Clifford Hammonds

Clifford Hammonds

Hammonds in action with Alba Berlin.
No. 21 – Reno Bighorns
Position Point guard
League NBA Development League
Personal information
Born (1985-12-18) December 18, 1985
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Cairo (Cairo, Georgia)
College Clemson (2004–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 Darüşşafaka
2008–2009 Efes Pilsen
2009 Piratas de Quebradillas
2009–2010 Peristeri
2010–2011 ASVEL Villeurbanne
2011–2012 Bandirma Banvit
2012–2013 Igokea
2013–2015 Alba Berlin
2015–present Reno Bighorns
Career highlights and awards

Clifford Daniel "Cliff" Hammonds (born December 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) point guard played college basketball for Clemson.

High school and college basketball

Hammonds attended Cairo High School in his hometown Cairo, Georgia. He played college basketball at the Clemson University. In his four-year career with the Clemson Tigers, he played 134 games, averaging 10.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game.[1] Hammonds graduated from Clemson with a double major in architecture and psychology in 2008.[2] He received the inaugural Skip Prosser Award, recognizing the top scholar-athlete in ACC men's basketball.

Professional career

His first team in Europe was Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball League. He played there till the December 2008 when he goes to Efes Pilsen but there stayed only couple weeks and played five Euroleague games,[3] and then returned to Darüşşafaka where he finished the season.

During the summer of 2009 he played with Piratas de Quebradillas. Following season he played with Peristeri B.C. He averaged 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game in Greek Basket League.

In June 2010, he signed a one–year deal with ASVEL Basket.[4] In August 2011, he signed a one–year deal with Banvit.[5] In August 2012, he signed a one–year deal with KK Igokea.[6] In July 2013, Hammonds signed a two–year deal with Alba Berlin.[7]

On October 31, 2015, Hammonds was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft,[8] only to be traded to the Reno Bighorns on draft night.[9]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2008–09 Efes Pilsen 5 0 11.2 .462 .333 .833 .0 .8 .8 .2 3.8 3.0
2014–15 Alba Berlin 20 20 25.8 .457 .353 .750 2.1 2.9 .6 .4 8.1 7.2
Career 25 20 22.9 .457 .351 .773 1.7 2.5 .6 .3 7.2 6.4

Honors

Germany ALBA Berlin

References

  1. ↑ "Cliff Hammonds stats – Clemson Tigers". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Architecture Faculty and Students Recognize Cliff Hammonds with Special Citation". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Efes Pilsen adds guard Cliff Hammonds". Euroleague.net. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "ASVEL signs Cliff Hammonds". Worldwidesm.com. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Banvit gets Hammonds". Euroleague.net. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Cliff Hammonds heading to Igokea Aleksandrovac". Sportando.net. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "ALBA BERLIN tabs guard Hammonds". Eurocupbasketball.com. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "2015 NBA D-League Draft Board". NBA.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Bighorns Select Five Players in the 2015 NBA D-League Draft". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.

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