2015 NBA Draft: Georgia State Guard R.J. Hunter is Built for the Golden State Warriors

The modern NBA is played outside-in nowadays. The days of initiating offense from the post has faded into the background with teams using the threat of the three-point shot to create spacing for easier movement of offensive players.

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With the Golden State Warriors winning the 2015 NBA Championship, the supposed conventional wisdom that a jump shooting team, and more importantly, a team who is dependent on three-point marksmanship. could not win an NBA Championship was obliterated.

In today’s NBA you must be able to knock down shots from long distance in order to survive.

When you take notice of the fact that the four teams that made it to their respective Conference Finals were all in the Top 10 for three-point attempts and in the Top 15 in shooting percentage from downtown , it lets you know that success in today’s game starts from long distance.

That is why when it comes to this draft the rule should be, “when in doubt, grab a shooter!”.

When you look up and down many of these first round mock drafts, you see a lot of power forwards and centers being selected.

You also see a lot of wing players that can bring versatility to your favorite team, but you don’t see too many marksman.

Mar 15, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; Georgia State Panthers guard R.J. Hunter (22) against the Georgia Southern Eagles during the first half of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship game at the Lakefront Arena. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

There are a few marksman in this draft, but truly few are better than Georgia State’s R.J. Hunter.

Hunter averaged 19.7 points on 39.5% shooting from the floor and 30.5% from three-point land, but don’t let the percentages fool you — he is lethal!

He has the ability to make shots whether if he is able to square up to the basket or takes the shot off balance.

Now keep in mind we are talking just a pure shooter. Not scorer, but someone where when they touch the ball, they can knock it down from 26-feet like it is a free throw.

Hunter is built for today’s NBA because of the fact that he can be a deadeye three-point threat and is a pure shooter.

At 6-foot-6, 185 pounds, he can shoot the ball and knockdown shots whether if he is coming off screens, trailing on the break, catching the ball on a kick out off penetration, or even off the dribble.

When people make comparisons between him and Reggie Miller, they are legitimate in a lot of respects.

Check out this highlight video via You Tube of his 31-point outing against Texas-Arlington.

The array of shots he hit and the variety of ways that he went about hitting them looks like he would be a perfect fit for a team that will be defending it’s NBA title next season.

When you think about the kind of offense the Golden State Warriors run with “The Splash Brothers” being able to get buckets in the paint off of backdoor cuts and curls off screens, it looks similar to how R.J. Hunter was being utilized in Georgia State’s offense.

Plus he has the type of marksmanship that would fit in the Bay Area. When you think about it R.J. Hunter is actually built for the Bay Area. Here are highlight’s of his 29-point outing against ironically, Oakland University.

It is interesting how nbadraft.net has R.J. Hunter projected to got to the Warriors with the 30th pick of the 2015 NBA Draft.

His skillset is made for Steve Kerr’s style of offense and Hunter would be able to learn how to run off screens from Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry.

Getting a player from a mid-major school that is willing to work is not an issue for the Warriors obviously.

You simply have to look at Stephen Curry and see what he has become to recognize that.

Hunter’s game would fit perfect with the Golden State Warriors. Only problem is that with shooters being at a premium nowadays, there is a possibility that he could be gone before the 30th pick.