Tim Hardaway Jr.

Courtesy of UMHoops:

According to ESPN’s Chad Ford, Hardaway has been extremely impressive at pre-draft workouts, not only competing against fellow guard prospects such as Isaiah Canaan, but besting them. Ford called Hardaway “the best player on the floor for all two hours” of a workout that he watched on Tuesday.

Hardaway has all the physical tools to be a dominant NBA player.  Hopefully he can put it all together in the NBA.

Tim Hardaway Jr. was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this season and third time in his career. Michigan players have now captured 9 out of 22 of the conference's player or freshman of the week awards.

2012-13 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 12         P:    Tim Hardaway Jr., Jr., MICH
                      F:    Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell, IND

Nov. 19         P:    Deshaun Thomas, Jr., OSU
                      F:    Gary Harris, MSU

Nov. 26         P:    Andre Hollins, So., MINN
                     F:    Nik Stauskas, MICH

Dec. 3            P:    Andre Almeida, Sr., NEB
                      F:    Nik Stauskas, MICH

Dec. 10         P:    Brandon Paul, Sr., ILL
                      F:    Gary Harris, MSU

Dec. 17         P:    Trey Burke, So., MICH
                      F:    Mike Gesell, IOWA

Dec. 24         P:    Derrick Nix, Sr., MSU
                      F:    Mitch McGary, MICH

Dec. 31         P:    Tracy Abrams, So., ILL
                      F:    Nik Stauskas, MICH

Jan. 7             P:    Trey Burke, So., MICH
                      F:    Glenn Robinson III, MICH

Jan. 14          P:    Cody Zeller, So., IND
                      P:    Deshaun Thomas, Jr., OSU
                     F:    Sam Dekker, WIS

Jan. 21          P:    Tim Hardaway Jr., Jr., MICH
                      F:    Shavon Shields, NEB

Not enough for a full post from this game, but wanted to drop these off anyway:

Also, Tim Hardaway Jr. photo spectacularr is definitely still a thing:

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Trey Burke, G, Michigan: As a freshman, Burke (14.8 ppg, 4.6 apg) led Michigan to a share of the Big Ten title. He enters 2012-13 as one of the most prolific point guards in America.

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Tim Hardaway Jr., G, Michigan: Burke’s backcourt mate was equally pivotal in Michigan’s push for the Big Ten title after averaging 14.6 ppg last season.

Other Big Ten players on the list:

• Keith Appling, MSU
• Aaron Craft, OSU
• Tim Frazier, Penn St.
• Brandon Paul, Illinois
• Deshaun Thomas, OSU
• Christian Watford, Indiana
• Cody Zeller, Indiana

Also saw this on Twitter:

Michigan's Big Ten championship banner will be raised before N.C. State game in ACC/B1G Challenge on Nov. 27.

— Rod Beard (@detnewsRodBeard) November 8, 2012

Here is an AWESOME article on THJ titled: Father hasn't always known best 

"Absent of his father's criticism Tim Jr. began to see how he was leading his team and how heavily Palmetto coach Chris Brown relied on him. Brown had seen Tim Jr.'s maturity from day one.

Before, with the steep criticism, he thought he couldn't do anything well. But eventually, Tim Jr. began to see how his growth in the game was a process. How he had taken baby steps in every aspect of his game and how that had allowed him to take larger steps as a whole.

"He needed to fail and succeed on his own, without that added pressure, to reach his own potential," Brown said.

Brown saw the change in the Tim Jr. after the Coral Reef game. He saw a player who was more at ease, a player willing to take chances on the floor. In Brown's mind, it was Tim Jr.'s mindset that had always separated him from his peers. Between his junior and senior seasons, his body filled out and his game finally came together."

More at http://espn.go.com/colleges/michigan/basketball/story/_/id/7326235/tim-hardaway-jr-father-butted-heads-sorting-relationship