RUN TMC....Tim, Mitch, and Chris.....had EAST BAY doing big things in the LATE 80's and early 90's

Not since Coach Al ATTLES, Rick BARRY, and Nate THURMOND has the EAST BAY seen an explosion with their Hometown WARRIORS when Don NELSON put his Run and Gun STYLE together with these 3 Players.

Tim HARDAWAY, a Chicago Carver HS Grad by way of University of Texas-EL PASO, Mitch RICHMOND, a Ft. Lauderdale DILLARD HS Grad by way of Moberly Junior College in Missouri and Kansas STATE, and Brooklyn New York Native and Catholic Xaverian HS of Brooklyn by way of the JOHNNIES of St. JOHN'S university.

Nellie put this unheralded TRIO of PLAYERS together and it was pure FLASH and DASH to their new nickname....RUN TMC.....standing for the players First Names.....Tim, Mitch, and Chris.

The TRIO was jut spectacular together as you had the Killer Crossover Dribble by Tim HARDAWAY called the "UTEP 2-Step, the All-Around Off-Guard Game with MITCH who could Post you, shoot it from deep, and get to the RIM on nearly anyone, an the Smooth Stand-still Shooting of the KID from GOTHAM CITY by way of BROOKLYN.....MULLIN.

Chris Mullin was the more decorated STAR in College by becoming a Fixture on All-Big EAST TEAMS and All-American Squads at St. JOHN'S under the Sweater-Wearing Lou Carnasecca as well as a Gold Medal Olympian in 1984.
Note***Mullin teamed up in High School with former ROCKETS and Spurs Great Mario ELIE at Power Memorial for a YEAR

Mitch Richmond took another route.....the Junior College Route and became an All-American at Moberly Area CC in Missouri and a All-Conference Performer at Kansas STATE.

Note: Mitch was best friends with NFL Hall OF Famer Micheal IRVIN at Ft Lauderdale Dillard HS

Tim HARDAWAY was a beast of a player ion the Chicago Public League then made a name for himself down at UTEP under legendary Coach...the LATE GREAT Donald Lee HASKINS aka the BEAR. Hardaway was a One-Man fast break at UTEP with that UTEP 2-STEP Crossover and played with the likes of Greg FOSTER, a transfer from UCLA and Antonio DAVIS who played HS BALL in the EAST BAY.

The BEAR who lead the then TEXAS WESTERN (Now UTEP) All Black Team to the 1966 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP over Adolph RUPP and All WHITE Kentucky Wildcats......HEAT President PAT RILEY and ESPN Announcer Larry CONLEY were on that UK Team.

These 3 players also played with Rod HIGGINS, who has now tied at the HIP with Mike JORDAN and President of the Charlotte BOBCATS, and Sarunas MARCIULIONIS the LITHUANIAN Guard who was a RUNAWAY TRAIN on getting to the RIM. He and Arvydas SABONIS teamed up on the Russian National TEAM to take the GOLD Medal in SEOUL KOREA.

NOTE******The US NATIONAL TEAM was still using TOP Collegians at the TIME and that loss Spurred the US NATIONAL TEAM to take a real hard look at using our PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS in the OLYMPICS.

A remarkable Run RUN TMC had in the Late 80's and Early 90's was all for not when Don NELSON and the WARRIORS decided to go in a different direction by trading RICHMOND in his prime to SACRAMENTO for the the rights to SYRACUSE Hot Shot F Billy "the KID" OWENS.......now you know the rest of the story.

Richmond was a SCOUT for the WARRIORS under MULLIN as CHRIS was President and GM for the WARRIORS for some years and now is an ESPN ANALYSTS.

Tim HARDAWAY was working for the Miami HEAT for a WHILE and his younger son Tim HARDAWAY JR now is going into his SOPHOMORE SEASON at UM ann Arbor....and can GET IT...REAL TALK.

RUN TMC or RUN DMC......"AND IT'S LIKE THAT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS......UH!

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