Blake Hamilton

American professional basketball player

Blake Hamilton
No. 0 – APOEL
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	Cyprus Basketball Division A
Personal information
Born	(1994-10-26) October 26, 1994 (age 29)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Pasadena (Pasadena, California)
College	Northern Arizona (2012–2013) Mt. San Antonio (2013–2015) Buffalo (2015–2017)
NBA draft	2017: undrafted
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2018	Ventspils
2018	BM Slam Stal
2018–2019	AEL Limassol
2019	Panionios
2019	Larisa
2020–present	APOEL

Career highlights and awards
Latvian League champion (2018) Second-team All-MAC (2017) Third-team All-MAC (2016)

Blake Ellis Hamilton (born October 26, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for APOEL of Cyprus Basketball Division 1. He played college basketball at Buffalo.

Early life and high school

Hamilton was born and grew up in Pasadena, California and attended Pasadena High School. As a senior, he averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks per game and was named first team All-Area by the Pasadena Star-News as the Bulldogs won the CIF Southern Section 3AA state title.^[1]

College career

Northern Arizona

Hamilton began his career at Northern Arizona, playing in 18 games and averaging 3.8 points per game as a freshman before opting to leave the program at the end of the season.^[2]

Mt. San Antonio College

Hamilton transferred to Mt. San Antonio College for his sophomore season. He averaged 13.5 and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Mounties and was named first team All-South Coast Conference North Division.^[2]

Buffalo

Hamilton then transferred to the University of Buffalo and played for the Bulls over his final two years of eligibility. He averaged 13.1 points per and 7.1 rebounds per game in his first season with the team and was named third team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC). Hamilton made a game winning three-pointer in the final of the 2016 MAC men's basketball tournament over top-seeded Akron to send the Bulls to the NCAA tournament.^[3] As a senior, Hamilton lead the team with 17.5 point per game and 141 assists and was named second team All-MAC. He finished his career with the Bulls with 1,004 points, 438 rebounds, 226 assists and 122 three-pointers made.^[4]

Professional career

Ventspils

Hamilton signed with BK Ventspils of the Latvian Basketball League (LBL) on July 17, 2017.^[5] He averaged 10.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals over 16 LBL games and 8.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 13 Basketball Champions League games.^[6]

BM Slam Stal

Hamilton signed with BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League on September 5, 2018.^[6] He left the team on November 20, 2018 after appearing in six games and averaging 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steal per game.^[7]

Proteas EKA

Hamilton signed with Proteas EKA AEL of Cyprus Basketball Division 1 on December 12, 2018. He averaged 17.3 points in nine games with the team.^[8]

Panionios

Hamilton then signed with Panionios on February 15, 2019.^[8] Through the end of the 2018–19 Greek Basket League season, Hamilton averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.3 assists over eight games.

Larisa

On September 6, 2019, Hamilton signed with another Greek Basket League club Larisa.^[9] On December 5, 2019, Hamilton left the team and was replaced by former NBA player Brandon Rush.

APOEL

Hamilton signed with APOEL of Cyprus Basketball Division 1 on February 9, 2020.^[10]

Personal life

Hamilton's father played basketball collegiately at UTEP and his cousins Jordan, Isaac, and Daniel Hamilton are also professional basketball players.^[2]

References

^ Melendez, Miguel (April 13, 2012). "All-Area Boys Basketball: Pasadena's Brandon Jolley is Player of the Year; Pasadena's Tim Tucker, is Coach of the Year". InsideSoCal.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gaughan, Mark (March 16, 2016). "Blake Hamilton is UB basketball's Swiss Army knife. Here's how the Bulls found him". The Buffalo News. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ Johnson, Robby (November 3, 2016). "Buffalo Bulls Men's Basketball: Blake Hamilton's Hand has healed". UBBullRun.com. SB Nation. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ "Blake Hamilton Signs Professional Contract With BK Ventspils In Latvia". UBBulls.com. University of Buffalo Athletic Department. July 17, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ Jimenez, James (July 17, 2017). "Blake Hamilton signs professional basketball contract with BK Ventspils". HustleBelt.com. SB Nation. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Kulig, Grzegorz (September 5, 2018). "BM Slam Stal signs Blake Hamilton, ex Ventspils". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ Kulig, Grzegorz (November 20, 2018). "Blake Hamilton left BM Slam Stal". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Petropoulou, Katia (February 15, 2019). "Panionios: He got Blake Hamilton". Gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ Lupo, Nicola (September 6, 2019). "Blake Hamilton signs with Ermis Agias Larissa". Sportando. NanoPress. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
^ Katsaros, Antonis (February 9, 2020). "Blake Hamilton (ex Larissa BC) agreed terms with Apoel". EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. Retrieved February 10, 2020.