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Othello Hunter 
Shandong Lions Power forward Personal information Date of birth May 28, 1986 Place of birth Winston-Salem, North Carolina Nationality American High school Richard J. Reynolds Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg) Career information College Ohio State NBA Draft 2008 / Undrafted Pro career 2008–present League Chinese Basketball Association Career history - Atlanta Hawks (2008–2010)
- Anaheim Arsenal (2009)
- Ilisiakos B.C. (2010)
- Dinamo Basket Sassari (2010–11)
- Shandong Lions (2011–present)
Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
A 6'8", 225-pound power forward, Hunter played high school basketball at Richard J. Reynolds High School in his hometown of Winston-Salem.[1] 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, 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.
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 and 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.[2] Hunter was waived by the Hawks in January 2010.[3]
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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 .2 .2 1.0 Career 4 0 3.5 .667 .000 .000 1.5 .0 .2 .2 1.0 Notes
- ^ DraftExpress NBA Draft Profile
- ^ Hawks Sign Hunter, Gardner, August 11, 2008
- ^ Hawks Waive Hunter.
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Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- American basketball players
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- American basketball biography, 1980s birth stubs
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