Othello Hunter

Othello Hunter
No. 5 – Olympiacos Piraeus
Position Power forward / Center
League Greek Basket League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born May 28, 1986
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nationality American / Liberian
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Richard J. Reynolds
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
College Hillsborough CC (2004–2006)
Ohio State (2006–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Pro career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2010 Atlanta Hawks
2009 → Anaheim Arsenal
2010 Ilysiakos
2010–2011 Dinamo Basket Sassari
2011–2012 Shandong Lions
2012 Azovmash Mariupol
2012–2013 Blancos de Rueda Valladolid
2013 Jiangsu Dragons
2013–2014 Montepaschi Siena
2014–present Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards

Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is an American-Liberian[1] professional basketball who currently plays for Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League and the Euroleague. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall and 235 pounds[2] and he can play at either the power forward or center positions, but he mainly plays as a center. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

High school and college

Hunter played high school basketball at Richard J. Reynolds High School in his hometown of Winston-Salem.[3] After high school he attended Hillsborough Community College in Dale Mabry, Hillsborough County, FL for two years and became a part of the Ohio State University's 2006 "Thad Five" recruiting class. After playing two seasons at Ohio State University with the Buckeyes, during which he managed to 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 career

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 Hunter to a contract.[4] Hunter was waived by the Hawks in January 2010.[5]

In 2012, after playing three months with the Ukrainian SuperLeague squad Azovmash Mariupol,[6] he signed with the Spanish ACB League team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid.[7] On August 26, 2013, Hunter officially signed a one-year deal with the Italian League team Montepaschi Siena.[8][9]

On July 8, 2014, he signed with the Greek team Olympiacos.[10]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  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  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Atlanta 16 0 5.8 .550 .000 .000 1.5 .1 .1 .3 1.4
2009–10 Atlanta 7 0 4.7 .333 .000 .750 1.7 .0 .0 .1 1.6
Career 23 0 5.4 .469 .000 .333 1.6 .0 .1 .3 1.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Atlanta 4 0 3.5 .667 .000 .000 1.5 .0 .3 .3 1.0
Career 4 0 3.5 .667 .000 .000 1.5 .0 .3 .3 1.0

Notes

  1. ↑ MensSanaBasket.it Othello Hunter.
  2. ↑ AJC.com Hawks roster depth is shallow.
  3. ↑ DraftExpress NBA Draft Profile
  4. ↑ Hawks Sign Hunter, Gardner, August 11, 2008
  5. ↑ Hawks Waive Hunter.
  6. ↑ Othello Hunter. asia-basket.com
  7. ↑ Valladolid inks Othello Hunter. CB Valladolid
  8. ↑ Caporaso, Armando. "Montepaschi lands Othello Hunter". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "MONTEPASCHI SIENA announces Rochestie, Hunter". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Olympiacos announces Othello Hunter". Sportando.com. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

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