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
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.
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.
fun message scoring titles trying win
It's fun to win scoring titles and things like that, but it's more fun to win. That's the only message I'm trying to send.
celebrate trying
No, not at all. We didn't celebrate (anything) at all. We're just trying to get to where we want to get to, and that's the Finals.
offer
if things go as we think they will, we'll offer you the job.
definitely felt fun
Everything was just like I thought it would be. It was fun and it was exciting. If I didn't have the jitters then it wouldn't have felt right. I definitely had the jitters.
allowing ball couple create hands last putting
I feel good, especially the last couple of games. He's been putting the ball in my hands and allowing me to create and allowing me to make plays.
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.
exhibition guess seems trying
I guess we have to get used to it. In the exhibition season, it seems like they (referees) are trying to make a statement.
playing
Man, we've been playing a lot of games.
coming greatly knowing mostly people shocked terribly
Some were greatly offended, some were terribly amused, but mostly they were shocked that he did it knowing we're coming up, ... How do you tell someone, especially a psychologist, who should know better, that he's making people uncomfortable?
chance felt forget gave relief smiled stepped until
It was weird. I really felt a sense of relief when I stepped on that floor. It gave me a chance to forget about everything that was going on off the court. I hadn't smiled all day until I got on that court.
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.