Richard “Rip” Hamilton will have his jersey number 32 retired on February 26 at the Palace of Auburn Hills when the Pistons face the Boston Celtics.
Rip will become the third player from the Going to Work crew from 2001-08 to have his jersey retired, following Chauncey Billups and Ben Wallace. The squad won the 2004 NBA Championship and made six consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearances.
Hamilton joined the Pistons just before the start of the 2002 season in a trade with the Washington Wizards for Jerry Stackhouse. Bobby Simmons and Hubert Davis also came to Detroit while the Pistons sent out Brian Cardinal and Ratko Varda.