Blake Ellis Hamilton (born October 26, 1994) is an American professional

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player for APOEL of

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. He played

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at Buffalo.

Early life and high school

Hamilton was born and grew up in

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and attended Pasadena High School. As a senior, he averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks per game and was named first team All-Area by the ''

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'' as the Bulldogs won the

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3AA state title.

College career

Northern Arizona

Hamilton began his career at

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, playing in 18 games and averaging 3.8 points per game as a freshman before opting to leave the program at the end of the season.

Mt. San Antonio College

Hamilton transferred to Mt. San Antonio College for his sophomore season. He averaged 13.5 and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Mounties and was named first team All- South Coast Conference North Division.

Buffalo

Hamilton then transferred to the

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and played for the

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over his final two years of eligibility. He averaged 13.1 points per and 7.1 rebounds per game in his first season with the team and was named third team All-

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(MAC). Hamilton made a game winning three-pointer in the final of the

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over top-seeded

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to send the Bulls to the NCAA tournament. As a senior, Hamilton lead the team with 17.5 point per game and 141 assists and was named second team All-MAC. He finished his career with the Bulls with 1,004 points, 438 rebounds, 226 assists and 122 three-pointers made.

Professional career

Ventspils

Hamilton signed with

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of the

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(LBL) on July 17, 2017. He averaged 10.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals over 16 LBL games and 8.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 13

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games.

BM Slam Stal

Hamilton signed with BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the

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on September 5, 2018. He left the team on November 20, 2018 after appearing in six games and averaging 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steal per game.

Proteas EKA

Hamilton signed with Proteas EKA AEL of

on December 12, 2018. He averaged 17.3 points in nine games with the team.

Panionios

Hamilton then signed with

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on February 15, 2019. Through the end of the

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season, Hamilton averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists over eight games.

Larisa

On September 6, 2019, Hamilton signed with another

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club Larisa. On December 5, 2019, Hamilton left the team and was replaced by former NBA player Brandon Rush.

APOEL

Hamilton signed with APOEL of

on February 9, 2020.

Personal life

Hamilton's father played basketball collegiately at

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and his cousins

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, and Daniel Hamilton are also professional basketball players.

References

External links

Buffalo Bulls bioRealGM profileEuroBasket profile
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