Richard Hamilton - Mr. RIP Hamilton

Richard "Rip" Hamilton (born February 14, 1978 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is an American National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons. He is 6 ft 7 in, 193 pounds (2.01 m, 87.5 kg) and plays shooting guard and small forward.

Hamilton was a lottery pick in that year's NBA draft and played for the Washington Wizards for his first three seasons as a professional. Hamilton, Hubert Davis and Bobby Simmons were then traded to the Detroit Pistons for Jerry Stackhouse, Brian Cardinal and Ratko Varda. Since the trade, Richard has become one of the NBA's top shooting guards, and helped the Pistons win the NBA Championship in 2004. Also, Hamilton was and still is the leading scorer on the team.

On February 9, 2006, Hamilton earned his first selection to the 2006 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve guard for the Eastern Conference.

On December 27, 2006, Hamilton scored a career-high 51 points with a personal best 19-for-37 field goal shooting in a 151-145 triple-overtime Pistons loss to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

On January 9, 2007, Hamilton surpassed 10,000 career points with 22 points in a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

He represented the Eastern Conference for the second time at the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.

On February 17, 2008, Hamilton represented the Eastern Conference for the third consecutive season at the 2008 NBA All-Star Game.

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[VeoShock]

Yea, RIP is one of the best screen runners in the game today. He is a good defender to. I think he is underrated on D. I was surprised at how good of a defender he actually is. A good player no doubt.

[TTimeJ]

Maybe 1 of the most underrated players ever

[Munising1]

2 reasons why allen iverson is not working out with the pistons

1. he wasnt a team player

2.detroit doesnt base their offence around a player, anyone is a threat on detroit.

[throwingknifekillz]

He went to my brothers school in coatsville

[Saziahh]

purple - nas

[billslover90]

@VeoShock best defender and greatest to ever trash talk towards reggie miller

[zox45zox45]

looool ... what happens to the defender at 0:21

[RTR9]

this dude needs out of detorit deff can help some one win a title.

[dwienke707]

I think he means that rip is better at playing off the ball, and he can distribute somewhat when he needs to. lebron and kobe are much better but they usually dominate the ball

[bordertown]

The typical basketball fan doesn't appreciate players who are skilled at moving without the ball like Rip or Ray Ray. Since Reggie Miller retired there aren't many of these kind of players left.

[DatBoiEazi]

@L000icheng

I DO TOO

IM FROM DETROIT AND WHEN CHAUNCY LEFT IT HURTED THE CITY

DONT NOBODY REALLY WATCHED THE PISTONS NOW

[L000icheng]

i miss the old pistons where rip chauncy prince wallace were in the team