Richard Hamilton (basketball player)

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Basketball player
Richard Hamilton
Rip Hamilton free throw.jpg
Player information
Full name Richard Clay Hamilton
Nickname Rip
birthday 14th February 1978 (age 42)
place of birth Coatesville , Pennsylvania , USA
size 198 cm
position Shooting Guard
college Connecticut
NBA draft 1999 , 7th Pick , Washington Wizards
Jersey number 32
Clubs as active
1999–2002 Washington Wizards 2002–2011 Detroit Pistons 2011–2013 Chicago BullsUnited StatesUnited States
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National team
1999 United StatesUnited States United States

Richard Clay "Rip" Hamilton (born February 14, 1978 in Coatesville , Pennsylvania ) is a former American basketball player who was active in the NBA from 1999 to 2013, nine years of which with the Detroit Pistons . At a height of 1.98 meters, he mostly played in the shooting guard position. Hamilton was an NBA All-Star three times in his career and won the 2004 NBA Championship with the Pistons.

Career

college

During his college years, from 1996 to 1999, Hamilton played for the Connecticut Huskies , with whom he had a successful time. In 1999 he was named NCAA basketball champion with the Huskies and named 1999's Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

NBA

Washington Wizards

In the 1999 NBA draft , Richard Hamilton was drawn in 7th place by the Washington Wizards , with whom he then signed a 3-year contract. In his first season for the Wizards, Hamilton mostly came off the bench, only started in 12 games and scored 9 points on average. In the next two years he started more often and scored significantly more points than before (18.1 and 20.0), but with the Wizards he could never reach the playoffs. On September 11, 2002, Hamilton was traded to the Detroit Pistons along with Hubert Davis and Bobby Simmons in exchange for Jerry Stackhouse , Brian Cardinal and Ratko Varda .

Detroit Pistons

After Hamilton was traded to the Pistons in 2002, he signed a 7-year contract and rose to become one of the NBA's best shooting guards . There he formed one of the best backcourts in the league with Chauncey Billups . He helped the Pistons to win the NBA championship with a win against the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004. In 2005 they made it back to the NBA finals, where they lost to the San Antonio Spurs around superstar Tim Duncan .

Since suffering two broken nose bones while playing basketball, Hamilton has been playing with a plastic protective mask, which has since become his trademark. On December 27, 2006, he scored a career high of 51 points in a game that included three overtimes, against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden . On May 13, 2008, he overtook Isiah Thomas as a player of the Detroit Pistons with the most points in the NBA play-offs .

Hamilton was a constant scorer during his time and averaged 18.4 points in Detroit. Problems with Pistons coach John Kuester in the course of the 2010/2011 season , however, relegated Hamilton to the bench, which reduced his playing time.

Chicago Bulls

For the 2011/12 season, the Pistons prematurely terminated his contract. Hamilton then moved to the Chicago Bulls and received a contract there until 2013. Hamilton played for two years for the Bulls, but completed only 78 of a possible 164 season games due to injury and scored 10.5 points per game. After the 2012/13 season, Hamilton's contract with the Bulls was dissolved. After not finding a club, Hamilton announced his resignation in February 2015.

Achievements and Awards

  • NBA Championship: 2004
  • 3 × NBA All-Star : 2006, 2007, 2008
  • NCAA Champion 1999
    • NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player: 1999

On February 26, 2017, at half time during the Pistons game against the Boston Celtics, Hamilton's jersey with the number 32 was hung under the ceiling and has not been awarded by the franchise since then.

statistics

Season team Points / G Rebounds / G Assists / G Steals / G Blocks / G FG%
1999-00 Washington 9.0 1.8 1.5 0.4 0.1 . 420
2000-01 Washington 18.1 3.1 2.9 1.0 0.1 . 438
2001-02 Washington 20.0 3.4 2.7 0.6 0.2 . 435
2002-03 Detroit 19.7 3.9 3.5 0.8 0.2 . 443
2003-04 Detroit 17.6 3.6 4.0 1.3 0.2 . 455
2004-05 Detroit 18.7 3.9 4.9 1.0 0.2 . 440
2005-06 Detroit 20.1 3.2 3.4 0.6 0.2 . 491
2006-07 Detroit 19.8 3.8 3.8 0.8 0.2 . 468
2007-08 Detroit 17.3 3.3 4.2 1.0 0.1 . 484
2008-09 Detroit 18.3 3.1 4.4 0.6 0.1 . 447
2009-10 Detroit 18.1 2.7 4.4 0.6 0.1 . 409
2010-11 Detroit 14.1 2.3 3.1 0.7 0.1 . 429
2011-12 Chicago 11.6 2.4 3.0 0.4 0.0 . 452
2012-13 Chicago 9.8 1.7 2.4 0.5 0.1 . 429

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Hamilton Stats. Retrieved April 18, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ Wizards sign Hamilton . sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ 2002-03 Washington Wizards Transactions . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ Rip's Mask
  5. ↑ Career best of 51 points
  6. ↑ Hamilton scores the highest number of playoff points in the history of the Pistons
  7. ^ Bulls waive veteran guard Rip Hamilton
  8. ^ Richard Hamilton retires after 14 seasons in the NBA
  9. ↑ Pistons win NBA championship
  10. ↑ detroitnews.com: 'Yessir!' Rip Hamilton's No. 32 to join Pistons stars Article from February 24, 2017 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, Rip (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Coatesville , Pennsylvania