R.J. Hunter close to signing with Chicago

[Celtics4ever]

He is JJ Reddick light.

Riddick can and could shoot.   This is debatable about RJ.   I wish him, unless he is playing us.  But it is clear he was a volume score and not a shooter, which is the opposite of JJ.

He is more like near beer.

[Surferdad]

He is JJ Reddick light.

Riddick can and could shoot.   This is debatable about RJ.   I wish him, unless he is playing us.  But it is clear he was a volume score and not a shooter, which is the opposite of JJ.

He is more like near beer.

Saying he is the opposite of a shooter is a bit extreme don't you think?  Shooting is his main NBA skill.  Sure it's debatable but we only have one NBA season to judge that.

[Moranis]

If the Bulls need another shooter why are they signing RJ Hunter?

[ThePaintedArea]

Chams Charina of the Vertical is reporting that R.J. Hunter is close to signing with the Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls and R.J. Hunter are engaged in serious talks on a deal.

Hunter was waived by the Boston Celtics as part of their final roster cuts for the regular season.

Hunter was the 28th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft out of Georgia State.

The Bulls are in need of perimeter shooting on the wing

.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/243787/RJ-Hunter-Close-To-Deal-With-Bulls

Good spot for him, R.J. could probably learn a lot from Rondo and Wade. Bulls definitely needed another shooter.

He continues to be mis-characterized as a "shooter", though presumably GarPax know better. Then again, they seem to be determined to assemble a roster without any players that possess 3-pt range.

[Celtics4ever]

Saying he is the opposite of a shooter is a bit extreme don't you think?  Shooting is his main NBA skill.  Sure it's debatable but we only have one NBA season to judge that.

There is a big difference between a scorer and a shooter.   RJ was a volume scorer in college that was pretty apparent when he came here and could nail the threes.  You have to make shots for it to be considered a skill, which he did not.   All this shooting myth was over one clutch shot in the NCAAs.

He is a career .30% shooter, Riddick is a career  .412%.   One can shoot at a high degree, Riddick.  Who shot .444% in his second year.  Riddick shots 5.6  three per game last year, even if one used per36 RJ shoots 5.6 the same amount but he would make less.   This is true of FG as well, RJ shot 37% from the field to JJ's .48.   Even if you take JJ as a young player he is till a better shooter.  JJ is a superior FT too.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/redicjj01.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hunterj01.html

This is not debatable, because these are stats, one shoots 3 out of ten and one shoots 4 out of 10.   You can fool yourself, with your words but fact is one shoots 10% better than the other.  He even takes more and makes more per game.

Even in college RJ shot 35% to JJ's  .47, RJ shot 2.6 threes a game to Riddick 8.1,

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jj-redick-1.html

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rj-hunter-1.html

JJ is clearly the better shooter of the two.   One is a pure shooter, the other is not.

[moiso]

Good post, but who is this JJ Riddick?