Like father, like son.
After NBA Hall of Famer and former Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway Sr. initially denied his son’s access to wear his retired No. 10 jersey after signing with the Miami Heat last week, there has been a change in mind.
According to the iconic Heat radio play-by-play voice, Jason Jackson, Hardaway Jr. will be wearing his father’s number this season. This marks the first time in franchise history that a retired number will be worn by another player.
Last week, Hardaway Sr. told WQAM that his son couldn’t wear his number because “my legacy is my legacy, and he’s doing it his way.”
As a result, it was originally reported from NBA numerologist Etienne Catalan that Hardaway would wear No. 11. That number was last worn by former Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr., who was shipped to Milwaukee in the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.
The most notable instance of a son wearing his dad’s retired number was when Larry Nance Jr. wore his dad’s No. 22 in the rafters after Nance was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in February of 2018. Nance amassed 217 games across two separate stints with the Cavaliers, averaging 8.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
Now, Tim Jr. will carry on his dad’s legacy.
The 34-year-old is coming off arguably the best season of his career. Hardaway topped his previous career highs in 3-point makes, 3-point percentage and true shooting percentage. Furthermore, Hardaway, who finished third in Sixth Man of the Year voting, averaged 13.5 points and 2.6 rebounds on 44.7/40.7/81.1 shooting splits in his lone season with the Denver Nuggets.
Hardaway’s deal with the Miami Heat was one year for $6.5 million.
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I can’t believe nobody’s talking about the fact that Miami has now had every Hardaway ever to play in the NBA on their roster. We’ve had as many Hardaways now as Butlers. No other team in the league has had as many Hardaways in their locker room at some point or another. As one of the younger teams out there, that’s extremely impressive.
Now if he can just play like his father. (Career 17.7 ppg and 8.2 apg).