Othello Hunter Will Play For Dinamo Sassari in Italy for 2010/2011! (Plus O's Summer League Mix!)

Hunter to continue career in Europe - Newly promoted Serie A Club Dinamo Basket Sassari (Sassari, Italy) announced the big signing of Buckeye Othello Hunter on August 9th, 2010. Hunter reportedly has an NBA escape which expires on the 18th, but indications are he will play his 2010/2011 season in Sassari (was rumored to have an invite to the Nuggets Camp after his superb Summer League showing).

As Hunter fans, we must say that in our minds he is a league talent (NBA)..he has proven that much..but Othello is one of many great players this summer to go ahead and opt for solid overseas situations over attempting to make an NBA roster later this fall (The European regular seasons start around the same time as the NBA training camp period, so the good to great situations overseas are obviously not as abundant in the Fall as opposed to the Summer)

We say this every year, but the amount of talented players who are playing outside of the NBA is astounding. There is not much of a difference between the bottom guys on most NBA rosters and the better players in a lot of overseas leagues.

What Up Italy - Othello played the second half of last season in Greece for a club called Ilisiakos. The 24 year old went up against some top European clubs like Euroleague runner up Olympiacos, Marousi, and Greek Champion Panathinaikos in his first overseas games ever . And in just nine contests, he caught on to the new style fairly quickly with five double figure scoring games including two double doubles - season high 19 pts vs Kavala -3.27.2010..Hunter has big potential in Europe..duh :)

-Hunter's Pro Timeline-

• 2008/2009 Rookie Season - Atlanta Hawks
• 2009/2010 Atlanta Hawks - October to December 2009
• 2010 Ilisaikos - Greece - February to April 2010
• 2010 - Dinamo Sassari - Italy
  

The versatile big will go from the Greek A1 to another premier European League in Italy's tough Serie A (where fellow Buckeye Je'Kel Foster is also slated to play) His new club Dinamo Sassari is looking to make a splash in their first season in the country's top league. Othello will team up with former Cincinnati Bearcat & dunking sensation James 'Flight' White and former Pacer Travis Diener. Dinamo intends to play Hunter at center, the native of North Carolina will rock #5 for next season.

It's going to be fun to watch two of our favs in Othello & Je'Kel play in Italy!

(Hunter - NBA Summer League circa July 2010)

BuckeyeBallersTV Feature Video - Othello Hunter 2010 Summer League Mix

Showing Out in Vegas: Shout out to the Denver Nuggets. They gave Hunter an opportunity to play in the 2010 Las Vegas Summer League, and he did not disappoint. Othello drew rave reviews all week as Denver's first big off the bench. And when former Wisconsin Badger Brian Butch went down with an unfortunate injury, Hunter capitalized and earned even more praise. In 5 games, Othello shot 62% from the field with average of 12 points & 6 rebounds per game.

Hunter is simply an exciting player to watch who gets better and better each year...he's long & athletic, plus he runs the floor really well which leads to highlights. He looks extremely comfortable shooting the jumper and is also nice around the basket. Our favorite play of his this summer has to be the left handed alley from Denver PG Ty Lawson.