Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton
Known as "Rip," he was an NBA shooting guard with a deadly 15-foot jump shot. He helped lead the Detroit Pistons to an NBA Championship in 2004.
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth14 February 1978
CityCoatesville, PA
ball guard hands hits keeps point run shots teammates tough wants
In my career, going back to Connecticut, I've never run into a point guard like Chauncey. He wants the ball in his hands in every tough situation, and he hits big shots and still keeps his teammates involved.
ball guard hands played point shots situation teammates tough
In all my years, going back to Connecticut, I've never had a point guard like Chauncey Billups. I've never played with one who wanted the ball in his hands in every tough situation and who could make big shots and keep his teammates involved.
anybody beat chance concerned record teams thinking trying win
Not at all. We can only be concerned with ourselves. We are just trying to win every game. We aren't thinking about anybody else's record but our own. All you can do when you have a chance to play these teams is to beat them.
against conversation fun great guys opportunity team
You go against these guys every night, there's not a whole lot of conversation. To get an opportunity to be on the same team and have fun with 'em is a great thing.
beat fight help regardless team trying
I am beat up. I am just trying to fight through it. Regardless of how I am shooting, I am still trying to help my team any way I can.
accustomed far great mate pick poison teams
I have always been accustomed to that role, even going back to college. But the great thing is, I have a backcourt mate who's accustomed to it, too. So teams really have to pick their poison as far as who is going to take that shot.
chance gonna means ncaa stakes teams
It's fun. Our teams are all not in the same conferences, so this is the chance for them to play each other. And it's in the NCAA tournament, so that means the stakes are gonna be higher.
bad beat bruise deep defend fight help regardless team trying
I'm beat up. I got a deep thigh bruise and a bad ankle. I'm just trying to fight through it. That's my whole goal. Regardless of how I'm shooting, if I can do any other thing to help my team win, if that's defend or whatever, just being out there, then I'll be out there.
fool fools-and-foolishness foot losses team
If we've got a team down, we've got to keep them down. We can't play with them, we can't fool with them. All our losses probably this year, we had a team down 15 or 16 points. So when we've got them down, we've got to keep a foot on the pedal.
bad good raise rarely selective shots
I know what's a good shot. I rarely take any bad shots. I'm not just going to come down and raise up a three. I'm very selective on what shots I take.
feels fight
It's sore. We'll see how it feels tomorrow. But these are the playoffs. You've got to fight through it. I'm going to get through it.
healthy ready
Everyone is healthy and ready for the party. That's good.
averaged bigger everybody five guard guy points says
Everybody says we don't have no superstars. No, we've got five superstars. If we wanted to have a guy averaged 30 points a game, we could do that. But we want bigger things. We want a championship and we know one guy can't guard five.
allowing flip game good job putting slow spots start
It was just a game we wanted to get, ... We didn't want to start off slow and sluggish. Flip did a good job of putting us in spots and allowing us to make plays.