Tim Hardaway Jr. has a household custom to maintain.
It’s not on the high of his thoughts, and it’s a troublesome process, since his father destroyed the Knicks within the playoffs. However the youthful Hardaway has at the very least thought in regards to the lineage earlier than visiting the Backyard as a playoff opponent.
“I’m going to try my best,” mentioned a laughing Hardaway throughout an interview with The Submit. “It’s kind of hard with him.”
Hardaway’s path again to the Backyard was bumpy, rerouted just a few occasions, and altogether unpredictable. As a child, he watched his Corridor of Fame father deal with New York in postseason battles with the Miami Warmth, most notably with 38 factors in Sport 7 of the 1997 convention semis. Then Hardaway was drafted by the Knicks — and dumped twice by the Knicks — earlier than one other commerce from the Mavericks to New York’s present playoff opponent, the Pistons.
