Isaac Hamilton

Isaac Brandon Hamilton (born May 14, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Cherkaski Mavpy of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.

In his senior year, he averaged 22.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and St. John Bosco captured a CIF Southern Section Class 3A title, its first since 2003.

He was named first-team all-state by Cal-Hi Sports, and was recognized nationally as a McDonald's All-American.

He helped lead Crenshaw to the 2010 Coliseum League title in his freshman year.

He averaged 19.5 points per game as a sophomore, when he teamed with his younger brother Daniel, who averaged almost 10 points as a freshman.

The following season, the brothers transferred to St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower.

As a junior, Hamilton was voted third-team all-state by Cal-Hi Sports after averaging 24.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 5.4 assists and leading his team to the SoCal Div.

III Regional final.

In November 2012, Hamilton signed an NLI to play with the UTEP Miners.

However, he later requested a release, citing a desire to attend a school closer to home, preferably in Los Angeles, to be with his grandmother, who was sick with a heart condition.

His younger brother, Daniel chose to go to school at UCONN even though his grandmother was sick, causing many to speculate that Isaac's reasoning was false.

However, UTEP coach Tim Floyd would not grant his release.

One reason the coach cited was his belief that USC Trojans coach Andy Enfield had tampered with Hamilton.

Even as a freshman, Hamilton was projected to be UTEP's best player.

He appealed the case, but it was denied by the NLI appeals committee.

Hamilton had since enrolled at UCLA.

He lost a year of eligibility and was not allowed to play for the Bruins until the following year as a sophomore.

The rules permitted him to practice with the team, during which his play impressed coach Steve Alford.

As a senior in 2013, he captured all-state honors in California, and was nationally recognized as a McDonald's All-American.

He originally signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to attend the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), but decided to transfer to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Hamilton was required to sit out his freshman year after UTEP would not grant him a release from his commitment.

Hamilton was rated by Rivals.com as the No. 14 player overall in the country in the class of 2013, and ESPN ranked him No. 25.

Rivals had him as the No. 3 shooting guard, and Scout.com listed him as No. 5.

He played his first year in college in 2014–15 as a sophomore with the Bruins, and he led the team in scoring as a junior.

Eligible to play in 2014–15, Hamilton was expected to play a prominent role for the Bruins.

Three of UCLA's top four scorers from the previous year had moved on to play professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Given the team's limited depth at guard, the team was expected to be heavily dependent on their backcourt trio of Hamilton, senior Norman Powell, and sophomore Bryce Alford—the coach's son.

Although he had never been a point guard before, Hamilton was expected to become a combo guard and be the team's No. 2 ballhandler behind Alford.

He was rusty after not having played for 18 months, and had an up-and-down season.

On November 28, 2014, he scored a team-high 21 points at the Battle 4 Atlantis, helping UCLA salvage a win in the seventh-place game.

Just a day earlier, he had missed all six of his shots and committed seven turnovers due to poor decisions and bad passes in a loss to North Carolina.

Soon his ball-handling opportunities began to wane.

Towards the middle of the season, Hamilton at times would again assume the point guard role for the Bruins, and Alford would shift to being a scorer.

He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a junior in 2015–16.

Hamilton grew up in the Los Angeles area, where he was among the top high school players.

In February 2015, Hamilton enjoyed games of 16 points and nine assists against Oregon State, as well as 16 and 10 against Washington.

However, he was also limited to two points against Oregon and four versus Arizona.

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he played two seasons with the Canton Charge in the NBA G League.

Hamilton was born in Los Angeles to Greg and Karen Hamilton.

He attended his first two years of high school at Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles.