Tim Hardaway to the Hall of Fame?

[BleedingOrange]

Hardaway has been named one of 12 finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame. How cool would that be?

msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/basketball-hall-of-fame-finalists-named-gary-payton-tim-hardaway-021513

Also in the running is Gary Payton, whom I've never liked at all but has ties to UTEP. If any of you read Haskins's autobiography ("Glory Road"), Payton desperately wanted to come to UTEP but we had already given out all our scholarships. Interesting story!

[MinerMan2010]

I think Tim would get in, but who knows now since he had those homophobic slurs a few years ago. Payton is a shoe-in though.

[BleedingOrange]

At the risk of sounding homophobic myself (it seems you have to support homosexuality 100% these days or you're labeled a homophobe), I thought that whole thing with Hardaway was blown way out of proportion. He simply gave an honest answer to the question of whether or not having a gay teammate would make him uncomfortable. It was a loaded question, and rather than give the PC response or simply dodge the question, he answered it. (And many then-current NBA players anonymously echoed his sentiments, if I remember correctly.)

At any rate, if Michael Vick can recover from his dog killing spree, and Ray Lewis can retire a Super Bowl hero after dodging a murder case and deer antler spray scandal, I certainly hope the Hall will forgive Timmy for his indiscretions.

[MinerMan2010]

Good point. Vick isn't HOF material, it will be interesting to see what happens with Ray Lewis.