Tim Hardaway: 'I hate gay people' will hnt me forever

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• TIM HARDAWAY BLASTED GAYS 2007. NOW HE SAYS ’S KEEPG HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME.
• TIM HARDAWAY SAYS HIS ANTI-GAY MENTS OM 2007 ARE KEEPG HIM OUT OF HALL OF FAME
• HARDAWAY: ANTI-GAY RANT KEEPS ME OUT OF HALL
• RETIRED NBA STAR HARDAWAY SAYS HE HAT 'GAY PEOPLE'
• HARDAWAY: 'I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE'
• 'I HATE GAY PEOPLE,' SAYS FORMER NBA STAR HARDAWAY
• TIM HARDAWAY ‘STILL CRG’ WHEN HE THKS ABOUT SAYG ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ 10 YEARS AGO
• TIM HARDAWAY Q&A: 'I’M NOT THE HALL OF FAME BEE OF WHAT I SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLE'
• TIM HARDAWAY SAYS HE'S NOT HALL 'BEE OF WHAT I SAID 2007 ABOUT GAY PEOPLE'
• TIM HARDAWAY’S ANTI-GAY MENTS SHOULDN’T KEEP HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME
• ‘IT WAS SO WRONG OF ME’: HEAT IN TIM HARDAWAY SPEAKS OUT ON ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENT OM 15 YEARS AGO

TIM HARDAWAY BLASTED GAYS 2007. NOW HE SAYS ’S KEEPG HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME.

“The reason I’m not is bee of what I said 2007 about gay people, ” Hardaway asserted an terview wh Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype.

”Hardaway was referrg to ments he ma that year after former NBA player John Amaechi me out as gay. “Well, you know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, ” Hardaway said at the time on a rad show hosted by ESPN’s Dan Le Batard. “I don’t like gay people, and I don’t like to be around gay people.

"I am homophobic. ” He proceed to take steps to do jt that, cludg gog 2011 to El Paso, where he was a standout at UTEP, to support efforts by the cy’s mayor to offer domtic partnership benefs for gay and unmarried upl. Shortly before dog that, he ma a pot of llg Jason Colls wh a msage of support after the latter me out as the first openly gay active male player major U.

TIM HARDAWAY SAYS HIS ANTI-GAY MENTS OM 2007 ARE KEEPG HIM OUT OF HALL OF FAME

“I’m tryg to do what’s right, supportg gay people and transgenr people.

After a horrendo 2007 rad terview which he proclaimed to hate gay people, Hardaway beme a pariah and one of the fac of homophobia the sports world. In a new terview wh the San Francis Chronicle’s Ron Kroichick, Hardaway elaborated on how he beme the kd of person who would proudly clare “I am homophobic” like was a mer badge:.

HARDAWAY: ANTI-GAY RANT KEEPS ME OUT OF HALL

They stilled you that [homosexualy] wasn’t the way you should be.

RETIRED NBA STAR HARDAWAY SAYS HE HAT 'GAY PEOPLE'

After his homophobia went viral, Hardaway attend unselg and reached out to work wh the lol gay muny around his Florida home. “The reason I’m not is bee of what I said 2007 about gay people, ” Hardaway told HoopsHype an terview that was published Tuday.

“You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, ” Hardaway said on Feb.

“I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people.

HARDAWAY: 'I DON'T HATE GAY PEOPLE'

I am homophobic.

I’m tryg to do what’s right, supportg gay people and transgenr people. ”In 2011, the former UTEP standout returned to El Paso to support the mayor’s proposal for domtic partnership benefs for gay and unmarried upl.

Two years later, he was the first to sign a petn mandg the legalizatn of gay marriage Florida. He also lled then-NBA-player Jason Colls to give his support after Colls 2013 beme the first openly gay active male athlete a major U.

'I HATE GAY PEOPLE,' SAYS FORMER NBA STAR HARDAWAY

He thks he knows why he hasn't joed them: his well-publicized rant om more than a ago, which he said he hated gay people. Mull and Richmond are both the Hardaway Q&A: 'I'm not the Hall of Fame bee of what I said about gay people' — HoopsHype (@hoopshype) March 27, 2019. "You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, " Hardaway told Dan Le Batard on Miami rad 2007.

TIM HARDAWAY ‘STILL CRG’ WHEN HE THKS ABOUT SAYG ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ 10 YEARS AGO

"I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. "Asked about potentially havg a gay teammate -- such as John Amaechi, who had recently e out -- Hardaway rpond: "First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. "Well, you know, the reason I'm not is bee of what I said 2007 about gay people, " he told Hoops Hype recently.

TIM HARDAWAY Q&A: 'I’M NOT THE HALL OF FAME BEE OF WHAT I SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLE'

I'm tryg to do what's right, supportg gay people and transgenr people.

Cockcroft and Eric news servicFeb 14, 2007, 11:11 PM ETFormer Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway said on a rad show Wednday afternoon that he would not want a gay player on his team.

TIM HARDAWAY SAYS HE'S NOT HALL 'BEE OF WHAT I SAID 2007 ABOUT GAY PEOPLE'

Hardaway"You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known, " Hardaway said. "Hardaway was a gut of Miami Herald lumnist Dan Le Batard on Miami sports rad statn WAXY-AM and was asked how he would al wh a gay teammate.

TIM HARDAWAY’S ANTI-GAY MENTS SHOULDN’T KEEP HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME

"It is appropriate for him to be reprentg given the dispary between his views and ours, " Stern said a statement said he had not spoken wh Hardaway, who left Las Vegas on Thursday, but he planned to do Stern said a discsn about openly gay players uld be part of future rookie orientatn programs, he don't see a need to addrs the league. It's not an NBA issue, " Stern said, potg to the ongog bate over gay marriage at the state and feral levels.

"Hardaway apologized for his ments, which me a week after Amaechi beme the first former NBA player to say he was gay. "The are the ments that create the atmosphere that allow some of the tragic cints of homophobia that we've seen. This is what mak the liv of gay and lbian young people schools miserable.

‘IT WAS SO WRONG OF ME’: HEAT IN TIM HARDAWAY SPEAKS OUT ON ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENT OM 15 YEARS AGO

It's what stops gay and lbian people the workplace om g out as well as the fact they n be fed 33 stat for beg gay.

I shouldn't have said I hate gay people or anythg like that, " he said. Two major gay and lbian groups nounced Hardaway's remarks. "Hardaway's ments are vile, repulsive and ditive of the climate of ignorance, hostily and prejudice that ntu to perva sports culture, " said Neil Giuliano, print of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn.