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Heat Central: Chris Bosh speaks on making things right with the Heat organization when he got his jersey retired: “It was really on the Heat to do that. Speaking with those in charge, Pat Riley, Nick and Micky, they were so cordial during the process. We had to make amends. There was some battles with me trying to come back and play and all that stuff. Having my name up there in the rafters next to Shaq, D Wade, Hardaway, Haslem, that’s the greatest. Alonzo mourning. I have to stunt on the NBA players. If you think you’ll have a career like mine you gotta go to Miami and look up there. You gotta long way to go. It’s a long way up there… if you’re lucky you get to do what you love. I love basketball… two championships, I couldn’t make it up if I wanted too.” (Via nbataketwo YT)

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Heat Central: Tim Hardaway Sr. on LeBron James to the Miami Heat: “I will say this, the longer it goes I think the Miami Heat have the best shot at getting him. The longer it goes, Pat Riley can convince you. — I think Miami is the best fit for him skill set wise. They need another ball handler” (Via @SiriusXMNBA)

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Former NBA star Tim Hardaway Sr. doesn’t think it’s wise for active NBA players to have their own podcasts or host livestreams. Hardaway co-hosts the Crossover Podcast with former NBA player Lindsay Hunter, and on a recent edition of the program, he explained how former NBA commissioner David Stern would have said “HELL NO” to players hosting their own podcasts and livestreams. “I never agree with a guy having his own podcast on a team,” Hardaway explained. “I just don’t agree with that… Whether it’s streaming or whatever. While they’re playing… During the season. Like [Draymond Green], I don’t agree with him. You know, it’s alright to them, but I feel that you’re disrespecting these other teams… And Adam Silver just let it go. David Stern would have been like, ‘HELL NO! We’re not doing it.'”

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Tim Reynolds: Tim Hardaway Jr. on wearing No. 10 and having that number in the rafters: "Coming here, when I was an opponent, I feel like it gave me a superpower in a way."

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Anthony Chiang: It should come as no surprise, but @TheJaxShow is correct. Tim Hardaway Jr. will wear No. 10 in Miami. Tim Hardaway Sr. changed his mind and will allow his son to wear his number with the Heat.

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The Hall of Famer talked about the possibility of allowing his son to don his retired number on the Hochman, Crowder and Solana Show: "My legacy is my legacy. Even though he likes to wear number 10, that is not coming down from the rafters." When reflecting on the significance of having a jersey retired, he said: "That is tough to do. And when it's up there, you want it to stay up there and you don't want nobody to touch it," the legendary guard added. "And I love him, I love him to death, I'm happy for him. He's been to three places I have never been in: a Final Four, a championship, and now he's going to his hometown team. I'm happy that he's doing it, but no, he can't wear number 10."

BasketNews

Tim Hardaway Jr. is heading back to Miami — the city where his father cemented his NBA legacy — after reportedly agreeing to a one-year, $6.5 million deal with the Heat. The move brings the younger Hardaway to the franchise where Tim Hardaway Sr. became one of its most iconic players. But while Hardaway Jr. will wear a Heat uniform, he won’t wear the No. 10 jersey hanging above Pat Riley Court at Kaseya Center. That number belongs to his father, and it is staying retired.

New York Times

The first Tim Hardaway to play for the Miami Heat is thrilled that another Tim Hardaway is joining the Heat. “When it became official, it was great. We are very happy,” Tim Hardaway Sr. said of his son joining an organization that he once starred for. “We’ve been waiting on this for a long time.”

Miami Herald

The agreement brings the 34-year-old Hardaway Jr. back to Miami, where he grew up and graduated from Palmetto High School before playing at Michigan in college and then being drafted by the New York Knicks with the 24th overall pick in 2013. Hardaway Jr. still lives in Miami during the NBA offseason. “A couple of times we tried to get him there, but it just didn’t work,” Hardaway Sr. said. “It just didn’t work. This time it worked out. And he’s happy. We’re happy. He’s at home, he’s where he wants to be at.”

Miami Herald

Hardaway Sr. believes his son will fit in well with the Heat as a three-point shooting floor spacer around its leading duo of Bam Adebayo and Giannis Antetokounmpo. “I’m happy because they play the right way,” Hardaway Sr. said. “Erik Spoelstra makes sure they play the right way. They make sure that they get in offense, run offense. The first priority is three-point shooters. Get your shooters off. Let’s get a shot as quickly as we can first and see if we get an easy shot. And then after that, let’s run some offense. Let’s go down, set some screens. Let’s move, pass, and cut. Play the right way. Spacing, all that type of stuff. It fits right into Tim’s game. That’s what he likes to do. That’s how he likes to play. And it fits right into his style.”

Miami Herald

Now a player he thought compared to other unconventional all-time greats he had drafted -- Steve Nash and Tim Hardaway -- had somehow fallen to his team at No. 33. "All I know is he had the same things that Hardaway and Nash had -- heart, brains and balls," Nelson told ESPN. "Those are things that generally don't fit into an analytics model."

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Heat Central: Tim Hardaway Is taking prime Dwyane Wade over Prime LeBron James 👀 “LeBron has longevity. I’m taking Prime Flash over Prime LeBron… I know basketball. I’m a hall of famer… Look at the facts. Just look at it. Calm down” (Via Crossover Podcast)

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Run It Back: “If Grant Hill was 100% healthy, he would've never left Detroit." Tim Hardaway Sr. says Grant Hill would've been "up there" if injuries didn't derail his career

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Run It Back: Tim Hardaway Sr. does NOT have LeBron in his top-5 of all-time "MJ, Kobe, Magic, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then you go from there. You got Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal."

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