Former UTEP guard Tim Hardaway is one of 14 finalists for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for the Class of 2021.
Hardaway played at UTEP from 1985-89 and was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1989. Hardaway was a 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist and played 13 years in the NBA.
He scored 15,373 points, averaged more than 20 points a game for four straight seasons currently ranks 18th in NBA history with 7,095 assists.
The native of Chicago was a first round pick in the 1989 NBA Draft and played for Golden State, Miami, Dallas, Denver and Indiana.