Old Hardaway: Kidd, we are teammates. You DNP, my son never explained. He is too disrespectful.

Recently, former NBA player Hardaway, a veteran, participated in the "All The Smoke" program and talked about his son Hardaway's experience of being DNP in the 2024 playoffs.

Matt Barnes: "Hardaway Jr. was playing for the Mavericks at the time. I want to talk about this because we talked about it before you came. He was the main player who was signed by the team for money, but suddenly he didn't play the ball. As a father, you said something. I have children playing basketball myself, so I understand that feeling. First of all, as a father who has a son playing in the league, watching him try to keep his mind going, what kind of conversation did you have during that day when he should have played but couldn't play. ? "

Old Hardaway: "First of all, as a father, that feeling is very uncomfortable. I know my son should have played, and he can help the team win, but I can't play. He himself knows that he can help the team win, but he doesn't know why, no one gives him an explanation. Kidd and Nico don't tell anyone why he can't play. This is the most uncomfortable thing. You know, if the coach or the general manager comes over and says to you, 'Hey, this is the reason I don't let you play,' I would say, we can accept it . "

"We are all adults and can bear this. But this is a disrespectful approach. You know, I am a teammate who played with you in the 2000 Olympic team. We won the gold medal and were inducted into the Hall of Fame together. We are all in this circle. You coached my son, but you didn't even have any respect. You can't pull him into the room and say to him, 'Hey, for these reasons, I won't let you play.'"

"What I want to say is that this is disrespectful to me and my son . But I told my son, 'Hey, I understand what you are going through, I can tell from your face. Just cheer for your teammates, keep a professional attitude, do everything you should do during training because you never know when the opportunity will come. 'And another thing, I want to say, people always say that he should shoot and score goals when he comes on the court. You both know that you have to find the rhythm, the key is the rhythm. If you can't touch the ball for three, four, or five minutes and keep defending, and when you finally get the ball, you have to find the rhythm first."