Peachtree Hoops · Jan 25, 2021
The emergence of De’Andre Hunter
Photo by Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty ImagesDe’Andre Hunter has never failed to surprise — fans, coaches and perhaps even himself.
He isn’t the flashiest player. He isn’t the most animated competitor on the court. But he has quietly gotten the job done since high school, and despite adversity, he has exceeded expectations at every stop in his career.
Hunter, standing 6-foot-7 and 190 pounds in high school, left Friends’ Central School with no desire to play power forward. He always thought of himself as more of a guard. The University of Virginia felt the same way when it snuck in on the tail end of his recruitment in 2015.