Tim Hardaway Jr is more of a calm type and doesn’t make too many waves on the pitch, other than setting the opposing teams on fire with 3-point shots. The Mavs player will a priori never have a live fart like his father, the illustrious Tim Hardaway Sr. The king of the crossover, former All-Star and flashy player of the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat in particular, has had the sons who touched each other one night in 2002, while wearing the Denver Nuggets jersey.
Against Orlando, Tim Hardaway completely lost control, pissed off by Monty Williams, the current Phoenix Suns coach and then Magic player. The anger of the veteran, 36 years old that year, prompted the referees to show him the way to the locker room. Where most of the players would have been content to leave the field, muttering a few insults, Hardaway wanted to mark the occasion.
Interested by the presence of a small TV screen near the scorer’s table, the former member of the trio “Run TMC” (with Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin) grabbed the object and threw it on the floor to show his displeasure.
Tim Hardaway Jr, a masterclass on the land of his father’s exploits
At the time, the point guard had taken two suspension matches and a 10,000 dollar fine. In view of the increased severity of the disciplinary committee these days, one can assume that Tim Hardaway would have been sanctioned a little more severely if he had broken a bolt of the sort in 2021 …
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