Last Updated on April 17, 2026 by Mat Diekhake
Here’s the detailed information on Tim Gittens:
Player Profile
- Full Name: Tim Gittens
- Nationality: American
- Age: Likely born in the late 1970s or early 1980s (estimated age: mid-40s as of 2024)
- Hometown: Harlem, New York
- Height: 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 meters)
- Weight: 180 lbs (82 kg)
- Wingspan: 6 feet 2 inches
- Shoe Size: Size 11 (US)
- Jersey Number: Not consistently associated with a specific number
- Position: Point Guard
- High School: Likely attended high school in New York City (specific school not publicly documented)
- College: Played college basketball but details are limited.
- NBA Draft: Not drafted into the NBA
- Teams Played For:
- Known for playing in the AND1 Mixtape Tour, showcasing his streetball skills.
- Championship Rings
- NBA Championships: None
- Kids: Not publicly disclosed
- Siblings: Not publicly disclosed
Player Archetype / Play Style
Tim “Headache” Gittens’s archetype was that of a flashy creative lead guard, built around ball control, improvisation, and crowd-shifting playmaking rather than traditional system-first point guard structure. Defensively, he projected more as a quick-handed perimeter disruptor than a bruising stopper, relying on anticipation, agility, and guard instincts to bother handlers and jump passing lanes. Offensively, his role was to initiate, create off the dribble, break defenders down in space, and generate offense through handle, flair, and passing vision, with enough scoring craft to keep defenses honest. Physically, Gittens was a lean, compact backcourt player with good quickness and coordination, and his overall play style blended streetball creativity with real guard functionality, making him the kind of attacking creator who could entertain, manipulate pace, and still run offense with purpose. (Headache 13)
Sources:
Headache 13 Foundation — Tim Gittens – Headache
Sports Reference — Tim Gittens College Stats
AND1 — AND1 Mixtape Tour Players | Hot Sauce | The Professor