ESPN spent all morning on this and aired LeBatard's interview no less than 5 times in the 30 minutes it took me to get to work this morning.
Congratulations to Amaechi for stirring up this non-controversy so he can sell his book which is published by OH look at that, ESPN.
If Amaechi wanted to be a trailblazer and actually do something that would make a difference for people like him in the future he should have come out while he was still playing. Why is everyone acting like he's a hero for coming out at this point in time?
As for Hardaway, he's an idiot plain and simple. He fed the media a big red bloody piece of meat and all the ESPN piranhas will attack it until there's nothing left. Never mind that it was just a guy speaking candidly and giving an interviewer something other than the canned, robotic responses we are accustomed to in this day & age. He told us how he really feels and now he's gonna get blasted for it.
I'm surprised it took ESPN this long to find someone to make comments like this. They must have been looking pretty hard for someone to bring this non-controversy back in to the limelight to sell their book.
When was the last time anything Tim Hardaway said was relevant to anything? He retired from the NBA 4 years ago and apparently is the current co-owner of a carwash and former player/coach of the ABA Florida Pit Bulls which folded after the 2006 season.
Yet he makes some comments and all the sudden it's a big national controversy? Come on ESPN...check yourself.