Tim Hardaway played 13 seasons in the NBA. Known as the "UTEP Two-Step," Hardaway was a five-time All-Star and five-time All-NBA player. A first-round draft pick by the Golden State Warriors in 1989, he was known for having one of the best crossovers in the sports. Rising to fame as a member of "Run TMC" along teammates Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin, Hardaway is best known for his rivalry with the New York Knicks as a member of the Miami Heat. Considered one of the best point guards of his generation, he is currently a basketball analyst for FSI and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Jake Uitti's work has appeared in Vanity Fair, the Guardian, Interview, the Nation, the Athletic, and numerous other publications. A Seattle-based writer, Jake has loved and followed the NBA since the early 1990s. Once humorously dubbed "the best under six-foot center in the country," his playing career didn't last past his high school days, but that's when writing took over. The co-author of Muggsy, Earl the Twirl, and Banned, Killer Crossover is his foiur NBA memoir. Uitti resides in Seattle, Washington, with his beautiful and brilliant wife Eva.