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Revision as of 17:11, 22 July 2015
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 24, 1993 Oxford, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pike (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| College | Georgia State (2012–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015: 1st round, 28th overall pick |
| Selected by the Boston Celtics | |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Ronald Jordan "R. J." Hunter (born October 24, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who was recently drafted by the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Hunter played college basketball for the Georgia State Panthers under the direction of his father and Georgia State head coach, Ron Hunter. There, he was twice named Sun Belt Player of the Year as well as the Sun Belt Conference Male Athlete of the Year. He holds the school record for most career points with a total of 1,819 after just three seasons of play.[1]
Personal life
Born on Oct. 24, 1993 in Oxford, Ohio to parents, Ron Hunter and Amy Hunter. His godfather is Ron Harper, who played with R. J.'s dad at Miami (Ohio) before going on to win five titles over the course of his 15-year NBA career.[2] R. J. is the youngest of his parents' two children. He and his older sister, Jasmine Hunter, are very close.[3]
Collegiate career
R. J. Hunter played three seasons for Georgia State University under his father and head coach, Ron Hunter. After his junior season, R. J. declared he would enter the 2015 NBA draft.
Freshman season
Hunter reported a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in his collegiate debut against No. 8 Duke. He also scored 20 or more points 12 times during his freshman season, leading GSU in scoring 15 times. Earned Kyle Macy Freshman All-America honors, CAA Rookie-of-the-Year, All-CAA First-Team and CAA All-Rookie Team after becoming the most prolific freshman scorer in Georgia State University history. Hunter finished the year with a school-record 527 points (17 PPG avg.) and was one of just three freshmen in the country to average at least 17.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[2]
Sophomore season
Hunter's trend of record setting continued into the rest of his career at GSU. Overall, he averaged 18.4 PPG, scoring 604 for the season and became the first Panther to make 100 3-pointers in a single season. That 3-pointer count was No. 16 in the NCAA. Hunter was excellent from the free-throw line, setting the school record single-season average by hitting 88.2 percent (No. 1 percentage in the Sun Belt and No. 17 in the NCAA that season). As a part of that effort, he also set a school-record 38-straight free-throws made. On defense, Hunter finished second in the Sun Belt and 49th in the NCAA with his 63 steals.
Many know R. J. from seeing highlights of his clutch buzzer-beater in the second round of the 2015 NCAA tournament, but hitting a shot like that was nothing new for Hunter. In his sophomore year, Hunter scored a career-high 41 points against USTA, making a school single-game-record 12 3-pointers. The 12 3-pointers were also the most in the country during the year and set a new Sun Belt Conference record. In another game that year, he hit the game-winning shot with 11.1 seconds to play against Arkansas State. Another clutch shot came in a game in which Hunter scored 31 points including a huge 3-pointer with seven seconds left at UT Arlington to send the game to overtime.[2] Hunter was named Sun Belt Conference Basketball Player of the Year as well as the Sun Belt Conference Male Athlete of the Year.[4]
Junior season
In his final season at GSU, R. J. Hunter averaged a career-high 19.7 points, scoring a school-record season total of 688 points (a school-record he broke each season). He also averaged 4.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. In addition, he made 202 free-throws (No. 7 in the NCAA that year), second-most in school history, while swiping 75 steals, third-most in a single-season in program history. The most noteworthy record he set was total-career-points. Midway through just his third season, Hunter overtook Rodney Hamilton’s record of 1,515 points with a basket in front of a GSU home crowd against UL Lafayette on Jan. 24, 2015. R. J. finished the year with a career-total of 1,819 points.
The Panthers finished the 2014–15 season as the Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament champions. With their Sun Belt Tournament championship win over Georgia Southern, the Panthers received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. In the round of 64, No. 14-seed Georgia State trailed the No. 3-seed Baylor by 12 points with just 2:53 to play. R. J. Hunter took over and scored 12 of the Panthers' final 13 points, including a 35-foot 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds remaining to secure their electrifying come-from-behind win. The moment was selected as No. 2 in the NCAA’s top 10 moments of the tournament and was included in ‘One Shining Moment’ following the championship game.[2][5] This upset was so noteworthy, it is one of three nominees for the 2015 Best Upset ESPY Award.[6]
Hunter was again named both Sun Belt Conference Basketball Player of the Year and the Sun Belt Conference Male Athlete of the Year.[4]
College statistics
| Season | Team | G | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MIN | TO |
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| 2012–13 | Georgia State | 31 | 17.0 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | .439 | .365 | .776 | 33.5 | 1.7 |
| 2013–14 | Georgia State | 32 | 18.4 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .444 | .395 | .882 | 33.5 | 1.2 |
| 2014–15 | Georgia State | 35 | 19.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .396 | .305 | .878 | 37 | 2.2 |
| Total Averages | 32.7 | 18.4 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | .426 | .355 | .845 | 34.6 | 1.7 | |
College records
- All-time Georgia State University leader in points (1,819)
- All-time Georgia State University leader in free-throws made (448); in free-throw percentage (.853); in consecutive free-throws made (38)
- All-time Georgia State University leader in 3-pointers made (253)
- Single-season Georgia State University leader in points (688, 2014–15)
- Single-season Georgia State University leader in 3-pointers made (100, 2013–14)
- Single-game Sun Belt Conference leader in 3-pointers made (12)
- Single-game Sun Belt Conference leader in free-throw percentage (1.000 16-16, 2015)
Professional career
On June 25, 2015, Hunter was selected with 28th pick of the 2015 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "22 R.J. Hunter". Georgia State Panthers. Georgia State University. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Player Bio: R. J. Hunter – Georgia State University Official Athletic Website". Georgia State Panthers. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Georgia State's Hunter could be ready for jump to NBA – NBA.com". NBA. February 26, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Georgia State's Father-Son Duo Headlines Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Honorees". Sun Belt Conference. March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Cooper, Sam. "Dramatic R. J. Hunter 3-pointer gives Georgia State upset over Baylor (Video)". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|website=(help) - ^ "Best Upset Award Voting". ESPN. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Celtics Select Rozier, Hunter, Mickey and Thornton in 2015 Draft". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
External links
- Georgia State bio
- Boston Celtics draft profile
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com