<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Rip Will Be Ready</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 24</span> - Richard Hamilton has suffered several ankle injuries but couldn't say whether this one is more painful than the others.</p> </p> "It's kind of tough because it hurts in the back," he said. "Me and Arnie, when we've been working on it, it kind of feels like it's back near my Achilles, but it's not my Achilles. It's just the lower back of it. There's still a little stiffness, but it's nothing we can't get over."</p> </p> Hamilton said he will be ready for the opener and hopes he'll be his usual self, which means constantly moving without the ball, being able to catch and shoot in a split second, and defending at full strength. -- <font color="#000000">Detroit Free Press</font></p></div></div>
