Venson Hamilton
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| Full name | Shad Venson Hamilton | |
| birthday | 11th August 1977 (age 43) | |
| place of birth | Forest City , North Carolina , USA | |
| size | 207 cm | |
| Weight | 116 kg | |
| position | Center / Power Forward | |
| college | Nebraska | |
| NBA draft | 1999 , 50th Pick, Houston Rockets | |
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1999–2000 Basket Napoli 2000–2001 Prokom Trefl 2001 Banco Populare Ragusa 2001–2002 Sinteco Ferrara 2002–2003 Unelco Tenerife 2003–2004 Lagun Aro Bilbao 2004–2005 Joventut Badalona 2005–2009 Real Madrid 2011 Gran Canaria  
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Shad Venson Hamilton (born August 11, 1977 in Forest City ) is a retired American basketball player . Its positions are those of the power forward or center .
Hamilton also has Spanish citizenship.
Career
Venson Hamilton began his career at the University of Nebraska , with which he was named Player of the Year in the Big 12 Conference in the 1998-99 season .
In the 1999 NBA Draft he was selected by the Houston Rockets in 50th place, but decided to move to Italy, in the Lega Basket Serie A , where he played one season for Record Napoli . After half a year in Poland , at Prokom Trefl , he returned to Italy, and played the second half of the season for the second division Banco Populare Ragusa.
The following season he was, again in the Lega Basket Serie A, under contract with Sinteco Ferrara, before he went to the Spanish LEB , Unelco Tenerife, in 2002 , with whom he achieved promotion to the ACB league . 2003-04 he succeeded in doing the same with Lagun Aro Bilbao , whereupon Joventut Badalona signed him .
After a season with the Catalans, he moved to the then reigning champions Real Madrid , with whom he won the ULEB Cup and the Spanish championship in 2006/07 .
successes
- Spanish Championship: 2006/07 with Real Madrid
- ULEB Cup : 2007 with Real Madrid
Web links
- ACB profile (Spanish)
- Statistics on Sports Illustrated ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Venson Hamilton Basketball Player Profile, Renaissance de Berkane, Nebraska, News, D2 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (English).
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| SURNAME | Hamilton, Venson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamilton, Shad Venson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forest City |