Tom Hammonds

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Tom Hammonds
Personal information
Born (1967-03-27) March 27, 1967 (age 56)
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Crestview (Crestview, Florida)
College Georgia Tech (1985–1989)
NBA draft 1989: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career1989–2001
Position Power forward
Number12, 20, 21
Career history
19891992 Washington Bullets
19921993 Charlotte Hornets
19931997 Denver Nuggets
19972001 Minnesota Timberwolves
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 3,617 (5.3 ppg)
Rebounds 2,243 (3.3 rpg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
FIBA World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Spain National team

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. [1]

While playing for the Nuggets, Hammonds became involved in drag racing. [2] He qualified in the 1996 Mopar Parts Mile High Nationals, only to lose to 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. [3]

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