Tim Hardaway, Hating On Gays, Channels Inner 13-year-old

Author: Dawn Olsen
Published: February 15, 2007 at 2:22 pm
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During a radio interview with Miami Sports Coumnist Dan Le Batard, former NBA forward Tim Hardaway let loose his inner feelings about gays when asked how he'd feel playing on a team with a teammate who was gay. This whole debate was brought up in response to a new book written by former NBA center John Amaechi, who writes about his life in the NBA as a closeted gay man.

Here's what Tim had to say about the matter:

"First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. And second of all, if he was on my team, I would really distance myself from him because, uh, I don't think that is right. I don't think he should be in the locker room while we are in the locker room. But stuff like that is going on and there's a lot of other people I hear that are like that and still in the closet and don't want to come out of the closet, but you know I just leave that alone.''

And in case that was too ambiguous, he continued to open his heart more about gays:
"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.''

So what, he doesn't like gays. The guy has the right doesn't he?

When I was asked about Tim Hardaway and how would I feel about him being in my carpool, I had this to say:

"First of all, I wouldn't want him in my car. And second of all, if that tall motherfucker was in my car, I would ram it into a telephone mycar.JPGpole, because I don't think that dribbling nonsense they do is right. It's like voodoo or something. I don't think he should be in any cars, let his ass walk everywhere and get splashed when it's wet. Who wants his lanky ass around messing up my floormats and whatnot? I hear they try and slump down and pretend they're shorter, but they ain't foolin' nobody. I don't bother with his kind, I'd just shove him out of my car. Or maybe leave him in there with the windows rolled up, on a hot day, scrunched up and panting."

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