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Former NBA player John Amaechi publicly outted himself a couple of days back, and the media picked up the story like it was government cheese. To my recollection Amaechi was more well-known for his international player status than for anything he did on the court and I was sort of "meh, okay" on the news, but I was curious as to what players would think. Then I caught Tim Hardaway's little diatribe on SportsCenter yesterday morning (or was it this morning?) My response to that? Thank God. Not "thank God, let's be an asswipe" but thank God he's being straightforward. Don't sugarcoat the hate or hide it; it makes it much easier to know who to avoid and who to write off as a dickwad. I'm with Amaechi's response all the way.