Tim Hortons also has an international restaurants with 500 in the United States as of December 2008 , with one opened in Detroit and owned by former NBA player Derrick Coleman and one on a Canadian military base outside Kandahar , Afghanistan . Tim Hortons ' international presence includes outlets in the United States ( including one opened in Detroit and owned by former NBA player Derrick Coleman ) and one on a military base outside Kandahar , Afghanistan .