Education
Hammonds attended Cairo High School in his hometown Cairo, Georgia. Hammonds graduated from Clemson with a double major in architecture and psychology in 2008.
Hammonds attended Cairo High School in his hometown Cairo, Georgia. Hammonds graduated from Clemson with a double major in architecture and psychology in 2008.
The 6 ft 3 in (191 m) point guard played college basketball for Clemson. He played college basketball at the Clemson University. In his four-year career with the Clemson Tigers, he played 134 games, averaging 10.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
He received the inaugural Skip Prosser Award, recognizing the top scholar-athlete in Administrative Committee on Company-ordination men"s basketball.
His first team in Europe was Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball League. He played there till the December 2008 when he goes to Efes Pilsen but there stayed only couple weeks and played five Euroleague games, and then returned to Darüşşafaka where he finished the season.
During the summer of 2009 he played with Piratas de Quebradillas. Following season he played with Peristeri British Columbia He averaged 12.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game in Greek Basket League.
In June 2010, he signed a one–year deal with ASVEL Basket.
In August 2011, he signed a one–year deal with Banvit. In August 2012, he signed a one–year deal with KK Igokea. In July 2013, Hammonds signed a two–year deal with Alba Berlin.
On October 31, 2015, Hammonds was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 National Basketball Association Development League Draft, only to be traded to the Reno Bighorns on draft night.