![]() ![]() In the first round, the 7th seeded Warriors defeated the 2nd seeded San Antonio Spurs led by All-Star David Robinson in 4 games to advance to face the 3rd seeded Los Angeles Lakers led by NBA legend Magic Johnson. Golden State made the playoffs during the 1990–91 season, Hardaway's second season and his first season in the playoffs. As part of the Warriors' attack, Hardaway was responsible for leading Run TMC's fast break, displaying his excellent passing and one-on-one skills to complement Richmond's slashing and Mullin's shooting. Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin formed a trio known as Run TMC (the initials of the players' first names and a play on the name of the popular rap group Run-DMC). After Bol left the Warriors, Hardaway acquired the number. In his rookie season, Hardaway wore number 5 on his jersey, as Manute Bol wore Hardaway's 10. Hardaway was selected as the 14th overall pick of the 1989 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. JSTOR ( January 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. While playing for the Miners, Hardaway developed his crossover dribble move that was called the "UTEP two-step". He won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award in 1989 as the best college player in the nation six feet (1.83 m) tall or under. He played on teams that went to the NCAA Tournaments in 19. Hardaway was twice named MVP of El Paso's Sun Bowl Invitational Tournament, in 19. Hardaway played college basketball for the UTEP Miners under head coach Don Haskins, a future member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Hardaway was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he graduated from Carver Military Academy. ![]() He is the father of current NBA player Tim Hardaway Jr. He was known for his crossover dribble which was dubbed the " UTEP two-step" by television analysts. Hardaway won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and All-NBA Team selection. Hardaway played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. (born September 1, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. If you’re going to win the games that matter most, you’ll need stars to carry you.Carver Military Academy (Chicago, Illinois) If Alonzo Mourning is out there, get him. And it laid the blueprint for Riley’s management philosophy. A franchise forged in the fire, if you will. They may not have climbed the mountaintop until years later with a different set of stars, but the Hardaway-Mourning core proved battle-tested enough to earn the reputation Riley was aiming for. ![]() Miami may have lost their next series to Chicago. For a franchise to become a fully realized threat, it has to cross the threshold. But it’s not enough to win regular season games and go the distance. 1 seed playing a do-or-die game for the right to play a Chicago Bulls team that Riley called the greatest in the history of the game. For a 1988 expansion team, it was a great feat to be a No. Hardaway didn’t play nervous, which is exactly what he said after his career masterpiece. ![]() Why historic? At the time, Hardaway and John Starks were the first players, ever, to attempt seven a night outside of Michael Adams – a member of Doug Moe’s turbo-boosted Denver Nuggets (a year after Moe left but Denver still played the same way) group that messes with historical data almost as much as Wilt Chamberlain. It wasn’t until 1994-95 – perhaps not coincidentally after missing a full year with a knee injury which robbed him of some quickness, along with a temporarily shortened three-point line that raised attempts across the league– that he really started launching, topping the historic number of seven attempts a night. More noteworthy is that he was a volume shooter, one who created shots in ways very few of his peers could even attempt.Īfter taking only 1.1 threes per game in his rookie 1989-90 season, Hardaway jumped up to 4.6 and 4.7 in his third and fourth seasons – a run of three-straight All-Star appearances that began with his sophomore campaign. In fact he was about bang-on average for his career at 35.5 percent, only once – in his rookie season – finishing above 39 percent or below 33. ![]()
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