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DeAndre Hunter is the only one left and he isn't up to the job. He is not a starting caliber player. He is a player like Grant Williams. Hunter has conned people with his draft pick and ppg numbers. He is another Grant Williams. A solid bench PF/SF. Nothing more, nothing less.
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I always liked DeAndre Hunter, perhaps because he usually plays well against the C's. He's a better defender than Grant and probably a better shooter too. Without looking at the salary numbers, I would love him on the C's. Brad just is stated yesterday that they are looking for another big wing, but hoping that comes from internal development (Brissett? Stevens? not sure what he meant by that). See "Celtics Regular Season News" thread, top of page 15:
https://forum.celticsstrong.com/index.php?topic=108464.msg3211210#new
The stats don't bear that out, Grant is a better shooter both for their careers and in the past 1.5 seasons. Hunter shoots more and likely more difficult shots, but he's just a 36% career shooter from 3. He's a way better scorer, but I don't really think he's a better shooter.
As for his contract, he signed a 4/$90 million extension before last season and it just started this year. That's a pretty movable contract for the Hawks if they wanted to move him (not to us, but to other teams), but it's also a pretty good deal if they want to keep him. He's making more than Grant, but given his flexibility and scoring it's a better deal.
