Complex sentence: Hairston attended Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, New York and played college basketball at New York University from 1962 to 1964 and professionally for the Cincinnati Royals and Detroit Pistons before arriving at the Lakers in 1969.
Split into simpler sentences: Hairston attended Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, New York. He played college basketball at New York University from 1962 to 1964 and professionally for the Cincinnati Royals and Detroit Pistons before arriving at the Lakers in 1969.