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| No. 5 – Denver Nuggets | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward /power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-06-13)June 13, 2000 (age 24) Monroe, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Piedmont (Unionville, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2023: 2nd round, 37th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by theOklahoma City Thunder | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | →Grand Rapids Gold | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Hunter Tyson (born June 13, 2000) is an American professionalbasketball player for theDenver Nuggets of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). He playedcollege basketball for theClemson Tigers.
Tyson grew up inMonroe, North Carolina and attendedPiedmont High School.[1] He averaged 27.1 points per game as a senior.[2]
Tyson played in 31 games, all off the bench, during his freshman season with theClemson Tigers and averaged 1.6 points per game.[3] He averaged 5.5 points and 3.0 rebounds over 31 games with three starts as a sophomore.[4] Tyson averaged 7.5 points and 4.2 rebounds in 19 games during his junior season.[3] He sustained a facial fracture midway through the season in a game against Virginia Tech, causing him to miss five games and wear a protective mask for the remainder of the season after he returned.[5] As a senior, he averaged 10 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.[6]
Tyson decided to use the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Clemson for a fifth season.[7] He was named first-teamAll-Atlantic Coast Conference at the end of his final season after averaging 15.3 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.[8] Tyson was also the recipient of the Skip Prosser Award as the scholar-athlete of the year.[9]
Tyson was selected by theOklahoma City Thunder with the 37th overall pick in the second round of the2023 NBA draft, then subsequently traded to theDenver Nuggets.[10] On July 6, 2023, theDenver Nuggets announced that they had signed with Tyson.[11]
Tyson was a part of the Clemson team chosen to represent the United States in the2019 Summer Universiade in Italy.[12]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | Denver | 18 | 0 | 2.7 | .400 | .286 | — | .5 | .1 | .1 | .0 | 1.1 |
| Career | 18 | 0 | 2.7 | .400 | .286 | — | .5 | .1 | .1 | .0 | 1.1 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Denver | 3 | 0 | 4.6 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .3 |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 4.6 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .3 | |
Tyson's younger brother,Cade Tyson, plays for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels after starting his college career atBelmont.[13]
