Kevin Hamilton

Kevin Hamilton
Player information
Full name	Kevin Bernard Hamilton (Rivera), Jr.
birthday	May 2, 1984
place of birth	Queens Village (NYC), United States
size	192 cm
position	Point Guard / Shooting Guard
college	Holy Cross
Club information
society	Indios de Mayagüez
Clubs as active
2002–2006 Holy Cross Crusaders ( NCAA ) 2006–2007 Polpak Schwetz 2007 Cariduros de Fajardo 2007 Besançon BCD 2008 Cariduros de Fajardo 2008–2009 Anker Kolberg 2009 Indios de Mayagüez 2009–2011 New Yorker Phantoms 2011 Indios de Mayagüez 2011–2014 BBC Bayreuth 2012 Indios de Mayagüez 2013 Indios de Mayagüez 2014 Indios de Mayagüez 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000

Kevin Bernard Hamilton, Jr. (Born May 2, 1984 in Queens Village , New York City ) is an American basketball player . After studying in his home country, Hamilton turned pro and played in Poland and Germany in particular . Most recently he played for Medi bayreuth in Germany from 2011 to 2014 .

Hamilton's father Kevin sr. was the 92nd pick in the 1980 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics , whose career as a player without commitment for the Celtics ended at a young age due to a serious elbow injury. He then worked as a trainer at college and at Holy Cross High School in Queens. Kevin Jr., whose mother Netty is from Puerto Rico , went to school at Archbishop Molloy High School, where he was trained by coach Jack Curran, who had already trained several players who later made the jump into the NBA . To study he went to the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester (Massachusetts) . There he was active for the college team Crusaders in the Patriot League of the NCAA Division I, whose most famous player is the Basketball Hall of Fame member Bob Cousy . Hamilton tops the Crusaders' leaderboard in transformed three-point throws and ball wins .

After completing his studies, Hamilton signed a professional contract in 2006 in the Polish Schwetz and played for Polpak in the first Polish division PLK . After an injury, he first returned to his home country and then played in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional in his mother's country of birth . In early December 2007 he tried in the French second division Pro B at Basket Comté Doubs from Besançon to gain a foothold again in Europe, but after two games his trial contract was terminated so that he only played professionally in Puerto Rico the following summer. In 2008, the German coach Sebastian Machowski , who still knew him as an opponent in Poland, brought him back to the Polish league, where Hamilton was able to achieve the most assists and ball wins per game in the 2008/09 season and the Polish one with the Kotwica club from Kolberg Cup won.

In 2009 Machowski also ensured Hamilton's commitment by the New York Phantoms from Braunschweig in the German BBL, to which Machowski had switched for the 2009/10 BBL season . In that season, the club managed to qualify for the play-offs for the German championship for the first time in seven years , in which they defeated the defending champion and main round first EWE Baskets Oldenburg in the first round . After losing in the semifinals against the eventual champions Brose Baskets from Bamberg , the following season reached the final of the German Cup , which was also lost to defending champion Brose Baskets. In the play-offs of the BBL season 2010/11 , they were eliminated in the first round this time, although they had improved to fifth place after the main round. For the 2011/12 season, Hamilton has signed a contract with league competitor BBC Bayreuth , so that Machowski and Hamilton parted ways for the time being. For the 2012/2013 season, Hamilton extended his contract in Bayreuth by two years until 2014.

For the 2014/2015 season, Hamilton did not receive a new follow-up contract in Bayreuth. He then played over the summer as in previous years for the Indios de Mayagüez in Puerto Rico.

Web links

• easyCredit BBL - Kevin Hamilton - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
• BSN: Hamilton Rivera, Kevin - player profile on the pages of BSN de Puerto Rico ( Spanish )
• LIMELIGHTHOOPS: Hamilton, Kevin - profile on the pages of his player agency ( English )
• Kevin Hamilton - Holy Cross Crusaders - College season stats on statsheet.com
• Player Bio: Kevin Hamilton - 2005 Holy Cross Crusaders player profile
• BBC-Bayreuth.de: Profile Hamilton at the BBC Bayreuth season 2011/12

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} David Hein: The right hand of the coach. Crossover-online.de, May 6, 2011, accessed on August 5, 2011 .  
3. ↑ Holy Cross HS 2010-2011 Coaching Staff. (PDF (23.5 KB)) (No longer available online.) HolyCrossHS.org, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 5, 2011 (English, Holy Cross High School coaching staff 2010/11).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ 2010-11 Men's Basketball Fact Book. (PDF (1.10 MB)) (No longer available online.) GoHolyCross.com, p. 44/45 , formerly in the original ; accessed on August 5, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ Kevin Hamilton - Besançon - Joueurs - Pro B - LNB.fr. LNB.fr , accessed on May 3, 2012 (French, player statistics in the LNB). 
6. ↑ Kevin Hamilton remains loyal to the BBC Bayreuth. (No longer available online.) BBC Bayreuth , May 12, 2012, archived from the original on May 15, 2012 ; accessed on May 13, 2012 (press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Remarks

1. ↑ According to the pages of his player agency, Hamilton left the Polish club for financial reasons.