Sherman Hamilton (born April 23, 1972) is a retired Canadian professional
basketball
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player. Hamilton was a longtime member of the
Canadian men's national basketball team. He is currently a basketball analyst for
Sportsnet
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and
NBA TV Canada
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.
Career
Raised in
Malton, a neighbourhood in
Mississauga
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, Ontario, the 6 ft 1 in, 190 lb
point guard
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A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...
played
college basketball
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at
Virginia Commonwealth University
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, from 1994 to 1997, as a member of the
VCU Rams. He amassed 881 points (9.8 per game) in his three years with the Rams, leaving VCU ranked fifth all-time in career assists. He handed out 4.6 assists a game playing for the Rams. Hamilton was a 1995-96
Colonial Athletic Association
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Second Team selection.
Hamilton played two games for Finnish
Korisliiga
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side
Tapiolan Honka
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History
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in 1997–98, averaging 9 points per contest. In 1998–99, he appeared in 41 Korislliga games for Honka, posting averages of 16.4 points a game, en route to a runner-up finish in the Finnish top flight. With Honka, he also competed in the
FIBA Korać Cup
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.
At the beginning of the 1999-2000 campaign, Hamilton played at
Belgrano de San Nicolás in
Argentina
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, but was released in November 1999.
In February 2001, he was signed by
SSV Ratiopharm Ulm of the German
Basketball Bundesliga
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. Hamilton saw action in 16 Bundesliga contests with per game averages of 15.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists in the 2000-01 campaign. He had a season-high 29 points for Ulm, knocking down 6-of-13 three pointers. After playing in
Switzerland
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, Hamilton joined
BC Žalgiris
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in December 2001. In 28 appearances in the Lithuanian league, he averaged 8 points per contest.
He also made five
EuroLeague
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appearances for Žalgiris, averaging 3.2 points per match.
He played for Canada at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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, as well as the
1998
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Events January
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and
2002 FIBA World Championship
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s.
Hamilton was instrumental in helping Team Canada to qualify for the 2000 Olympics, when he converted seven free throws in the last three minutes in a qualifier against
Puerto Rico
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. He won a total of 116 caps for the Canadian national team between 1995 and 2002. In 2005, Hamilton served as assistant coach at Canada's Cadet Men's National Team during the USA Basketball International Invitational tournament in
San Diego, USA as well as an assistant coach at Canada's Development Men's National Team during the
World University Games in
Izmir, Turkey. In 2006, he was named assistant coach of Canada's Men's National Team.
In recent years, Hamilton has been an analyst. Since the
2008–09 season, he has provided
color commentary for
Toronto Raptors
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games on NBA TV Canada.
References
External links
Eurobasket.com2006 press release announcing that Hamilton has been named national team assistant coach* International statistics a
* College Statistics a
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1972 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
BC Žalgiris players
Belgrano de San Nicolás basketball players
Black Canadian basketball players
Black Canadian broadcasters
Black Canadian sportsmen
Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Canadian expatriates in Lithuania
Canadian men's basketball players
Canadian television sportscasters
Olympic basketball players for Canada
Pan American Games basketball players for Canada
Ratiopharm Ulm players
Sportspeople from Mississauga
Basketball players from Toronto
Toronto Raptors announcers
VCU Rams men's basketball players
2002 FIBA World Championship players
1998 FIBA World Championship players
Point guards
Black Canadian journalists