Photo credit: Eric Rivera
Position - PG / SG
Height - 6'3" / Weight - 190 lbs.
Birth Date - 01.27.77
Nationality - USA / Puerto Rico
Tim has great leadership and decision making skills and is like and coach on the floor.
He can create opportunities with his quickness on offense and pressure the opponent into mistakes on defense.
He has a very good assist to turnover ratio.
Tim takes good shots, maintains a high shooting percentage from all areas of the floor and has an excellent post up game.
In the last five years Tim Gittens aka Headache, has become one of most influential streetball players, He has endorsed athletic apparel, and he helped create the streetball mixtape, and starred in the video game Street Hoops from Activision. Playing in National and International Street ball competitions, Headache has become a dominating, feared force on the basketball court.
Professional Career:
Nike Pro City at Hunter College 2005-2008
Brujos de Guayama (BSN - Puerto Rico) 2008
Westchester Phantoms (ABA - USA) 2007-2008
• Team leader on a talented team coached by Teresa Weatherspoon (WNBA, Team USA, Olympian).
Iran Superleague 2006
• From Jan. 2006 to March 2006,Played for the team Khuzestan in the city of Ahwaz. Averaged 18 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block. He finished up the remaining of season to keep them in the superleague.
USA Traveling Team
• May of 2005, a team put together by a New York organization and sponsored by specific Rim International Company. Coached by Tony Parker, Tim Gittens played against the Chinese National team with Yi Jianlian (future NBA draft 2006). The USA team won 2 of the 3 games.
New York Knicks:
Tim Gittens was invited to the Knicks 2004 summer league camp.
Harlem Globetrotters:
Recruited by Manny Jackson, owner of the Trotters, to play for 2 months; Tim will be invited back for the September camp to rejoin the team.
National Rookie League (NRL):
Tim Gittens played for the New York Gotham City Knights, coached by Eddie Young. The Knights lost only one game, holding a perfect record at home. For the season Tim averaged 22 minutes, 7 points, 3.5 rebs, 5 assists, and 3 steals; all while shooting 43% from the field and 90% from the free-throw line.
United States Basketball League (USBL):
2005 Tim played for the Westchester Wildfire where he led them to a 5-2 record putting them in first place of the division. He Averaged 13 minutes, 6 points, 3 asst., 3 rebs., and 1 steal a game.
In 2000 Tim played for the Brooklyn Kings, coached by George Johnson (Former NBA player, of the New Jersey Nets). In his time with the Kings, Tim averaged 7 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists.
College:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Averaging 12 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals; Tim had an outstanding 1 year UWM career.
Junior College:
F.I.T.
Tim Gittens led the Tigers to a remarkable winning record of 28-8 and a seed in the JCCO National Tournament. Tim showed his extreme talent and versatility by playing three positions for the Tigers: point guard, shooting guard, and small forward. He had stellar performances averaging 15 points, 5 steals, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds.
Summer Basketball/AAU: Dyckman Program:
2004 Played NY Nike Pro-Am with Prime Time team, And went to the semi finals. Tim averaged 12 points, 8 asst. and 3 steals.
In 2000, playing alongside Stephon Marbury (New York Knicks) and John Wallace (Miami Heat) his team won the championship.
During the summer of 1999 Tim signed a contract with AND 1, historically becoming one of the first New York City Streetball Legends to endorse a clothing and sneaker company.
Education
College: Fashion Institute of Technology
Degree: A.A in Advertising & Communication, Graduated 1997
University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Degree: B.A in Marketing, Graduated 1999
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