Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is an American-Liberian former professional

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player. Standing at , he played at the

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position. Hunter played four seasons of

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including two seasons for Hillsborough CC and two seasons for

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

High school career

Hunter attended

Richard J. Reynolds High School Richard J. Reynolds High School now the Richard J. Reynolds Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts (often simply R. J. Reynolds High School or Reynolds) is a high school in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools located in Winston-S ...

, in his hometown of

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the 91st-most populous city in the Uni ...

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where he played high school basketball.

College career

After high school, Hunter attended

Hillsborough Community College Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is a public community college in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. History HCC was one of the last community colleges to be created in Florida, founded in 1968. Only ...

, in

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, Hillsborough County, FL for two years, and he became a part of the

'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 The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008, at the The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this NBA draft, draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took t ...

, in which he was not selected.

Professional career

NBA

Hunter joined the

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' 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.

Europe

In 2012, after playing three months with the Ukrainian SuperLeague squad

Azovmash Mariupol MBC Mariupol (, formerly BK Azovmash) was a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with Kyiv, Khimik, and Cher ...

, he signed with the

Spanish ACB League The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. On August 26, 2013, Hunter officially signed a one-year deal with the Italian League team

Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana Basketball Siena, also known as simply Mens Sana, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Siena. It is a section of the sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana, founded in 1871. Under the name Montepaschi Siena, derived from spon ...

. On July 8, 2014, he signed a contract with the Greek League team

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. In his first season with the team, in 2014–15, Olympiacos advanced to the 2015 Final Four of the

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, where they lost in the

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game to the host team

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. 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 Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

, 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

. On July 13, 2017, Hunter signed a two-year contract with Russian club

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. On May 23, 2019, Hunter recorded a season-high 22 points, shooting 9-of-10 from the field, along with six rebounds in a 98–82 win over

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (, ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...

. Hunter went on to win the 2019 EuroLeague championship with CSKA. On July 16, 2019, Hunter joined the Israeli team

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

, signing a one-year deal with an option for another one. On December 12, 2019, Hunter recorded a

career-high 20 points, along with seven rebounds in a 90–80 win over his former team

. 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

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of the

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(BBL).

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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EuroLeague

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, 35 , , 0 , , 16.7 , , .647 , , .000 , , .683 , , 4.5 , , .6 , , .5 , , .3 , , 7.6 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2",

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, 35 , , 0 , , 21.2 , , .558 , , .375 , , .616 , , 5.0 , , 1.1 , , .6 , , .5 , , 7.7 , , 10.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

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Personal life

Hunter is Liberian by blood not by birth. .