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Lindsey Hunter

For the American volleyball player, see Lindsey Hunter (volleyball).

Lindsey Benson Hunter Jr. (born December 3, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2010, spending most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. He was also the interim head coach of the Phoenix Suns in 2013. Most recently, he served as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State.

Lindsey Hunter
Hunter visits the White House in 2009 before the Chicago Bulls' game against the Washington Wizards.
Personal information
Born (1970-12-03) December 3, 1970 (age 54)
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolMurrah (Jackson, Mississippi)
College
NBA draft1993: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career1993–2010
PositionPoint guard
Number1, 11, 10
Career history
As player:
1993–2000Detroit Pistons
2000–2001Milwaukee Bucks
2001–2002Los Angeles Lakers
2002–2003Toronto Raptors
2003–2008Detroit Pistons
2008–2010Chicago Bulls
As coach:
2012–2013Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2013Phoenix Suns (interim HC)
2013–2014Golden State Warriors (assistant)
2016–2017Buffalo (assistant)
2019–2022Mississippi Valley State
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points7,956 (8.5 ppg)
Rebounds2,021 (2.2 rpg)
Assists2,506 (2.7 apg)
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Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Basketball career

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After playing basketball at Murrah High School in Jackson, Mississippi, alongside phenom James Robinson, Hunter enrolled at Alcorn State University, then transferred to Jackson State University after his freshman year. While playing for the Jackson State 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. As a rookie, Hunter played in all 82 games, while averaging 10.3 points and what would be a career-high 4.8 assists per game.[1] During the 1996-97 NBA season, Hunter averaged a career-high 14.2 points per game,[2] before then averaging a playoff career-high 15 points per game during a 3–2 first round loss to the Hawks.[3] His first stint in Detroit lasted from 1993 to 2000 when he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Billy Owens. He was a key role player with the Bucks for one season, playing the fifth-most minutes of any Buck en route to the team's 4–3 Eastern Conference Finals loss,[4] before being sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Greg Foster the following season. 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.[5] In August 2003, the Pistons re-acquired Hunter by sending Michael Curry to the Raptors.[6] 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.[7] Hunter and the Pistons went on to win the 2003–04 NBA championship. Hunter and the Pistons went back to the Finals in 2004–2005, but Detroit lost the series in seven games to the San Antonio Spurs. During the Pistons Finals runs, Hunter was credited as a tenacious on-ball defender off the bench. He was credited with guarding Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, and Tony Parker in Detroit's two Finals runs.

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.[8]

Hunter signed a one-year nonguaranteed contract with the Chicago Bulls on November 13, 2008.[9] 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).[10] Two days later, the Bulls hired him as a player development assistant.[11][12]

Coaching career

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On August 28, 2012, Hunter signed with the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach for player development.[13] After the Suns opened the season with a 13–28 record, Hunter was named Phoenix's interim head coach, replacing Alvin Gentry on January 20, 2013.[14] In his head coaching debut, Hunter led the Suns to a 106–96 victory over the Sacramento Kings.[15] In May 2013, Hunter was replaced by Jeff Hornacek. On September 18, 2013, Hunter joined the Golden State Warriors as an assistant coach.[16]

On June 13, 2016, Hunter was named an assistant coach on Nate Oats' staff at the University at Buffalo.[17]

On April 20, 2019, Hunter was named the head coach at Mississippi Valley State University.[18] He went 7–74 in three years at the helm before stepping down in March 2022.[19]

NBA career statistics

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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
 †  Won an NBA championship

Regular season

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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 1.1 .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
1999–2000 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 .1 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 .7 .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

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996 Detroit 2 0 18.0 .250 .250 .500 1.0 .5 .5 .0 3.0
1997 Detroit 5 5 40.2 .439 .414 .714 3.6 1.2 1.2 .2 15.0
1999 Detroit 5 5 36.0 .264 .273 1.000 3.0 2.4 1.4 .0 7.2
2000 Detroit 3 3 31.0 .313 .111 .667 2.3 1.7 1.7 .3 8.3
2001 Milwaukee 18 0 16.1 .242 .151 .727 1.7 1.9 .8 .2 3.6
2002† L.A. Lakers 18 0 7.3 .311 .276 .000 .4 .6 .1 .0 2.0
2004† Detroit 23 0 11.9 .292 .233 .917 1.4 .9 .8 .2 2.4
2005 Detroit 25 0 15.0 .319 .222 .727 1.6 1.6 .9 .3 3.8
2006 Detroit 18 0 12.1 .333 .318 1.000 1.1 1.6 .8 .1 4.2
2007 Detroit 13 0 10.2 .226 .222 1.000 .8 1.2 .5 .1 1.8
2008 Detroit 11 0 10.5 .381 .455 .000 .9 1.3 .7 .0 1.9
2009 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

Head coaching record

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NCAA DI

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2019–2022)
2019–20 Mississippi Valley State 3–27 3–15 T–9th
2020–21 Mississippi Valley State 2–22 2–13 10th
2021–22 Mississippi Valley State 2–26 2–16 12th
Mississippi Valley State: 7–75 (.085) 7–44 (.137)
Total: 7–75 (.085)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NBA

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Phoenix 2012–13 41 12 29 .293 5th in Pacific — — — — Missed Playoffs
Career 41 12 29 .293 — — — —

References

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  1. ^ "1993-94 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Lindsey Hunter Per Game Stats
  3. ^ 1997 Eastern Conference First Round
  4. ^ 2000–01 Milwaukee Bucks
  5. ^ Lakers sign 20th pick Rush to contract
  6. ^ Pistons Acquire Guard Lindsey Hunter From Toronto for Michael Curry
  7. ^ Detroit Pistons Transactions 2003–04
  8. ^ ESPN – Hunter suspended after testing positive for phentermine – NBA
  9. ^ Bulls agree to nonguaranteed contract with D specialist Hunter
  10. ^ "Richard signed; Hunter waived". Archived from the original on March 6, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  11. ^ Bulls name Lindsey Hunter Player Development Assistant
  12. ^ Chicago Bulls hire Lindsey Hunter as a player development assistant – ESPN Chicago
  13. ^ "Phoenix Suns focus on young roster".
  14. ^ "Suns Name Hunter Interim Head Coach". NBA.com. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  15. ^ "Suns top Kings in first game under new coach Hunter". USA Today.
  16. ^ Warriors Add Lindsey Hunter to Coaching Staff
  17. ^ Gaughan, Mark (June 13, 2016). "UB hires 17-year NBA vet Lindsey Hunter as assistant basketball coach". Campus Watch. Buffalo News. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  18. ^ "MVSU Names Lindsey Hunter New Men's Head Basketball Coach". April 20, 2019.
  19. ^ "Lindsey Hunter steps down as Mississippi Valley State head coach". March 12, 2022.
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