He is most remembered for forming one of the most imposing front lines in high school basketball history (along with Rashard Griffith) at King High School in Chicago. Unlike Griffith, (which still shocks me) he actually played in the NBA. The Celtics were among a handful of teams optimistic they could sway him into fulfilling his vast potential. If you followed the Celtics back in the 1990s, you absolutely remember Big Ham, Thomas Hamilton.
After dominating in high school, the aforementioned college Hamilton had enrolled at was the University of Illinois.