Super Sunny Day Big Bang! Hawks main striker Gate Hunter season reimbursement!
Shams brother revealed that Eagles player Hunter will undergo meniscus surgery and he will miss the rest of the season!
In the regular season this season, Hunter averaged 15 points, 4.8 boards and 1.9 assists per game.
In fact, Hunter's meniscus injury has been repeated.
He suffered an external meniscus injury to his right knee during the Eagles vs Wizards game on January 30 this year, underwent a meniscal arthroscopy on his right knee in February and was suspended for a period of time; after returning to play two games, he was suspended again due to knee problems.
Hunter made five appearances in the playoffs this year, averaging 10.8 points and 4 boards per game, and his performance was also good.
As the Eagles' finest flanking defender, Hunter played a crucial role in the first-round series against the Knicks.
Especially in the strategy of encircling and suppressing Randall, he contributed a part. As a result, the former became the worst progressive player in the playoffs of all time.
Then in the second round against the Digital Man, Hunter was supposed to be the best person to defend Tobias to limit the offensive firepower of the opposing flanks, but unfortunately, the 23-year-old from the fourth pick in 19 had to watch because of the meniscus problem.
Like Trae Young, Reddish, Collins, Hughes and Okongu, Hunter, as one of the Hawks' future rebuilding plans, has brought great surprises to Hawks fans.
Although everyone praised his defense, he was not a pure defensive player, and what was more overlooked was his offensive stability and certain outside range, shooting 48.4% from the regular season this season.
Unfortunately, since entering the league, Hunter's attendance in two seasons has not been ideal, playing 63 games for the team in the regular season last season and only playing 23 games for the team this season.
And after the comeback, Hunter's offense declined, but then began to gradually regain the feel and rhythm, and contributed a lot to the restrictions on Randall and Rose in the five games against the Knicks in the playoffs.
Stable, swinging forwards, defending multiple positions, good at shooting and empty cutting, to some extent, the ball can even see the shadow of the small card on Hunter. If it is to maintain good health, Hunter's average per game should be maintained at the level of 15+5.
The ranking of the all-healthy Hawks in the regular season is by no means the same as it is now, because the presence of Hunter and Collins has raised the Eagles' defensive level to the playoff level, and the two can seamlessly change opponents.
For example, when playing against the Knicks, rose and Randle blocked and broke, Collins could have replaced Hunter to defend Randle, and Hunter pulled to the outside to defend Rose.
In short, the Hawks will always have two well-defended, fast lateral forward players to target each other's misplaced tactics, and it is conceivable that Hunter's injury is a huge loss for the Hawks.
However, since the Eagles can choose to let Hunter reimburse for surgery at this time, it is estimated that they also saw that Hunter almost completed this season's task and focused on future training, so Hunter simply calmed down to recover from the injury.
If Collins can't stay next season, be prepared to take on the heavy lifting line.