Tim Hardaway, former Heat guard and former owner of a nasty crossover, does not believe in the crossover when it comes to sexuality. Tim keeps it straight, and he hates people that don't. Dan Le Betard asked Hardaway on his radio show he he'd deal with a gay teammate. Tim Hardaway's response was not pretty. "First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. And second of all, if he was on my team, I would, you know, really distance myself from him because, uh, I don't think that's right. And you know I don't think he should be in the locker room while we're in the locker room. I wouldn't even be a part of that."Suddenly, I long for the innocent days of Shavlik Randolph's shower concerns.
"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."
I really don't know what to tell you here ... it thoroughly depresses me. Hardaway's words pretty much speak for themselves. I could tell you that Hardaway is an uncultured bigot, fears things he isn't familiar with, and has a hateful heart. But if those thoughts aren't already in your mind, nothing I can say is going to put them there.
But here's the truly scary part:
Hardaway: The majority of the players would ask for him to be traded or they would want to get traded.I don't know how qualified Tim Hardaway is to speak on behalf of the entire NBA, but he feels like "a majority" of players share his views. And Tim is OK with just outright releasing the player, and keeping him out of the NBA entirely.
Le Betard: But you'd be trading him to a team where he probably wouldn't be wanted there either, I would imagine.
Hardaway: Right, that is true. Just buy him out his contract and let him go (laughs). You know, something has to give. If you got 12 other ballplayers in your locker room that's upset and concentrate and always worried about him in the locker room or on the court or whatever, you know, it's gonna be hard for your teammates to win and accept him as a teammate.
If you're looking for something to ruin your day, you can hear the audio here.
See Also:
Tim Hardaway Loves to Stay at the YMCA
Hardaway Apologizes; Amaechi Appreciates the Honesty




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 18)
2-15-2007 @ 3:19AM
Team Ramrod said...
I understand Hardaway's position; how can he relate to a group that has been persecuted for something that they have no control over? Oh wait...
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2-15-2007 @ 3:19AM
r d wilson said...
timmy softaway- you have nothing to worry about another man let alone a woman being attrached to you. if it was not for basketball you would be a crack head back in chicago hanging out on the corner. lucky for you people looked beyond sterotypes and gave you a chance. the oppressed has now become the oppressor.
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2-15-2007 @ 3:36AM
Sean said...
I think this may represent more of the NBA and American society in general than I'd like to believe.
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2-15-2007 @ 5:36AM
Leroy Leroni said...
Like it or not, Professional sports is a bastion for straight males. Bleeding heart liberals can bitch and whine about homosexuals not being accepted in the lockeroom, but in the end, it's the breeders and straight men who rule and continue to watch professional sports.
Democratic whiners show stick to watching the Ellen De'Generate show.
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2-15-2007 @ 5:42AM
Leroy Leroni said...
Like it or not, Professional sports is a bastion for straight males. Bleeding heart liberals can bitch and whine about homosexuals not being accepted in the lockeroom, but in the end, it's the breeders and straight men who rule and continue to watch professional sports.
Democratic whiners show stick to watching the Ellen De'Generate show.
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2-15-2007 @ 6:42AM
larry dusi said...
if hardaway thinks he never played with a gay man or had a gay man on his team he's even more stupid than his statement...as for leroy's response...what can you say about someone who refers to people as "breeders." ...even funnier are the lockerroom comments...i'd like a show of hands from "straight" guys who haven't checked out other guys in the showers...if you said you haven't then you're just a liar...the upside is that most people have a higher i.q. than an eggshell as leroy appears to have...it appears he belongs to the beer/fart/i have teeth but prefer not to wear them...except when he married his cousin....were hardaway and amaechi friends before he came out? if so what does his sexuality have to do with their friendship? would he drop amaechi simply because he turned out to be gay?...shallow people are always more interesting than people who accept people for who they are rather than who they bed with...people such as hardaway and leroy are simply legends in their own minds that a gay person would be interested in either of them...in general i've found that guys like this are hiding behind a facade of straight society,but hit the bookstores in the dark of night.
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2-15-2007 @ 6:16AM
Max said...
I think he's cute.
Regards,
Max
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2-15-2007 @ 6:18AM
Max said...
Hardaway is a bigot who should be ashamed of himself. As a black, he should be more aware than others of the horrors of prejudice. How would Hardaway like it if he was called the "n" word and treated like a pariah because of his color? Get a life, Hardaway. Maybe you need to stop spending so much time in your homophobic churches.
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2-15-2007 @ 7:48AM
Rich said...
There's nothing worse than seeing a black man be a vicious bigot. Please tell Mr. Hardaway that for every one person who harbors hate for a homosexual, there are a thousand more who harbor hate for the American black man. For every one such as himself who might feel uncomfortable in locker room, there are a thousand who would like nothing better than Mr. Hardaway sitting at the back of the bus or drinking from a separate water fountain. Maybe he'd prefer signs at the luncheon counter that say "Heterosexuals Only." You would think that someone who lives in a glass house wouldn't throw stones.
Mr. Hardaway, thanks for setting back civil rights a thousand years. Dr. King is rolling in his grave.
When speaking to friends, both black and white, I guarantee I will mention boycotting The Support Group and Mr. Hardaway himself and I will request that they tell this story to two more of their friends. Children should not be exposed to hate or haters.
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2-15-2007 @ 7:36PM
Mike said...
I agree with Amaechi on Hardaway's comments. It's better to hear someone honestly admit their hate than to hear the thinly veiled language and b.s. excuses other people have put forward for their idiocy.
The head boss Stern trying to say "there is no problem. I don't know what you're talking about." Please.
And notice, I like how Hardaway only fake apologized for "saying" it. He regretted "saying" it. Kinda like Michael Richards' racist tirade. It was inappropriate to "say" it. Let alone the feelings of Hardaway (and those of Richards) are more than well represented throughout this country, we're just too uncomfortable I suppose to truly air it out.
As per Hardaway's argument, I suppose we should also conclude that men and women cannot ever work together, due to the uncontrollable attraction "straight" people are bound to have to each other, men and women must undoubtedly work in crippling fear that someone they find unattractive will hit on them or look at them.
so umm... I wonder how many kids Hardaway has bred.
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2-15-2007 @ 8:36AM
Dan said...
Wow...talk about discrimination! And he expects people to believe that his comments were a "mistake". Little does he know that there are gay people all around him, people that he would never suspect were gay, and likely in his very own family. Well, little Timmy has shown his true "color", hasn't he? Hatred works both ways, Tim. The feeling is mutual.
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2-15-2007 @ 10:23AM
Jordan0823 said...
Having participated in athletics my whole life I have to laugh that anyone would be ignorant enough to believe there are not gay men and women throughout every locker room. They are there and they are the ones you least expect. Hate is a horrible thing and with the comments Hardaway has made, he is first in line to start feeling the hate. I am more concerned that Hardaway is what some consider a good role model for out children...imagine what comments he makes to them.
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2-15-2007 @ 8:58AM
Danny said...
Timmy I'd call you a retard but I feel that would be an insult to retarded people everywhere. Seriously Tim where did you get your education, oh that's right you were good at playing a game so you were never held accountable for your words or actions. I bet you'd be the first to stand next to attention whores Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton to protest a comment made by a person of non color that you feel insults people of color. Guess what Timmy, this is the only way you can be relevant because you no longer get payed to be a retard in the NBA.
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2-15-2007 @ 9:36AM
Gern Blansten said...
Hey Danny...there is no 'y' in 'paid'... you retard.
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2-15-2007 @ 10:39AM
Gern Blansten said...
Hey Danny... there is no 'y' in the word 'paid'... you retard.
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2-15-2007 @ 10:12AM
James said...
Timmy's career is over and done. Now all he's doing is tarnishing the image he had made for himself. Keep it up Timmy, and we'll all remember you for your ignorance and blatant homophobia. You haven't done anything else lately. It's a shame to throw all of that away.
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2-15-2007 @ 10:15AM
Cashmoney said...
I don't blame him, I would'nt want to have to share showers with a guy who may have just had sexual relations w/ another guy the night prior either. Its not right to those who are straight.
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2-15-2007 @ 10:24AM
ray said...
why don't people who express support and tolerance for amaechi get credit for being honest? why is it only the bigots who are looked upon as being true to their beliefs? being politically correct isn't like being a nazi or a terrorist. its annoying, yes, but the whole thing has been warped completely. personally, i would rather be politically correct than be a brainless retarded bigot.
oh, and leroy leroni, it's the "breeders" who rule? are we talking about basketball players or horses?
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2-15-2007 @ 10:56AM
tim said...
Lets get one thing straight you jackasses, the plight of blacks and other minorities is not equal to the plight of homosexuals. Everytime a gay issue comes up, everyone has to equate it to the civil rights movement, and what black people had to go through. Lets get one thing straight, gay people arent getting sprayed with firehouses, getting attacked by POLICE dogs, and made to sit in their own SPECIAL gay section of every public building. Race is not a choice, its like your height or your gender. But for many people, sexual orientation is a choice, and for those people being gay is wrong, and for those of you that think that the large majority of people in this country arent at the very least uncomfortable around gay people than you are sadly mistaken. Yes it was bigoted and ignorant to say you hate all gay people, but to be uncomfortable with a gay dude in the locker room is understandable. GAY does not equal sex crazy or whatever, but being a male usually does. Imagine a straight man in a female's locker room, its the same thing.
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2-15-2007 @ 11:07AM
anonymous said...
You know, I hate black people, so I let it be known. I don't like black people and I don't like to be around black people. I am racist. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States.
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