2023-08-06 09:53:00
In the large family of players who have disappeared from the radar – and who we never expected to see once more on the surface – RJ Hunter, 28th choice of the 2015 Draft, has just signed a one-year contract in Charlotte.
This is the rule: when Frank Ntilikina takes a path, the courtiers follow.
But no, the French Prince does not (yet) have an aura of franchise player which allows his team to sign players without arguing too much. So, how to explain this wave of bets tempted by the Hornets? RJ Hunter hasn’t played in the NBA since… the 2018-2019 season. That year, only one game for the Celtics: a 17-point performance in a garbage time fallen into oblivion. In 2022, while playing in the Australian League (NBL) with the Sydney Kings, the son of NCAA coach Ron Hunter suffered a ruptured patellar tendon. He has not turned back a professional floor since. In short, 29 years old, “only” 45 NBA games on the clock, the last of which dates back to 2019, a recent physical setback… How did RJ Hunter come back to the fore?
Last season, the Hornets showed NBA’s second-worst 3-point percentage. However, a small link of cause and effect, RJ Hunter is a 1m96 rear whose specialization is beyond the perimeter. Do they hope to solve their problems of address by inviting RJ Hunter – a second-rate player but a leading shooter – between the frames? There is an idea. It remains to be seen what the former Georgia State sniper will be able to transpose to North Carolina. Season passed without any official match, only he can estimate his current skills.
Source texte : Chris Haynes de TNT et Bleacher Report
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