ORLANDO – Whenever Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. gets in a funk on the basketball court, guess who is just a phone call away to help steer him back on the right path?
His father – Tim Hardaway Sr.
Hardaway Sr. played in the NBA from 1989-2003, was a five-time All-Star, won a gold medal with the United States Olympic team in 2000, and also was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last year. Thus, he knows about the ups and downs of a pro basketball player, and about all the negativity surrounding the game that can get a player mired in a shooting slump.