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What misconception about a player did you have for multiple years?

  • August 10, 2022


Up until about 2018, I thought Tim Hardaway was gay.

Back in 2007 I remember briefly hearing about Tim Hardaway and gay people and for some reason my brain registered it as him being gay, maybe a bit of Streisand effect. Then I was a casual for the first few years of Tim Hardaway Jr.’s career, but around 2018 when I heard the name and processed it I went that’s interesting/cool, a gay guy had a son.

Then I looked it up and saw that Hardaway Sr. was [actually bashing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/03/28/tim-hardaway-says-past-comments-about-gay-people-are-keeping-him-out-hall-fame/) gay people saying “Well, you know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known.”

So now everytime I see or hear Tim Hardaway Jr.’s name I laugh a bit to myself.

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  3. Jokic is just a slow and unathletic big who gets tons of hype for his flashy passes.

    Then I saw 3 seasons of him play and ate those words

  4. I felt like Monta Ellis was snubbed every year he was on the Warriors for the all star game.

  5. For a while I thought Shaq had a shorter career/prime because he was fatter when he was older.

    At age 33 Shaq was in season 13 and finished 2nd in MVP voting. He also received his final All-NBA selection when he was 37 having finished his 17th season in the NBA.

    Shaq’s longevity is largely understated and people attribute his decline in his mid-30’s way too much to his weight and not enough to the fact he was just at the age where players typically declined.

  6. I thought Dejounte would be the likable one out of the duo. Now we’re running duel toxic kings.

  7. Ive been mentally confusing reggie bullock and reggie evans and just realized it recently

  8. I had the misconception that Bernard King is not a massive piece of shit, and then I discovered he is in fact a massive piece of shit.

  9. I thought Bill Walton kind of sucked because I first saw him as the end of bench guy on the late 80s Celtics after injuries had devastated his ability

  10. Not a player but I was that memed idiot who thought Tony brothers was “the Tony brothers” for a couple years

  12. Drummond was averaging 25/15 in my MyLeauge a few years back, so I thought that he was good

  13. Tim Hardaway would later change his views and campaign in support of gay rights legislation

  14. When I was very little, I was convinced Allen Iverson was one of the GOAT’s and nobody could have told me otherwise

  15. Talking about Jr.’s: I thought for a long time that the current Isiah Thomas, was Pistons legend Isiah Thomas’ son, lol

  17. I used to think really tall dudes couldn’t shoot FTs. I grew up with Shaq and Tim Duncan. Then I saw KAT and Dirk and KD and realized that 7 footers can shoot free throws.

  19. I thought Jason Kidd was fully white for the longest time. In a related note, I thought Derek Jeter was Italian for awhile.

  20. When I was younger and before I really got into basketball, I legitimately believed in the Scalabrine memes and a friend clowned me for being gullible. I am now undefeated against him in our fantasy league for 3 years.

  22. There were two Cliff Robinsons playing in the NBA, one that was drafted in 1979 and the other (better) one, who was drafted in 1989. Their careers overlapped enough that I thought there was just one SuperCliff who played from the time I was in first grade until I was a practicing physician.

  27. I used to think Carmelo Anthony wanted to win and would adjust his game to do so. Big oof.

  28. I thought Patrick Ewing had a pretty bland personality but then saw him in the 30 for 30 Winning Time… and man, we don’t have enough Ewing content!

  29. When I was young and Iggy was on the sixers I thought he was a dumb offense only player since he was so athletic but not a star.

  31. I saw Pat Bev as a crazy crackhead bum until he started doing all those interviews this year. I still think he’s a bum but he cracks me up and I think he’s pretty crafty.

  32. I thought Deandre Ayton spoke with a Bahamian accent, but it is more of an American accent.

  39. This feels like the Tom Segura joke about how his Dad told him Tommy Lee Jones was gay

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