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After hooping in adidas for his first three years in the league and then playing in whatever he wanted as a sneaker free agent, Tim Hardaway Jr. signed a deal with Jordan Brand this past offseason. Interestingly enough, Hardaway Jr. was able to land a contract with Brand Jordan<\/strong> because of his father, former NBA All-Star guard Tim Hardaway.<\/p>\n

The elder Hardaway talked to Michael Jordan about getting his son a contract deal and His Airness followed through.<\/p>\n

From SLAM’s Peter Walsh<\/a>:<\/p>\n

SLAM: How did you link up with Jordan Brand? Did they reach out to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Hardaway Jr:\u00a0<\/strong>It was more of a mutual thing with Jordan Brand. My pops [Tim Hardaway] was a big part of it. I was with adidas for all of college and for my first three years [in the League], but I played my fourth season in the NBA as a sneaker free agent. I just loved playing in Jordans and Kobe ADs.<\/p>\n

They just felt comfortable. I just told my pops, \u2018Hey, I love these shoes, even though they\u2019re lows.\u2019 My pops doesn\u2019t like me playing in lows. I played in the shoes in the playoffs, when we played against the Wizards.<\/p>\n

After the season, I was talking to my agent [about brands] and told him, \u2018Hey, what\u2019s up with Jordan? I don\u2019t care what they give me, it\u2019s just the honor to be able to play for the Jumpman and go out there and represent him in a great way.\u2019 That was the pitch I gave them. And then my pops tried to talk to Jordan personally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So in large part because of his father, Hardaway Jr. will mainly be rocking the\u00a0Air Jordan XXXII this season.<\/p>\n

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