Detroit Pistons assistant coach Tim Hardaway will face up to six months in jail after pleading no contest Thursday to violating Michigan's “super-drunk” driving law.
Beverly Hills police arrested the former UTEP star about midnight of April 23, after seeing him speeding on 13 Mile near Lahser. He was stopped as he pulled into his driveway, said his lawyer, Mitch Ribitwer.
Hardaway refused a breath test, so police then obtained a search warrant to draw a blood sample. Hardaway's blood-alcohol content was at 0.17 percent, more than double the legal limit of 0.08 percent, and enough to trigger the super-drunk provision of the law that includes stricter penalties.
“The man is 50 years old and never been in trouble in his life,” Ribitwer told John Wisely of the Detroit Free Press. “It was an aberration, and he took responsibility for it.”
Having refused the breath test, Hardaway's license was suspended for a year, starting July 9. Ribitwer is petitioning to have his license reinstated so Hardaway can drive to and from work.
No one else in the house is available to drive Hardaway, his lawyer wrote in a petition seeking the reinstatement.
Hardaway has been married for 24 years with three children, most famously his son, Tim Hardaway Jr., who plays for the Atlanta Hawks.
“Mr. Hardaway is deeply remorseful for his behavior and has an attitude of humility about his situation,” wrote Ribitwer.
Hardaway's sentence is set for Sept. 26. He played 13 NBA seasons, but is most remembered as a member of “Run T-M-C” alongside Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin with the Golden State Warriors back in the early 90s.
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