Rip Hamilton announces his retirement

[manyfaces]

The only Piston jersey I owned from those glory years. Still dont like the way that shyt ended though. Ben going to Chi really ruined shyt for Ben himself and Pistons. Joe D investing in jumpshots over natural born leadership (Chauncey). Traded the wrong guy and both needed to go if you were going to let go of one.

The Originator of "YEZZIR"
Pharrell took that shyt from Rip

I always said they should have traded Sheed instead of Chauncey the year he was traded cause Chauncey was the leader of that team. At that point Sheed was content to only shoot 3's and posted no real value to the team. Plus Stuckey had nobody to mentor him at playing the point and he had never truly played the position before. It was all downhill from there.

 

[USSInsiders]

That curl screen mid range jumper from 03-06 was one of the most deadly shot i've ever seen. it was SO MONEY from 04-05

back when I couldn't even shoot a basketball properly and couldn't dribble for shyt, Rip was my biggest inspiration.

Now I can shoot pretty well but still can't dribble for shyt but I learned the value of being in good cardiovascular shape and constantly moving without the ball.

Love you dikk n/h

 

[USSInsiders]

One of the GOAT FT rituals. He was one of the very few players whose routine I wouldn't/don't skip on 2K.

The Sheed-Rip-Tayshaun-Billups pistons were the only team I'd use on 2K. Still remember hitting a hopstep gamewinner with rip