Brandon Hunter

Infobox NBA Player
name = Brandon Hunter
nickname =

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league = Serie A (basketball)
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lbs = 260
team = Angelico Biella
position = Power forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|11|24
birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio
college = Ohio
nationality = American
draft = 2nd round, 56th overall
draft_team = Boston Celtics
draft_year = 2003
former_teams = Boston Celtics (2003–2004)
Orlando Magic (2004–2005)
Carpisa Napoli (2006)
career_start = 2003
career_end =
awards =

Brandon Hunter (born November 24 1980 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a 6'7", 260 lbs, American professional basketball player and is currently playing for Angelico Biella of the Italian championship. Most of his career he has been a journeyman player.

As a college senior for the Ohio Bobcats, the power forward averaged 21.5 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.2 blocks and 0.8 steals.

After his college basketball career with the Ohio Bobcats, he was selected as a second round draft choice (56th overall) of the Boston Celtics in the 2003 NBA Draft. He played 36 games for the team, averaging 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in his rookie season. On June 22 2004 he was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA Expansion Draft. He never played a game for them because he was traded on November 1 of that year to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Keith Bogans. In Orlando he averaged 3.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in 31 contests. He was signed by the Milwaukee Bucks before the 2005-06 season [http://www.nba.com/transactions/player_movement_2005.html] , but he was waived before he played in any NBA games for the club. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_/ai_n15718447 Sports briefs] Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Oct 24, 2005]

He was also signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2006, but was waived during the pre-season. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=261014005 WASHINGTON 93, CLEVELAND 89] ]

Awards

*2003 Boston Pro Summer League First Team
*2002-03 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
*2002-03 NCAA Rebounding Leader (12.6)
*2001-02 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
*2000-01 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
*2000-01 MAC All-Tournament Team
*1999-00 MAC All-Freshman Team

ee also

* List of college men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds

Notes

External links

* [http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/03/hunter.htm College playing history for Hunter]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/huntebr01.html NBA playing history for Hunter]
* [http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=HUN-BRA-80 Italian playing history for Hunter]