Joe Hammond (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Joe Hammond

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 175

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| birth_place = Harlem, New York, U.S.

| high_school = Taft (The Bronx, New York)

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| draft_year = 1971

| draft_round = Hardship

| draft_pick = 5

| draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers

| career_start = 1969

| career_end = 1973

| career_position = Guard

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| years1 = 1969–1971

| team1 = Allentown Jets

| years2 = 1972–1973

| team2 = Garden State Colonials

| highlights =

• EPBL champion (1970)

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Joe Hammond, nicknamed "The Destroyer", is an American former streetball basketball player based in Harlem, New York. He attended Taft High School in the Bronx,{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/high-school/boys-basketball/story/_/id/7939736/rucker-park-legends|title=Elite 24: Rucker Park legends|date=17 May 2012|publisher=ESPN}} but he dropped out of school in the 9th grade and thus never played college basketball.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2013/07/greatest-streetball-players-of-all-time/joe-hammond|title=The 25 Greatest Streetball Players of All Time - 1. Joe Hammond|website=www.complex.com}} He played professionally in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) with the Allentown Jets and Garden State Colonials.{{cite web |title=Joe Hammond minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-hammojoe001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=July 29, 2023}} He won an EPBL championship with the Jets in 1970.{{cite web |title=1969-70 Allentown Jets Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALJ/y-1969 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 5, 2025}}