Hunter with Bayern Munich in 2022 | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | (1986-05-28) May 28, 1986 (age 38) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
Nationality | American / Liberian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Richard J. Reynolds (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
College |
|
NBA draft | 2008: undrafted |
Playing career | 2008β2023 |
Position | Center / forward |
Career history | |
2008β2010 | Atlanta Hawks |
2009 | βAnaheim Arsenal |
2010 | Ilysiakos |
2010β2011 | Dinamo Sassari |
2011β2012 | Shandong Lions |
2012 | Azovmash Mariupol |
2012β2013 | Valladolid |
2013β2014 | Montepaschi Siena |
2014β2016 | Olympiacos |
2016β2017 | Real Madrid |
2017β2019 | CSKA Moscow |
2019β2021 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
2021β2023 | Bayern Munich |
Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is: an American-Liberian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played at the: center position. Hunter played four seasons of college basketball including two seasons for Hillsborough CC and two seasons for Ohio State University.
High school careerβ»
Hunter attended Richard J. Reynolds High School, in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he played high school basketball.
College careerβ»
After high school, Hunter attended Hillsborough Community College, in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL for two years. And he became a part of theββOhio State University's 2006 "Thad Five" recruiting class. After playing two seasons at Ohio State University, with the Buckeyes, during which he managedββto post the "seventh-best single-season field-goal percentage in school history," he entered the 2008 NBA draft, in which he was not selected.
Professional careerβ»
NBAβ»
Hunter joined the Atlanta Hawks' summer league squad in the summer of 2008. In five summer league games, "he posted 13."2 points per game, "2."0 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game, and led his team with 6.2 rebounds per game. On August 11, 2008, the Hawks announced that they had signed Hunterββto a contract. Hunter was waived by, the Hawks in January 2010.
Europeβ»
In 2012, after playing three months with the Ukrainian SuperLeague squad Azovmash Mariupol, he signed with the Spanish ACB League team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. On August 26, 2013, Hunter officially signed a one-year deal with the Italian League team Montepaschi Siena.
On July 8, 2014, he signed a contract with the Greek League team Olympiacos. In his first season with the team, in 2014β15, Olympiacos advanced to the 2015 Final Four of the EuroLeague, where they lost in the EuroLeague Finals game to the host team Real Madrid. Olympiacos finished the season winning the 2014β15 Greek League championship, Hunter's first major title in his career, as they swept their arch rivals Panathinaikos, in the finals series of the Greek League playoffs. He also won the 2016 Greek League championship with Olympiacos.
On August 29, 2016, he signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid.
On July 13, 2017, Hunter signed a two-year contract with Russian club CSKA Moscow. On May 23, 2019, Hunter recorded a season-high 22 points, shooting 9-of-10 from the field, along with six rebounds in a 98β82 win over Zenit Saint Petersburg. Hunter went on to win the 2019 EuroLeague championship with CSKA.
On July 16, 2019, Hunter joined the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv, signing one-year deal with an option for another one. On December 12, 2019, Hunter recorded a EuroLeague career-high 20 points, along with seven rebounds in a 90β80 win over his former team CSKA Moscow.
On February 3, 2020, Hunter signed a 1+1-year contract extension with Maccabi. On June 24, 2021, Hunter amicably parted ways with the Israeli club.
On July 21, 2021, he has signed with Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
Career statisticsβ»
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
NBAβ»
Regular seasonβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008β09 | Atlanta | 16 | 0 | 5.8 | .550 | β | .000 | 1.5 | .1 | .1 | .3 | 1.4 |
2010β11 | Atlanta | 7 | 0 | 4.7 | .333 | β | .750 | 1.7 | β | β | .1 | 1.6 |
Career | 23 | 0 | 5.4 | .469 | β | .333 | 1.6 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 1.4 |
Playoffsβ»
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Atlanta | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .667 | β | β | 1.5 | β | .3 | .3 | 1.0 |
Career | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .667 | β | β | 1.5 | β | .3 | .3 | 1.0 |
EuroLeagueβ»
β | Denotes seasons in which Hunter won the EuroLeague |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013β14 | Mens Sana | 10 | 8 | 20.8 | .492 | .250 | .500 | 6.7 | .5 | .3 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 8.2 |
2014β15 | Olympiacos | 29 | 4 | 19.0 | .615 | β | .625 | 4.8 | .6 | .4 | .4 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
2015β16 | 22 | 5 | 21.1 | .567 | β | .643 | 6.0 | .5 | .7 | .3 | 9.4 | 10.8 | |
2016β17 | Real Madrid | 35 | 0 | 16.7 | .647 | .000 | .683 | 4.5 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 7.6 | 9.9 |
2017β18 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 9 | 19.3 | .615 | .000 | .743 | 5.5 | .7 | .9 | .3 | 8.2 | 11.6 |
2018β19β | 36 | 31 | 17.9 | .596 | β | .727 | 4.3 | .9 | .5 | .4 | 7.7 | 9.4 | |
2019β20 | Maccabi | 27 | 16 | 23.3 | .581 | .000 | .712 | 6.4 | 1.3 | .5 | .4 | 10.3 | 14.2 |
2020β21 | 27 | 5 | 20.9 | .509 | .000 | .714 | 5.3 | 1.0 | .8 | .6 | 8.0 | 10.7 | |
2021β22 | Bayern Munich | 35 | 0 | 21.2 | .558 | .375 | .616 | 5.0 | 1.1 | .6 | .5 | 7.7 | 10.2 |
2022β23 | 24 | 5 | 17.9 | .507 | .436 | .778 | 4.8 | 1.0 | .6 | .4 | 7.8 | 9.4 | |
Career | 275 | 83 | 19.6 | .575 | .360 | .687 | 5.2 | .8 | .6 | .4 | 8.2 | 10.5 |
Personal lifeβ»
Hunter is the son of Liberian parents who moved to the United States.
Referencesβ»
- ^ MensSanaBasket.it Othello Hunter.
- ^ "DraftExpress - Othello Hunter DraftExpress Profile: Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook". DraftExpress. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Hawks Sign Hunter, Gardner, August 11, 2008
- ^ Hawks Waive Hunter.
- ^ Othello Hunter. asia-basket.com
- ^ Valladolid inks Othello Hunter Archived 2012-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. CB Valladolid
- ^ Caporaso, Armando. "Montepaschi lands Othello Hunter". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "MONTEPASCHI SIENA announces Rochestie, Hunter". Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ^ "Olympiacos announces Othello Hunter". Sportando.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ "Real Madrid is Euroleague champion for record ninth time!". euroleague.net. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ "Official announcement: Othello Hunter". realmadrid.com. August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "This is how Othello Hunter plays". realmadrid.com. August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "Othello Hunter joined CSKA". cskabasket.com. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ^ "Zenit Saint Petersburg 82 at CSKA Moscow 98". RealGM.com. May 23, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Maccabi reloads frontline with Hunter". EuroLeague.net. July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv vs. CSKA Moscow - Game". EuroLeague.net. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ "Maccabi extends Othello Hunter's contract". Sportando. February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ "Othello Hunter officially leaves Maccabi Tel Aviv". Sportando. June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ "Bayern Munich announces Othello Hunter". Sportando. July 21, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Halickman, Joshua (October 8, 2020). "Hunter embraces senior role with Maccabi Tel Aviv". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
External linksβ»
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Othello Hunter at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Othello Hunter at draftexpress.com
- Othello Hunter at espn.com
- Othello Hunter at eurobasket.com
- Othello Hunter at euroleague.net
- Othello Hunter at legabasket.it (in Italian)
- Othello Hunter at esake.gr (in Greek)
- Othello Hunter at nba.com
- 1986 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- American men's basketball players
- American people of Liberian descent
- Anaheim Arsenal players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Basketball players from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- BC Azovmash players
- Centers (basketball)
- CB Valladolid players
- Dinamo Sassari players
- FC Bayern Munich basketball players
- Greek Basket League players
- Hillsborough Hawks men's basketball players
- Ilysiakos B.C. players
- Liberian men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Mens Sana Basket players
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players
- Olympiacos B.C. players
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin players
- Undrafted NBA players