Geert Hammink

Player information
Geert Hammink
Full name	Geert Hendrik Hammink
birthday	July 12, 1969
place of birth	Didam, Netherlands
size	210 cm
position	center
college	Louisiana State
NBA draft	1993 , Pick 26, Orlando Magic
Clubs as active
1988–1993 LSU Tigers ( NCAA ) 1993 Clear Cantù 1993–1995 Orlando Magic 1995–1996 Omaha Racers ( CBA ) 1996 Golden State Warriors 1996–1997 Panionios Athens 1997–2000 Alba Berlin 2000–2001 AEK Athens 2001–2002 Aris Thessaloniki 2002– 2004 RheinEnergie CologneUnited States 0 0 00Italy United States United States 0 0 00United States Greece Germany Greece Greece Germany
National team
	Netherlands

Geert Hammink Hendrik (* 12 July 1969 in Didam ) is a former Dutch basketball player, in the American US NBA , German basketball league , the Greek A1 Ethniki and briefly in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A played in. After his active career, Hammink works as a player agent and is part of the agency's management.

College and NBA

Hammink played on the position of the center . During his time at Louisiana State University , he served as the reserve of the later world-famous NBA star Shaquille O'Neal . Only in his final year in college in 1993 as a senior, in which Shaq already played for Orlando Magic in the NBA, he got more playing time and was the best point collector and rebounder of his with an average of 15.3 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game Team. In the following NBA Draft he was selected in the first round by O'Neal's club Orlando. He made a short detour in Italy, where he could not prevent the relegation of Cantù. He then returned to Orlando, but was only able to play a total of eight games for Orlando Magic and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA in three years, interrupted by a detour to the CBA in Omaha.

Greece and Germany

He played his first full season in Europe for Panionios in Athens. He then came to Germany and won three German championships with Alba Berlin, as well as a cup winner in 1999 and vice-versa in the final four tournament of the cup the following year . He won the Greek Cup in 2001 with AEK, with which he also reached the semi-finals in the ULEB Euroleague , which was played for the first time . After a stint at Aris Saloniki, he played again in Germany for the now insolvent RheinEnergie Köln club. With Cologne he reached the cup final twice and won it in 2004.

Web links

Court Side - BasketBall Management and Representation: About Us - Organization - Organizational profile of the player agency in which Hammink is a manager

Geert Hammink NBA & ABA Statistics | Basketball-Reference.com - Statistics on Hammink's NBA playtime including NCAA

Geert Hammink (RheinEnergie Köln) - player profile on the statistics pages of the Basketball Bundesliga (as of 2003/04)

Individual evidence

↑ Axel Gaiser: Agent is looking for a new club for Phoenix player Dreesen. In: derwesten.de . November 10, 2009, accessed January 18, 2012 .
↑ Vote for LSU Basketball's All-Decade Teams: '80s and' 90s - Nominees from The 1990s (1990–1999). LSUSports.net, February 9, 2008, accessed November 26, 2009 (October 29, 2009 version).

personal data
SURNAME	Hammink, Geert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hammink, Gerrit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Didam , Netherlands

[1] Axel Gaiser: Agent is looking for a new club for Phoenix player Dreesen. In: derwesten.de . November 10, 2009, accessed January 18, 2012 .

[2] Vote for LSU Basketball's All-Decade Teams: '80s and' 90s - Nominees from The 1990s (1990–1999). LSUSports.net, February 9, 2008, accessed November 26, 2009 (October 29, 2009 version).