 Hardaway with the Dallas Mavericks in 2021. | |
| Detroit Pistons | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Shooting Guard / Small Forward |
| League: | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Full name: | Timothy Duane Hardaway Jr. |
| Born: | March 16, 1992 Alameda, California |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Physical stats | |
| Listed height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight: | 205 lbs (93 kg) |
| National Basketball Association career | |
| Debut: 2013 for the New York Knicks | |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Miami Palmetto (Pinecrest, Florida) |
| College: | Michigan (2010–2013) |
| NBA Draft: | 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24th |
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |
| Playing career: | 2013–present (11 years) |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2015 | New York Knicks |
| 2015–2017 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2015 | →Canton Charge |
| 2015–2016 | →Austin Spurs |
| 2017–2019 | New York Knicks |
| 2019–2024 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2024–present | Detroit Pistons |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Timothy Duane Hardaway Jr. (born March 16, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and declared for the NBA Draft after his junior season for the national runner-up 2012–13 team. Hardaway was selected with the 24th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. He has had two stints with the Knicks and has also played for the Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks. He is the son of Hall of Famer Tim Hardaway. As a freshman during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, he earned four Big Ten ConferenceFreshman of the Week awards, including three in the final four weeks during which he averaged over 20 points a game to help the 2010–11 team to climb up to fourth in the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season standings. He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection and a unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman team selection following the season. He established the Michigan freshman record for single-season three-point shots made. He was a 2011 Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America selection and participated as a member of Team USA in the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. As a sophomore for the 2011–12 team, he earned the 2011–12 All-Big Ten 3rd team recognition. He earned 2012–13 All-Big Ten (1st team: coaches and 2nd team: media) recognition.
High school career[]
Hardaway graduated from Miami Palmetto High School in the Pinecrest neighborhood of Miami-Dade County, Florida. As a freshman, he played high school football for a year before focusing on basketball. As he focused on basketball, he had a tumultuous relationship with his father, who acted like a second coach. His first college recruitment contact was by University of Michigan, communicating by mail during his second year. During his junior year, Michigan head coach John Beilein invited him on an unofficial visit to watch Michigan play No. 4 Duke on December 6 to see unranked Michigan pull an upset. The 81–73 victory was an important win for the program.Following his junior season, Hardaway began training with Ed Downs, with whom he would work every summer until he became an NBA draftee. In the summer before his senior season, he attended Beilein's Elite Camp in Ann Arbor, Michigan, receiving an offer that he accepted. At the time, Hardaway was unranked in the Rivals.com Top-150 and his only other offers were from Minnesota and Kansas State. He was a first team All-City selection in 2009 and 2010 after being a third team selection in 2008. During his 2009–10 senior season, he averaged 31.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists. In the Florida state championships against Pine Crest School, he posted 42 points against Brandon Knight who had 36. ESPN rated him as the 93rd-best player and 28th-best shooting guard in the class of 2010. Scout.com rated him as the 36th-best shooting guard in his class. He was not top-ranked by Rivals.com. Hardaway has played summer Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for both the South Florida Heat and Chicago's Mac Irvin Fire, where he teamed with 7-foot (2.13 m) Meyers Leonard and McDonald's All-American Jereme Richmond.
College career[]
Freshman season (2010–2011)[]
Hardaway joined the team that had just lost Manny Harris who had declared for the 2010 NBA Draft, and he began his season in the starting lineup for the 2010–11 Wolverines on November 13 against South Carolina Upstate. Although Hardaway led the team in scoring in his first career game and the season opener with 19 points, he was soon in a shooting slump that saw him shoot 4-for-30 on his field goals in late November games against Syracuse and UTEP. These games marked the beginning of a slump during which he went 13 consecutive games without achieving a 50% field goal accuracy and 19 games without exceeding that number.
Hardaway earned four Big Ten Freshman of the week awards. On December 27, the Big Ten Conference named Hardaway co-freshman of the week along with Jared Sullinger. On December 23, 2010, against Bryant University, the team tied its December 13, 2008, single-game school record of 16 three-point field goals made, and Hardaway was one of three Wolverines to make 4 three-point shots. It was Hardaway's first 20-point game.On February 14, Hardaway earned his second Big Ten Conference Freshman of the week recognition for his first career double-double on February 9 against Northwestern (17 points and a career-high 10 rebounds) and a career-high 26 points on February 12 against Indiana. The following week, Hardaway earned a third Big Ten Conference Freshman of the week award as he became the first Michigan freshman to score 30 points in a game in eight years. His thirty points came in a 75–72 February 19 overtime victory over Iowa. He had also scored 10 points and added 5 assists in a 54–52 loss to Illinois. On February 28, Hardaway earned his third consecutive and fourth overall Big Ten Conference Freshman of the week recognition.During the week, Hardaway extended his double-digit scoring streak to eleven by posting 22 points against Minnesota on February 26 after scoring 16 against No. 12 Wisconsin on February 23. For the week, he shot 9 for 15 on his three-point shots.
As a result of the three consecutive freshman of the week performances and a final week in which he scored 20 in the team's only game, he averaged 20.1 points during the final 7 games of the regular season while the team won six of its final eight, which enabled it to finish tied for fourth for the conference standings and earn the fourth seed in the 2011 Big Ten men's basketball tournament. He led the team in scoring during the 18-game conference schedule of the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, edging out teammate Darius Morris by a 268–263 (14.9–14.6 points per game) margin. He also led the team in steals with (1.17/game), free throw percentage (71.2%, min. 2.0 made/game), three-point shooting percentage (44.2%, min. 1.0 made/game), and three-point shots made per game (2.56) over the course of the conference schedule.Following the Big Ten Conference season, Hardaway was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and the media. Hardaway was also one of two unanimous All-Freshman team selections by the coaches. He was one of 21 players selected to the 2011 Collegeinsider.comFreshmen All-America selection.
In the semi-finals of the 2011 Big Ten tournament against Ohio State, he set the Michigan freshman single-season three-point shots made record of 74.For the season, Hardaway led the team in three-point shots made per game and free throw percentage (among qualifying players). He finished the season with 16 consecutive double digit scoring efforts.
Following the season he was invited to the June 17–24, 2011 17-man tryouts for the 12-man FIBA Under-19 World Championship team by USA Basketball. The twelve selected players competed as Team USA in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championships in Latvia from June 30 to July 10, 2011. He was selected to the team.
Sophomore season (2011–2012)[]
As a sophomore, he was a preseason top 50 watchlist selection for the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith College Player of the Year. In the three-game November 21–23 2011 Maui Invitational Tournament, Hardaway scored 60 points against the No. 8 Memphis Tigers, No. 6 Duke Blue Devils, and 2011–12 Pac-12 seasonfavorite UCLA Bruins, which helped the team finish in third place and earned him a place on the All-Tournament team. For his performance at the Maui Classic, he earned the Big Ten Player of the Week. In addition, he was named Big Ten Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. In the subsequent game, he picked up two fouls against Virginiain the first 5:33 and sat the final 14:27 of the first half. He finished the November 29 contest with just 5 points, snapping a 22-game double-digit scoring streak. On December 29, he opened the 2011–12 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season with 26 points against Penn State, despite making only 1 of 7 three-point shots. On January 8, 2012, he had his second career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds against 19th-ranked Wisconsin. By early February, he was in a deep shooting slump. He posted his second double-double of the season and third of his career on March 1 against Illinois with 25 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. As a sophomore, he earned the 2011–12 All-Big Ten 3rd team recognition by the coaches and media. The team earned a share of the 2011–12 Big Ten Conference regular seasonchampionship.
Professional career[]
New York Knicks (2013–2015)[]
Hardaway tweeted that he chose to wear jersey number 5 because that was his father's number as a rookie. On July 8, the Knicks announced that Hardaway signed a 4-year $6.1 million contract.
Atlanta Hawks (2015–2017)[]
On June 25, 2015, Hardaway was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for the draft rights to Jerian Grant.
New York Knicks (2017-2019)[]
Following the 2016–17 season, the Hawks extended Hardaway a qualifying offer, making him a restricted free agent (giving the Hawks the right to match any offer that he signed). On July 6, 2017, Hardaway received a four-year, $71 million offer sheet from the Knicks; Atlanta had 48 hours to match the offer or lose Hardaway. The Hawks declined to match the offer, and Hardaway signed with the Knicks on July 8.
Dallas Mavericks (2019–present)[]
On January 31st 2019, the New York Knicks conducted a trade with the Dallas Mavericks that would send Kristaps Porzingis, Courtney Lee, and Tim Hardaway Jr. alongside 2 first-round picks, in exchange for Deandre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and the rights to waivers on Ray Spalding. Hardaway Jr. is the current starting shooting guard for the Dallas Mavericks, putting up an efficient 15.8 points per game.