Tim Hardaway apologiz for his 'I hate gay people' ments om 15 years ago: 'I was jt tght differently' - Heat Natn

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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
• WHEN TIM HARDAWAY SR. MA C HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS AND LATER HAD TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR : "I HATE GAY PEOPLE, SO I LET BE KNOWN"
• HARDAWAY: ANTI-GAY RANT KEEPS ME OUT OF HALL
• TIM HARDAWAY’S ANTI-GAY MENTS SHOULDN’T KEEP HIM OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME
• TIM HARDAWAY SAYS: 'I HATE GAY PEOPLE'
• TIM HARDAWAY APOLOGIZ FOR HIS ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENTS OM 15 YEARS AGO: ‘I WAS JT TGHT DIFFERENTLY’
• ‘IT WAS SO WRONG OF ME’: HEAT IN TIM HARDAWAY SPEAKS OUT ON ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENT OM 15 YEARS AGO
• JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

“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.

WHEN TIM HARDAWAY SR. MA C HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS AND LATER HAD TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR : "I HATE GAY PEOPLE, SO I LET BE KNOWN"

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. Shockgly ma some anti-gay ments that ed him to receive a ton of flak.

HARDAWAY: ANTI-GAY RANT KEEPS ME OUT OF HALL

Hardaway was already four years to his retirement when he spoke to Dan LeBatard on “790 The Ticket” about his views on gay people:. "You know, I hate gay people, so I let be known.

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

I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. Tim Hardaway ed even more ntroversy when asked to ment about John Amaechi, a former NBA player who admted he was gay.

Amaechi revealed he was gay a week before Hardaway’s fiery ments. He publicly apologized for his anti-homophobic stance:.

"I grew up a church, and that's the way church were -- they stilled you that [homosexualy] wasn't the way you should be. Tim Hardaway was nvced he wasn’t selected earlier to the Naismh Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame bee of his anti-gay ments 2007. His ments about gay people, however, may have put an asterisk on his name that kept voters om enshrg him the Hall of Fame.

TIM HARDAWAY SAYS: 'I HATE GAY PEOPLE'

"I’m not the Hall of Fame bee of what I said about gay people.

Former NBA profsnal basketball player Tim Hardaway exprsed remorse for ments he ma 2007 where he clared he was "homophobic" and hated gay people. "I grew up a church, and that's the way church were -- they stilled you that [homosexualy] wasn't the way you should be, " Hardaway told Kroichick and the Chronicle. 1661801419Hardaway ma the origal homophobic ments durg a 2007 terview on The Dan Le Batard Show rponse to a qutn about how he would handle havg a gay player as a teammate.

TIM HARDAWAY APOLOGIZ FOR HIS ‘I HATE GAY PEOPLE’ MENTS OM 15 YEARS AGO: ‘I WAS JT TGHT DIFFERENTLY’

""You know that what you're sayg there, though, Timmy is flatly homophobic, right? "Well, you know, I hate gay people, " Hardaway rpond at the time.

I don't like gay people. I don't like to be around gay people. Yeah, I'm homophobic.

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

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

JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

Tim Hardaway is back the news, this time makg a new claim that his anti-gay, reputatn-stroyg rant 2007 is the reason he’s not the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The gay ments Tim Hardaway ma 2007 were really bad. Former NBA player John Amaechi had jt e out publicly as gay, and he had seen a healthy dose of support om current and former NBA players.