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
early focused games hard slip
Usually, in the past, they were hard games for us. This year, we're more focused on those games. We don't want those games to slip away. We know we've got to come out early and set the tempo.
guard open ran running shot top tough
We ran a pick-and-roll off the top and I am running the baseline and I just got an open shot and I just shot it. That play is really tough to guard if you don't know what's coming.
kept key needed stops stuck
We just stuck with it. We kept playing, and then we made the key stops we needed down the stretch.
average five guard guy though
We feel as though we have five superstars. If we want one guy to go out there and average 30, we can do that. But we know what we want at the end, a championship, and we know one guy can't guard five guys.