De’Andre James Hunter is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
De’Andre hunter played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and was named NABC Defensive Player of the Year for 2019.
De’Andre Hunter scored a college career high of 27 points in the 2019 NCAA Championship Game and became a lottery pick in the NBA after his redshirt sophomore season, despite being ranked outside the top 100 as a high school recruit.
On June 20, 2019, De’Andre Hunter was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 4th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, and then traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in the Anthony Davis trade, and then again to the Atlanta Hawks along with Solomon Hill in exchange for picks Nos. 8, 17 and 35 in the 2019 NBA draft.
On July 7, 2019, the Atlanta Hawks announced that they had signed De’Andre Hunter and on October 24, 2019, Hunter made his debut in NBA, started in a 117–100 win over the Detroit Pistons with fourteen points and two rebounds.
De’Andre Hunter is quite tight-lipped about his personal life and as a result, it is not known if he’s in a relationship.