Roy Hamilton (basketball)
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Roy Lee Hamilton (born July 20, 1957) is an American former professional
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player who played in the
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(NBA) who is currently a coordinating producer for
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. He played
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for the
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from 1975 to 1979. He was selected in the first round as the 10th overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft by the
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. He played one season with the Pistons and another with the
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. He briefly played in the
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before pursuing another dream of working on
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. He thought the odds of his return to the NBA were slim after having already been cut, and did not want to become "bitter and disappointed". Hamilton became a television commentator for UCLA in the 1982–83 season. He started in an entry-level broadcast position for
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in New York and later became one of CBS's top
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(NFL) producers. When the network lost their NFL contract to
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in 1993, he joined Fox along with some other CBS personnel. As of 2001, Hamilton was one of the highest-ranking
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working on sports television production as
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's coordinating producer of
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and regional NBA coverage. He also oversaw Fox's Sunday coverage of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.


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