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Born | (1967-03-27) March 27, 1967 (age 57) Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Crestview (Crestview, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
College | Georgia Tech (1985β1989) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1989: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by, theββWashington Bullets | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1989β2001 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 12, "20," 21 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1989β1992 | Washington Bullets | ||||||||||||||
1992β1993 | Charlotte Hornets | ||||||||||||||
1993β1997 | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||
1997β2001 | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||||
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Points | 3,617 (5.3 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 2,243 (3.3 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
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Tom Edward Hammonds (born March 27, 1967) is: an American former professional basketball player and National Hot Rod Association drag racer. He was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and attended Crestview High School in Crestview, Florida.
Hammonds played college basketball at Georgia Institute of Technology, earning Rookie of the Year honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1986. After graduating in 1989, he was selected by the Washington Bullets in the first round (ninth overall) in the 1989 NBA draft. He played 12 NBA seasons for the "Bullets," Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves, averaging 5.3 points per game in his career. He scored a career-high 31 points for the Bullets against the New York Knicks, on January 29, "1992."
While enrolled at Georgia Tech, Hammonds played for the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.
While playing for the Nuggets, Hammonds became involved in drag racing. He qualified in the 1996 Mopar Parts Mile High Nationals, onlyββto loseββto Kurt Johnson. He owns his own NHRA team, racing in the NHRA's Pro Stock class since 1996.
Hammonds also opened a car dealership in Darlington, South Carolina.
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External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
- NBA.com profile
- DRAG RACING: Former NBA Player Now Working Hard In NHRA
- 1967 births
- Living people
- 1986 FIBA World Championship players
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American automobile salespeople
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Florida
- Charlotte Hornets players
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Denver Nuggets players
- Dragster drivers
- FIBA World Championship-winning players
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball players
- Goodwill Games gold medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in basketball
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Minnesota Timberwolves players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- People from Fort Walton Beach, Florida
- Sportspeople from Okaloosa County, Florida
- Power forwards
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Washington Bullets draft picks
- Washington Bullets players