Derreck Hamilton (basketball)
Derreck Lamont Hamilton (born May 20, 1966) is a former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Southern Mississippi in the late 1980s. Hamilton was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the third round of the 1988 NBA draft but was not signed to a contract. He would later play for several teams in Europe. Professional career Hamilton was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the third round of the 1988 NBA draft but did not sign a contract with them. Despite not making the NBA, Hamilton had a long career in European leagues. He had a notable career in the A1 Ethniki, Greek League playing for Sporting BC, Sporting, AEK BC, AEK Athens, Apollon Patras BC, Apollon Patras and Iraklio BC, Irakleio. He also played in the Spanish Liga Española de Baloncesto, second division, with Proexinca CB Cartagena for two seasons and in the Ligat Winner, Israeli League with Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., Hapoel Jerusalem, where he was nicknamed "The Glue", due to his trem ...
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Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. It is the fourth-most-populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville, Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, and Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery. Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonization of the Americas, French colonists and Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.Drechsel, Emanuel. ''Mobilian Jargon: Linguistic and Sociohistorical Aspects of a Native American Pidgin''. New York: ...
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