Dumbass of the Week

Congrats are in order for Tim Hardaway (pictured above) for earning The Beach Chair's first ever "Dumbass of the Week" award. This is not something people should strive for, simply because this award instantly removes you from the beach and any respect you had earned goes out of the window. If you haven't heard, Hardaway hates gay people. He not only hates them, but doesn't want them around and heaven-forbid if he had one as a teammate, he'd distance himself from them. The former five-time NBA all-star's comments came earlier this week while appearing on Dan LeBetard's radio show. They came in response to the recent story about former NBA player John Amaechi's announcement that he was gay.

Hardaway, who hasn't been relevant for (and I'm being generous) about five years now, suffered from the incurable disease that I like to call "give a n---- a mic and he doesn't know how to act." It's just something you don't say. You can not like gay people, you can not want them around. There's nothing wrong with feeling that way. But you can't go on a national radio show and say it and on top of that, use one of the most profound words possible - hate. In a matter of 60 seconds, Hardaway committed career suicide. From now on nobody is going to remember the fact he was a top guard in the 90s, no one is going to think about the Run TMC-era. When we think Tim Hardaway, we will think about his homophobic comments.

Hardaway apoologized a day later and predictably, called on God in the process. But, what's done is done. You can't take it back. There's a difference in being politically correct and flat out dumb, which often comes at a price, which Hardaway now has to pay. What Hardaway failed to realize is that his comments affected a lot of people, even those he has never met.

So once, again the tornado, known as the tongue has gotten someone into trouble. So congratulations Tim, you earned it.