NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted Weight 102 kg Nationality American / Liberian Name Othello Hunter Career start 2008 | Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Role Basketeer Pro career 2008 Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Height 2.03 m | |
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League Greek Basket LeagueEuroleague Current team Mens Sana 1871 Basket (#6 / Power forward) | ||
Othello Hunter Full Series Highlights vs Panathinaikos | 2015/16 Greek Basket League Finals
Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is an American-Liberian professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he plays at the power forward or center positions. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Contents
- Othello Hunter Full Series Highlights vs Panathinaikos 201516 Greek Basket League Finals
- Othello hunter the monster
- High school and college
- Professional career
- Career statistics
- References
Othello hunter the monster
High school and college
Hunter played high school basketball at Richard J. Reynolds High School in his hometown of Winston-Salem. 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. Hunter was waived by the Hawks in January 2010.
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 2014–15, 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 2014–15 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.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.