NBA star Richard Hamilton made a big announcement Thursday on ESPN’s “His and Hers”:
The news came as a surprise to people who assumed Hamilton already had retired, seeing as how he hadn’t played since April 2013 with the Chicago Bulls, who waived him in July of that year.
“Last year I took the year off to get the opportunity to hang out with my kids, to let my body recover from the long NBA seasons and things like that,” Hamilton said. “Earlier this year, I was looking for a comeback, looking for the right position, the right team for me to get an opportunity to win the championship. And then I hurt my foot in October, so when I did that … I looked myself in the mirror and said, ‘Hey, you know what, it might be my time, I got a lot of miles on my body, so I think I just need to let it go.’ ”
Hamilton said a number of teams were interested in signing him for this season until he hurt his foot.
Hamilton, 37, finishes his career with averages of 17.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game. He was named to the Eastern Conference all-star team in three consecutive years from 2006 to 2008 and was an integral part of the Pistons’ 2004 NBA title team. Hamilton also helped lead U-Conn. to the 1999 NCAA tournament championship.
The Washington Wizards drafted Hamilton with the seventh pick of the 1999 draft. After three seasons in Washington, he was traded to the Pistons in a six-player deal that brought Jerry Stackhouse to the Wizards. Hamilton then spent nine seasons with the Pistons before finishing his career in Chicago.
After spending the first 17 years of his Post career writing and editing, Matt and the printed paper had an amicable divorce in 2014. He's now blogging and editing for the Early Lead and the Post's other Web-based products.
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