# Othello Hunter

Tegba Othello Hunter (born May 28, 1986) is an American-Liberian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played at the center position. Hunter played four seasons of college basketball including two seasons for Hillsborough CC and two seasons for Ohio State University.

## High school career

Hunter attended Richard J. Reynolds High School, in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he played high school basketball.

## College career

After high school, Hunter attended Hillsborough Community College, in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL for two years, and he 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
### NBA

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.

### Europe

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. 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. Hunter went on to win the 2019 EuroLeague championship with CSKA.
On July 16, 2019, Hunter joined the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv, signing a one-year deal with an option for another one. On December 12, 2019, Hunter recorded a EuroLeague career-high 20 points, along with seven rebounds in a 90–80 win over his former team CSKA Moscow.
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 Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

## Career statistics
### NBA
#### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2008–09 | Atlanta | 16 | 0 | 5.8 | .550 | — | .000 | 1.5 | .1 | .1 | .3 | 1.4 |
| 2010–11 | Atlanta | 7 | 0 | 4.7 | .333 | — | .750 | 1.7 | — | — | .1 | 1.6 |
| Career | Career | 23 | 0 | 5.4 | .469 | — | .333 | 1.6 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 1.4 |

#### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2008 | Atlanta | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .667 | — | — | 1.5 | — | .3 | .3 | 1.0 |
| Career | Career | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .667 | — | — | 1.5 | — | .3 | .3 | 1.0 |

### EuroLeague

| † | Denotes seasons in which Hunter won the EuroLeague |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| 2013–14 | Mens Sana | 10 | 8 | 20.8 | .492 | .250 | .500 | 6.7 | .5 | .3 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 8.2 |
| 2014–15 | Olympiacos | 29 | 4 | 19.0 | .615 | — | .625 | 4.8 | .6 | .4 | .4 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| 2015–16 | Olympiacos | 22 | 5 | 21.1 | .567 | — | .643 | 6.0 | .5 | .7 | .3 | 9.4 | 10.8 |
| 2016–17 | Real Madrid | 35 | 0 | 16.7 | .647 | .000 | .683 | 4.5 | .6 | .5 | .3 | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| 2017–18 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 9 | 19.3 | .615 | .000 | .743 | 5.5 | .7 | .9 | .3 | 8.2 | 11.6 |
| 2018–19† | CSKA Moscow | 36 | 31 | 17.9 | .596 | — | .727 | 4.3 | .9 | .5 | .4 | 7.7 | 9.4 |
| 2019–20 | Maccabi | 27 | 16 | 23.3 | .581 | .000 | .712 | 6.4 | 1.3 | .5 | .4 | 10.3 | 14.2 |
| 2020–21 | Maccabi | 27 | 5 | 20.9 | .509 | .000 | .714 | 5.3 | 1.0 | .8 | .6 | 8.0 | 10.7 |
| 2021–22 | Bayern Munich | 35 | 0 | 21.2 | .558 | .375 | .616 | 5.0 | 1.1 | .6 | .5 | 7.7 | 10.2 |
| 2022–23 | Bayern Munich | 24 | 5 | 17.9 | .507 | .436 | .778 | 4.8 | 1.0 | .6 | .4 | 7.8 | 9.4 |
| Career | Career | 275 | 83 | 19.6 | .575 | .360 | .687 | 5.2 | .8 | .6 | .4 | 8.2 | 10.5 |

## Personal life

Hunter is the son of Liberian parents who moved to the United States.