Lindsey Hunter

Lindsey Hunter

Hunter during a practice session in 2007
No. 1, 11, 10
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	December 3, 1970 (1970-12-03)
Place of birth	Utica, Mississippi, United States
Nationality	American
High school	Murrah (Jackson, Mississippi)
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College	Alcorn State (1988–1989) Jackson State (1990–1993)
NBA Draft	1993 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Pro career	1993–2010
Career history
1993–2000	Detroit Pistons
2000–2001	Milwaukee Bucks
2001–2002	Los Angeles Lakers
2002–2003	Toronto Raptors
2003–2008	Detroit Pistons
2008–2010	Chicago Bulls
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA Champion (2002, 2004) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1994) SWAC Player of the Year (1993)
Career statistics
Points	7,956 (8.5 ppg)
Rebounds	2,021 (2.2 rpg)
Assists	2,506 (2.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Lindsey Benson Hunter, Jr. (born December 3, 1970) is a former American professional basketball player. He was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2010, spending most of his career with Detroit Pistons. He is now a player development assistant for the Chicago Bulls.

Basketball career

After playing basketball at Murrah High School in Jackson, Mississippi, alongside phenom James Robinson, Hunter enrolled at Jackson State University. While playing for the Tigers, he became arguably the school's highest profile athlete since the days of Walter Payton and Jackie Slater.

The Detroit Pistons had two first-round picks in the 1993 NBA Draft. They selected Hunter with the 10th pick and chose Tennessee guard Allan Houston with the 11th. Hunter spent most of his professional career playing with the Pistons organization. His first stint in Detroit lasted from 1993 to 2000 when he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Billy Owens. He played with the Bucks for one season, before being sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Greg Foster. Hunter was a contributor on the Lakers team that won the NBA championship in 2001–02.

Following that season, Hunter was dealt again (on draft night 2002), this time to the Toronto Raptors, along with the rights to Chris Jefferies, for Tracy Murray and Kareem Rush. In August 2003, the Pistons re-acquired Hunter by sending Michael Curry to the Raptors. He was traded to the Boston Celtics in February 2004 along with Chucky Atkins and Detroit's 2004 first-round draft pick for Mike James, in order to make the salary cap figures work out for the trade that brought Rasheed Wallace to the Pistons. Hunter never played a game for the Celtics; he was immediately released and re-signed by Detroit a week later. Hunter and Pistons went on to win the 2003–04 NBA championship.

On March 7, 2007, Hunter was suspended for ten games after testing positive for phentermine. He claimed he was using his wife's diet pills, which made him test positive for the banned substance.

Hunter signed a one-year nonguaranteed contract with the Chicago Bulls on November 13, 2008. On July 13, 2009, Hunter re-signed with the Bulls for the veteran minimum of $1.3 million. At age 39, Hunter was the oldest player active during the 2009–2010 NBA season—until the Bulls waived him on March 3, 2010 (to make room for Chris Richard). Two days later, the Bulls hired him as a player development assistant.

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
1993–94	Detroit	82	26	26.5	.375	.333	.732	2.3	4.8	1.5	.1	10.3
1994–95	Detroit	42	26	22.5	.374	.333	.727	1.8	3.8	1.2	.2	7.5
1995–96	Detroit	80	48	26.7	.381	.405	.700	2.4	2.4	1.0	.2	8.5
1996–97	Detroit	82	76	36.9	.404	.355	.778	2.8	1.9	1.6	.3	14.2
1997–98	Detroit	71	67	35.3	.383	.321	.740	3.5	3.2	1.7	.1	12.1
1998–99	Detroit	49	49	35.8	.435	.386	.753	3.4	3.9	1.8	.2	11.9
1999–00	Detroit	82	82	35.6	.425	.432	.760	3.0	4.0	1.6	.3	12.7
2000–01	Milwaukee	82	5	24.4	.381	.373	.802	2.1	2.7	1.2	.2	10.1
2001–02	L.A. Lakers	82	47	19.7	.382	.380	.500	1.5	1.6	.8	.2	5.8
2002–03	Toronto	29	0	23.2	.351	.318	.723	2.0	2.4	1.2	.2	9.7
2003–04	Detroit	33	8	20.0	.343	.280	.625	2.0	2.6	1.2	.2	3.5
2004–05	Detroit	76	3	15.1	.358	.274	.793	1.6	1.7	.9	.2	3.8
2005–06	Detroit	30	1	11.8	.370	.256	.500	1.3	2.1	.6	.0	2.9
2006–07	Detroit	52	0	14.3	.385	.319	.909	.9	1.8	.6	.1	4.9
2007–08	Detroit	24	0	9.0	.344	.269	.778	.5	1.4	.5	.1	2.4
2008–09	Chicago	28	0	9.5	.329	.333	.600	.4	1.3	.7	.0	2.6
2009–10	Chicago	13	0	9.4	.167	.077	1.000	1.1	.7	.1	.0	1.0
Career		937	439	24.8	.388	.360	.746	2.2	2.7	1.2	.2	8.5

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995–96	Detroit	2	0	18.0	.250	.250	.500	1.0	.5	.5	.0	3.0
1996–97	Detroit	5	5	40.2	.439	.414	.714	3.6	1.2	1.2	.2	15.0
1998–99	Detroit	5	5	36.0	.264	.273	1.000	3.0	2.4	1.4	.0	7.2
1999–00	Detroit	3	3	31.0	.313	.111	.667	2.3	1.7	1.7	.3	8.3
2000–01	Milwaukee	18	0	16.1	.242	.151	.727	1.7	1.9	.8	.2	3.6
2001–02	L.A. Lakers	18	0	7.3	.311	.276	.000	.4	.6	.1	.0	2.0
2003–04	Detroit	23	0	11.9	.292	.233	.917	1.4	.9	.8	.2	2.4
2004–05	Detroit	25	0	15.0	.319	.222	.727	1.6	1.6	.9	.3	3.8
2005–06	Detroit	18	0	12.1	.333	.318	1.000	1.1	1.6	.8	.1	4.2
2006–07	Detroit	13	0	10.2	.226	.222	1.000	.8	1.2	.5	.1	1.8
2007–08	Detroit	11	0	10.5	.381	.455	.000	.9	1.3	.7	.0	1.9
2008–09	Chicago	6	0	4.0	.333	.333	.750	.8	.8	.3	.0	1.0
Career		147	13	14.1	.309	.260	.810	1.3	1.3	.7	.1	3.5

External links

• Lindsey Hunter at NBA.com
• Lindsey Hunter Stats at ESPN.com
• Lindsey Hunter NBA Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
• Lindsey Hunter College Basketball Statistics at Sports-Reference.com