiana Pacers]], and in his first game registered a season-high 14 points and seven assists against the [[Chicago Bulls]]. By the end of his career, Hardaway competed in five [[NBA All-Star Game]]s.

==Coaching career==

=== Detroit Pistons (2014–2018) ===
On August 7, 2014, Hardaway was announced as an assistant coach for the [[Detroit Pistons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/detroit-pistons-add-coaching-and-basketball-operations-staffs|title=Detroit Pistons Add to Coaching and Basketball Operations Staffs|publisher=[[Detroit Pistons]]|access-date=August 7, 2014|date=August 7, 2014|archive-date=2022-02-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202002134/http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/detroit-pistons-add-coaching-and-basketball-operations-staffs}}</ref>

==Achievements==

Hardaway was the 1989 WAC Player of the Year. He recorded 5,000 points and 2,500 assists, second fastest in NBA history after [[Oscar Robertson]]. Hardaway accomplished it in 262 games; Robertson took only 247.<ref name=NBA/> He held the record for most assists in Miami Heat franchise history with 1,947,<ref name=NBA/> until his total was surpassed by [[Dwyane Wade]] on January 16, 2010.

Hardaway shares the record for second most steals in an [[NBA playoffs]] game, with 8 in Game 2 of the 1991 [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]] Semifinals against the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and in Game 4 of the 1992 Western Conference First Round against the [[Seattle SuperSonics]]. In 1991–92, Hardaway became the 7th player in NBA history to average 20 points (23.4&nbsp;ppg) and 10 assists (10.0 apg) in a season, a feat he accomplished again in 1992–93 (21.5&nbsp;ppg, 10.6&nbsp;apg).<ref name=NBA/>

Hardaway holds the [[NBA regular season records|NBA record]] for the worst single-game shooting performance in NBA history, going 0-for-17 in a 106–102 win against the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] on December 27, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199112270MIN.html|title=Golden State Warriors at Minnesota Timberwolves Box Score|publisher=Basketball-Reference.com|date=December 27, 1991|access-date=August 10, 2010|archive-date=2023-07-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729203420/https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199112270MIN.html}}</ref> Hardaway holds the [[Miami Heat]]'s all-time record in 3-point field goals made, with 806. His number 10 was retired by the Miami Heat on October 28, 2009. On April 2, 2022, Hardaway was announced as one of thirteen members to be inducted into the [[Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame]] for the Class of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2, 2022|url=https://www.nba.com/news/2022-hall-of-fame-class-announced | title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces 13 members for the Class of 2022 | website=[[NBA.com]] |archive-date=2023-05-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509192735/https://www.nba.com/news/2022-hall-of-fame-class-announced}}</ref>

==National team career==

Hardaway was originally selected to play for "[[United States men's national basketball team#1994 World Championship – Dream Team II|Dream Team]] II" in the [[1994 FIBA World Championship]] but was replaced after suffering a torn knee ligament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/11/sports/sports-people-basketball-thomas-is-named-to-dream-team-ii.html|title=SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Thomas Is Named To Dream Team II|location=United States |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 11, 1994 |access-date=August 10, 2010|archive-date=2023-04-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408184858/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/11/sports/sports-people-basketball-thomas-is-named-to-dream-team-ii.html}}</ref>

He was also selected (as one of the last two players selected) for the [[1998 FIBA World Championship]] team. The team was later replaced with [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] and college players due to the [[1998–99 NBA lockout|NBA lockout]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-stars-locked-out-of-team-usa/|title=NBA Stars Locked Out Of Team USA |publisher=CBS News |date= July 7, 1998|access-date=August 10, 2010|archive-date=2019-12-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211080945/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-stars-locked-out-of-team-usa/}}</ref>

In 2000, he played in the [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Olympics]], scoring 5.5 points/Game and shooting .385 (15–39) from the field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=moly_2000 |title=USAB: Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad – 2000 |work= USAbasketball.com |date=October 1, 2000 |access-date=August 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100103175710/http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=moly_2000 |archive-date=January 3, 2010 }}</ref>

Hardaway was a player/head coach of the [[Florida Pit Bulls]] of the [[American Basketball Association (21st century)|ABA]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 20, 2006|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/tim-hardaway-florida-pit-bulls-edge-bellingham-slam-114-111/n-3271821| title=Tim Hardaway, Florida Pit Bulls edge Bellingham Slam, 114–111| website=oursportscentral.com|archive-date=2021-06-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608185710/https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/tim-hardaway-florida-pit-bulls-edge-bellingham-slam-114-111/n-3271821}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-05-27-0505261254-story.html |title=HARDAWAY HOPES HIS PIT BULLS CAN HANG ONlocation=United States |work=[[Sun Sentinel]] |date=May 27, 2005 |access-date=September 20, 2023|archive-date=2022-12-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207174655/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-05-27-0505261254-story.html}}</ref>

In September 2009, he played for the NBA Generations team in the 2009 NBA Asia Challenge, a series of exhibitions against [[Korean Basketball League]] and [[Philippine Basketball Association]] players.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBA Asia Challenge 2009| url= http://www.nba.com/asiachallenge2009/| website= NBA.com| access-date=April 21, 2015|archive-date=2015-10-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018070353/http://www.nba.com/asiachallenge2009/}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hardaway and his wife Yolanda reside in Michigan. They have a son, [[Tim Hardaway Jr.|Tim Jr.]], and daughters, Nia and Nina.<ref name=NBA>{{cite web | url= http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/896/ | title= Tim Hardaway | website= NBA.com | access-date= May 29, 2016 | archive-date= April 1, 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160401124428/http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/896/ | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/while-creating-his-own-game-michigan-freshman-guard-tim-hardaway-jr-has-shades-of-his-father| title= Michigan freshman guard Tim Hardaway Jr. has shades of his father's game|access-date=February 28, 2011| date= August 22, 2010 |work= AnnArbor.com| last= Rothstein | first= Michael|archive-date=2023-04-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411142631/https://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/while-creating-his-own-game-michigan-freshman-guard-tim-hardaway-jr-has-shades-of-his-father/}}</ref> Tim Jr. was drafted by the [[New York Knicks]] in 2013, and currently plays for the [[Denver Nuggets]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York Knicks make 'ironic' pick in 2013 NBA draft|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/draft/2013/06/28/tim-hardaway-jr-new-york-knicks-miami-heat-brawl/2473511/|access-date=2021-01-11|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|date=2013-06-28|archive-date=2022-08-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819235651/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/draft/2013/06/28/tim-hardaway-jr-new-york-knicks-miami-heat-brawl/2473511/}}</ref>

===Controversial comments===
During a February 14, 2007 interview on [[Miami]]'s ''[[The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz|The Dan Le Batard Show]]'', in response to the [[coming out]] of former NBA player [[John Amaechi]], Hardaway remarked that he would try to distance himself from a player he knew was [[homosexual]]. When asked by the radio show host whether he realized that his remarks were [[homophobic]], Hardaway responded by saying: "Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States." He also said that if he found out he had one or more gay teammates, he would try to get them fired.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Cyd Zeigler, Jr.]]|website=Outsports|url=http://www.outsports.com/nba/20062007/0215hardaway.htm |title=Tim Hardaway: 'I hate gay people'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119123123/http://www.outsports.com/nba/20062007/0215hardaway.htm|archive-date=January 19, 2013|date=February 15, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Hardaway won't represent NBA at All-Star Game after anti-gay remarks|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2007-02-15-hardaway_x.htm|access-date=2021-01-11|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|date=February 16, 2007|archive-date=2011-12-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230172637/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2007-02-15-hardaway_x.htm}}</ref>

Later in the day, Hardaway apologized for the remarks during a telephone interview with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WSVN]] in [[Miami]]. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said I hate gay people or anything like that."<ref name=ESPN>{{Cite web|title=Retired NBA star Hardaway says he hates 'gay people'|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2766213|access-date=September 20, 2023|website=[[ESPN]]|language=en-US|date=February 14, 2007|archive-date=2023-04-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416122937/https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2766213}}</ref> He further apologized on February 15 in a statement released by his agent.<ref name=Post/>

On the same day, the NBA responded to Hardaway's comments by removing him from its [[NBA All-Star Weekend|All-Star Weekend]] activities [[2007 NBA All-Star Game|later that week]].<ref name=Post>{{Cite news|title=Hardaway Banned For Anti-Gay Slur|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021501895.html|access-date=September 20, 2023|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|language=en-US|date=February 16, 2007|archive-date=2020-02-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225112447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021501895.html}}</ref> His employer, Trinity Sports, owner of the [[Anderson, Indiana|Anderson]]-based [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] [[Indiana Alley Cats]], dismissed him from his position as Chief Basketball Operations Advisor,<ref name=cba2>{{Cite web|title=Indiana Alley Cats Release Statement Regarding Tim Hardaway|url=http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news.php?read=879|access-date=September 20, 2023|website=CBAhoopsOnline.com|language=en-US|date=February 15, 2007|archive-date=2007-10-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031014144/http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news.php?read=879}}</ref> and the CBA issued a statement distancing itself from Hardaway's remarks.<ref name=cba1>{{Cite web|title=Continental Basketball Association Decries Tim Hardaway Comments|url=http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news.php?read=878|access-date=September 20, 2023|website=CBAhoopsOnline.com|language=en-US|date=February 15, 2007|archive-date=2007-09-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191646/http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news.php?read=878}}</ref>

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 [in the road] in my life", and added, "I'm going to do whatever I can to correct it. That's all I can do."<ref name=Contrite>Tim Reynolds, [https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=3039816 A contrite Tim Hardaway now embraced by some in gay community], [[Associated Press]]/ESPN, September 27, 2007.</ref>

In an interview on February 11, 2010, on [[Hardcore Sports Radio]] on [[Sirius]], Hardaway spoke about his recent work with [[The Trevor Project]] and The YES Institute, which he had done to educate himself on [[LGBT]] issues.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

In April 2013, when [[Jason Collins]] came out as the first active openly gay male player in a major American professional team sport, Collins said that Hardaway called him in support of his homosexuality.<ref name=GrantlandPodcast>Grantland podcast, [https://www.espn.com/espnradio/grantland/player?id=9229054 Jason Collins talks to Bill Simmons], [[Grantland]], April 30, 2013.</ref> In July 2013, Hardaway was the symbolic first signer of a petition to put a proposed amendment to the [[Florida State Constitution]] overturning [[2008 Florida Amendment 2|Florida Amendment 2]] and allowing [[same-sex marriage]] in his home state of Florida on the ballot in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/tim-hardaway-wants-to-be-first-to-sign-petition-to-leaglize-gay-marriage-in-florida/|title=Tim Hardaway's Amazing Transformation On Same-Sex Marriage|last=Sportsgrid|date=July 3, 2013|archive-date=2013-07-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710025005/http://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/tim-hardaway-wants-to-be-first-to-sign-petition-to-leaglize-gay-marriage-in-florida/}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
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===College===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1985–86]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1985–86 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| 28 || – || 15.5 || '''.521''' || – || .651 || 1.3 || 1.9 || .9 || .1 || 4.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1986–87]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1986–87 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| 31 || 30 || 29.7 || .490 || .250 || .663 || 2.0 || 4.8 || 2.2 || .2 || 10.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1987–88]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| 32 || 29 || 32.4 || .449 || .340 || '''.754''' || 2.9 || '''5.7''' || 2.4 || '''.3''' || 13.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988–89]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 UTEP Miners men's basketball team|UTEP]]
| '''33''' || '''33''' || '''35.8''' || .501 || '''.366''' || .741 || '''4.0''' || 5.4 || '''2.8''' || .2 || '''22.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 124 || 92 || 28.8 || .484 || .352 || .718 || 2.6 || 4.5 || 2.1 || .2 || 12.8
{{S-end}}

===NBA===

====Regular season====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 NBA season|1989–90]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 79 || 78 || 33.7 || .471 || .274 || .764 || 3.9 || 8.7 || 2.1 || '''.2''' || 14.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 NBA season|1990–91]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 39.2 || '''.476''' || '''.385''' || .803 || '''4.0''' || 9.7 || '''2.6''' || .1 || 22.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 NBA season|1991–92]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 81 || 81 || '''41.1''' || .461 || .338 || .766 || 3.8 || 10.0 || 2.0 || '''.2''' || '''23.4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 NBA season|1992–93]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 66 || 66 || 39.5 || .447 || .330 || .744 || '''4.0''' || '''10.6''' || 1.8 || .'''2''' || 21.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994–95 NBA season|1994–95]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994–95 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 62 || 62 || 37.4 || .427 || .378 || .760 || 3.1 || 9.3 || 1.4 || '''.2''' || 20.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2|[[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 52 || 18 || 28.6 || .421 || .366 || .769 || 2.5 || 6.9 || 1.4 || '''.2''' || 14.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 28 || 28 || 37.4 || .425 || .361 || .821 || 3.5 || 10.0 || 1.0 || '''.2''' || 17.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 81 || 81 || 38.7 || .415 || .344 || .799 || 3.4 || 8.6 || 1.9 || .1 || 20.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997–98 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 81 || 81 || 37.4 || .431 || .351 || .781 || 3.7 || 8.3 || 1.7 || '''.2''' || 18.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998–99 NBA season|1998–99]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998–99 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 48 || 48 || 36.9 || .400 || .360 || .812 || 3.2 || 7.3 || 1.2 || .1 || 17.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999–2000 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 52 || 52 || 32.2 || .386 || .367 || .827 || 2.9 || 7.4 || .9 || .1 || 13.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000–01 NBA season|2000–01]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000–01 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 77 || 77 || 33.9 || .392 || .366 || .801 || 2.6 || 6.3 || 1.2 || .1 || 14.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2|[[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 54 || 2 || 23.6 || .362 || .341 || '''.833''' || 1.8 || 3.7 || .4 || .1 || 9.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001–02 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 14 || 14 || 23.2 || .373 || .373 || .632 || 1.9 || 5.5 || 1.2 || .1 || 9.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2002–03 NBA season|2002–03]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2002–03 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 10 || 0 || 12.7 || .367 || .355 || .500 || 1.5 || 2.4 || .9 || .0 || 4.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
|867 || 770 || 35.3 || .431 || .355 || .782 || 3.3 || 8.2 || 1.6 || .1 || 17.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star
| 5 || 0 || 16.8 || .386 || .381 || .786 || 2.6 || 4.6 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 10.6
{{s-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991 NBA Playoffs|1991]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 9 || 9 || 44.0 || '''.486''' || .354 || .789 || 3.7 || '''11.2''' || 3.1 || '''.8''' || 25.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992 NBA Playoffs|1992]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Golden State Warriors season|Golden State]]
| 4 || 4 || 44.0 || .400 || .345 || .649 || 3.8 || 7.3 || '''3.3''' || .0 || 24.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996 NBA Playoffs|1996]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 3 || 3 || 36.7 || .465 || .364 || .714 || 1.7 || 5.7 || 1.0 || .0 || 17.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997 NBA Playoffs|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| '''17''' || '''17''' || 41.2 || .359 || .313 || '''.795''' || '''4.1''' || 7.0 || 1.6 || .1 || 18.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998 NBA Playoffs|1998]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997–98 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 5 || 5 || '''44.4''' || .447 || '''.436''' || .784 || 3.4 || 6.6 || 1.2 || .0 || '''26.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999 NBA Playoffs|1999]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998–99 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 5 || 5 || 36.4 || .268 || .200 || .625 || 2.8 || 6.4 || 1.0 || .2 || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000 NBA Playoffs|2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999–2000 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 7 || 7 || 26.0 || .294 || .206 || .700 || 2.1 || 4.7 || .7 || .0 || 7.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001 NBA Playoffs|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000–01 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 2 || 2 || 18.0 || .222 || .333 || .000 || 1.0 || 4.5 || .0 || .0 || 2.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2003 NBA Playoffs|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2002–03 Indiana Pacers season|Indiana]]
| 4 || 0 || 11.8 || .333 || .300 || .000 || .5 || 2.3 || .3 || .0 || 3.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 56 || 52 || 36.6 || .393 || .320 || .751 || 3.1 || 6.8 || 1.6 || .2 || 16.8
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}
* [[List of NBA career assists leaders]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
{{commons category|Tim Hardaway}}
* [http://stats.nba.com/player/896/career/ NBA profile at NBA.com]
* {{Basketballstats|bbr=h/hardati01}}
* {{IMDb name | id = 0362045 | name = Tim Hardaway }}

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