| Intro | Professional basketball player |
| Is |
Athlete Basketball player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 18 December 1985, Cairo |
| Age: | 34 years |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Clifford Daniel “Cliff” Hammonds (born December 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). 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. Hammonds graduated from Clemson with a double major in architecture and psychology in 2008. 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 moved to Efes Pilsen. With Efes he stayed only couple weeks and played five Euroleague games, and then returned to Darüşşafaka where he finished the season.
During the summer of 2009 Hammonds played with Piratas de Quebradillas. The following season he played with Peristeri, where he averaged 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game in the Greek Basket League.
In June 2010, Hammonds signed a one–year deal with ASVEL Basket. In August 2011, he signed a one–year deal with Banvit. In August 2012, he signed a one–year deal with KK Igokea. In July 2013, Hammonds signed a two–year deal with Alba Berlin.
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, only to be traded to the Reno Bighorns on draft night.
On September 24, 2016, Hammonds signed with Limoges CSP of the French LNB Pro A. On November 8, 2016, he left Limoges and signed with German club MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.
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, and regional competition if applicable.
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 |