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.
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.
front goal playing worry
I think my goal was just to come out and have fun. Don't worry about playing in front of friends and family. Just do what got us there - playing together.
blocked energy fed five shots
His energy was off the hook, ... He rebounded. He had five blocked shots in the first quarter. We just fed off that.
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.
great love wished
He's just a great coach, we love him to death. We just wished him luck.
clean dan maybe needed point trying
I don't think I needed to be ejected and I don't know why I was. Maybe at that point (referee Dan Crawford) was just trying to clean up the game.
talk understand
Hopefully, I can talk to someone. $15,000? I don't understand that one. ... I don't think that was fair.
good moving strengths
I am able to use different strengths that I am good at, like back-door cuts, ... It's just a lot of moving without the ball, and that's something that I have always done pretty well.
opportunity tells win
I come from a place where this doesn't happen. To be here is unbelievable because when everyone tells you, you can't do something, you can't do something, you can't do something, and you get the opportunity to be in the NBA, to win a championship, and now, to be an All-Star, it's unbelievable.
season win
That's our only goal. If we don't win it all, then our season isn't a success.
ball best people played pressure sick time
That's the best Lindsey has looked. With his energy, his pressure on the ball, getting the ball to the right people at the right time, I thought he played great. It was the first time he's not been sick or hurt.
bit defense guard side tough
It's a play that offsets the defense a little bit because you come from one side to the other. I know (Allen) didn't see me because that play is really tough to guard if you don't know it's coming.
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.