Last Updated on July 25, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Watch Tim Gittens for a few possessions and the first thing that stands out is how willingly he embraces the physical side of the game, carving out rebounding position and making every cut through the lane a battle for defenders. His offensive production has come more from timing than volume, with hard rolls to the rim, second-chance finishes, and disciplined off-ball movement shaping the way he influences possessions.

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)

Scouting Report

The first thing you notice with Tim Gittens is how comfortable he is playing through contact without ever looking rushed. He isn’t the kind of forward who survives on scripted touches; he reads defenders, establishes deep seals when the angle is there, and is just as willing to flip into a dribble handoff or short-roll decision if the defence loads up early. To me, his scoring becomes more effective because he rarely forces the first option. He’ll pivot, re-screen, relocate along the baseline and wait for the possession to bend back toward him. Defensively, his value comes less from chasing highlights than from consistently arriving in the right place as the low man, using his frame to absorb drives before recovering back to his assignment. There are moments when quicker ball handlers can pull him into uncomfortable space, particularly if he’s isolated after a late switch, and that trade-off limits how aggressively you can ask him to defend certain spread pick-and-roll actions. Even so, he understands angles well enough to survive in drop coverage and rarely gives away easy interior position. That’s where his game feels most useful: alongside guards who can collapse the defence and involve him in empty-side actions, allowing him to screen, roll, make the simple read and finish possessions without dominating the ball. The interesting thing is that his offensive rhythm often improves when he touches it less, because his patience creates cleaner windows than constant post hunting ever would. His overall profile brings to mind players such as Grant Williams for the physical screening and positional discipline, with flashes of Trey Lyles in the way he can keep an offence moving while opportunistically attacking mismatches rather than searching for them.

Sources:

Headache 13 Foundation — Tim Gittens – Headache
Sports Reference — Tim Gittens College Stats
AND1 — AND1 Mixtape Tour Players | Hot Sauce | The Professor