Tim Hardaway, who spent 13 seasons avoiding contact with men in the NBA, was removed from league-related appearances, one day after an anti-gay tirade on a local radio program about former NBA player John Amaechi's admission he was gay with a hard-line stance against gay players in the NBA.
A statement from NBA commissioner David Stern to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel said, "It is inappropriate for him to be representing us given the disparity between his views and ours."
Hardagay's comments include:
"I hate gay people," Hardaway said. "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 sports."
"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," Hardaway said.
"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. There's a lot of other people I hear who are like that and still in the closet. I don't like that."
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WILL THE STUFF EVER END. TI... (Below threshold)1. Posted by DENNIS FM DOVER | February 19, 2007 9:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
WILL THE STUFF EVER END. TIM HARDAWAY, GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER, NOT HIGH IN THE BRAINS DEPARTMENT FOR SURE. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE SHOWED HIM THE OLD GEORGE WALLACE FILM REELS IN ALABAMA SO HE WOULD KNOW WHAT DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE WERE ALL ABOUT. STUPID STUPID STUPID.
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Posted on February 19, 2007 21:12