The Cincinnati native played at Ohio University before a long professional career with the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic and overseas.
, who had stints with the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic before embarking on a long professional career overseas, died in Florida on Tuesday, officials said."We are saddened to hear about the loss of Ohio basketball legend Brandon Hunter,"The cause of Hunter's death was not immediately disclosed.
Brandon Hunter of the Boston Celtics drives to the basket during a game against the New York Knicks in Boston in 2003.Hunter collapsed and died in Orlando on Tuesday morning, hisEven though his NBA career was limited to just 36 games for Boston in 2003-04 and 31 appearances for Orlando in 2004-05, Hunter leveraged his overall basketball experience into a successful career as an agent, helping place players on overseas teams, according to his former coach.
"For me it was incredibly rewarding to see how he matured as a person," O'Shea told NBC News on Wednesday. "He invested money wisely, he had real estate and some rental properties. He came from a very tough childhood so it was amazing to see how athletics can be a vehicle to change somebody's life and he was a great example of that."
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