2000-01
Finished an injury-plagued season, his 12th in the NBA and fourth in Minnesota, by averaging 1.0 ppg (.300 FG%, .500 FT%) and 4.3 mpg in seven contests ... Scored four points in 16 minutes in the season finale (April 18) at Dallas ... It was his first game since Dec. 16 vs. Indiana ... Missed 72 games during two separate stints (Oct. 30-Dec. 1 and Dec. 19-April 18) on the Injured List due to bilateral synovitis in his ankles ... Also sat out all but one preseason game due to the ailment

1999-00
Played in 56 games, missing the April 4 contest vs. Atlanta due to a bruised right knee ... Shot 50.0% from the floor after Feb. 1; he also averaged 14.6 reb/48 games during that stretch ... Tallied a season-high 12 points Feb. 9 at the L.A. Lakers, his lone double-figure effort of the season ... Had fluid drained from both heels on Oct. 12 and missed the entire preseason

1998-99
Scored a team-high 22 points April 9 at the L.A. Lakers, one of seven double-digit outings on the year ... Enjoyed a seven-game stretch in early April when he averaged 14.9 ppg (on 61.1% shooting), including a season-high 23 points April 3 vs. Sacramento, his high in a Wolves uniform ... Went over the 10,000-minute plateau for his career May 4 at Houston

1997-98
Appeared in 57 games, including a pair of starts ... Missed 12 contests with two separate injuries (four games with a fractured nose, Jan. 10-17; eight with a sprained left ankle, April 2-14) ... Tallied a team-high 16 points March 20 vs. Denver, and a season-high 19 on Jan. 21 vs. Boston ... Reached double figures 12 times overall ... Averaged 24.2 mpg after Feb. 1, after logging 15.0 mpg prior to that date

1996-97
Appeared in 81 games, averaging 21.7 mpg, 5.0 rpg and 6.2 rpg ... Posted his fifth double-double as a Nugget with 19 points and 13 rebounds against Phoenix on Nov. 26 ... Missed only the season opener, which he was forced to sit out due to an NBA suspension for fighting with Shawn Kemp in the final game of the 1995-96 season ... Started the final eight games of the season due to an injury to LaPhonso Ellis and averaged 18.3 ppg and 6.4 rpg in that stretch ... Scored in double digits in each of the last 10 games of the season and 16 games overall, including a season-high 29 points in a 110-104 loss to Portland on April 7 ... Reached double figures in rebounds in eight times, grabbing a season-high 13 in a 117-108 win over Phoenix on Nov. 26. He had two double-doubles, getting 19 points to go with those 13 rebounds against the Suns, and also posting 15 points and 12 rebounds in a 122-113 loss to Phoenix on April 4.

1995-96
Appeared in a total of 70 games, starting four times ... Missed five games due to a broken nose suffered against Vancouver on March 28 ... Played a season-high 31 minutes and responded with season highs of 26 points and 12 rebounds vs. Boston on Feb. 18 ... Averaged 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in 14.7 minutes per game ... Scored in double figures 10 times, eight of them after the All-Star break ... Ejected from two games, including the season finale, when he was involved in a fight with Seattle's Shawn Kemp.

1994-95
Played in 70 games, averaging 5.9 ppg and 3.2 rpg ... Scored in double figures 11 times ... Missed several games with a knee injury ... One of three Nuggets players to sink more than half his shots for the year

1993-94
Saw action in 74 games, starting twice, and averaging 4.1 ppg ... Collected a career-high 17 rebounds vs. Charlotte on Dec. 3 ... Provided the NBA's youngest team with needed bench strength ... The Nuggets made an improbable postseason run by shocking the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the first round and then taking the Utah Jazz to seven games in the Western Conference Semifinals ... The Nuggets' opening-round win marked the first time in NBA history that an eighth-seeded team ever defeated a top-seeded team in the playoffs.

1992-93
Began the season with Charlotte and played in 18 games before being waived on Jan. 26 ... Was signed for the remainder of the season by Denver on Feb. 4 ... Averaged 5.8 ppg in 36 contests with Denver ... Scored a season-high 18 points at New Jersey on March 6 ... Missed the last week of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot

1991-92
Traded from Washington to Charlotte on Feb. 19 in exchange for Rex Chapman ... Missed all 30 games following the trade due to a groin pull ... Started 19 of his 37 games with Washington, where he averaged 11.9 ppg and 5.0 rpg.

1990-91
Appeared in 70 games and averaged 5.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg ... 1989-90: Averaged 5.3 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 61 games as a rookie with Washington

1989-90
Rookie season concluded with averages of 5.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 13.2 minutes per game ... Shot .437 from the field

COLLEGE
Tom Hammonds was an outstanding college player at Georgia Tech, where his jersey was retired after a career in which he became the No. 4 scorer in school history

• Is a deacon in the Crestview Church of God
• Had his number 20 jersey retired at Georgia Tech, joining Mark Price, John Salley, Rich Yunkus, Roger Kaiser, and Matt Harpring
• Completed his fifth season as a professional race car driver on the NHRA tour...Made his pro racing debut in July 1996
• Races stock cars and owns a 1969 Pro Street Camaro
• He and his wife Carolyn have two sons, Tommy Jr. and Keelan
• Has broken his nose eight times