If there was a player who’s on-court play was more accurately defined by a hard hat than Tom Hammonds, you’d be hard-pressed to find him.
Hammonds was known for his unflinching willingness to do the dirty work and accomplish the detail items every team needs in order to win. He was a key member as a reserve on the 1993-94 Nuggets team that went on to upset the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the playoffs.
"(Nuggets coach Dan Issel) knew when I got in the game, I was going to fight for every basket and every rebound,” Hammonds told Nuggets.