Clemson’s pro pipeline keeps adding names, and Tiger fans have another one to track this summer. Not long after Ian Schieffelin landed with the Miami Heat, his old backcourt running mate Chase Hunter got his own call — he’s officially suiting up for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Summer League.
Hunter’s road to the Bay is the kind of story Clemson fans know by heart. He went undrafted and didn’t flinch, signing on with the New Orleans Pelicans and grinding through a full G League season with the Birmingham Squadron. Across 30-plus games he averaged 7.8 points, 1.9 assists and 1.9 rebounds, sharpening his game against pros scratching for the same shot he’s chasing. That year of reps has him battle-tested heading into his run with Golden State.
Clemson fans don’t need a reminder of how cold-blooded Hunter was when it mattered most. The Atlanta native built one of the more clutch postseason résumés in program history and was the engine behind the Tigers’ Elite Eight run — the deepest March push Clemson had made in more than 40 years. He carried the load down the stretch, pouring in close to 18 points a night as the Tigers knocked off the likes of Baylor and Arizona.
His name is stitched into the Clemson record book, too. Hunter sits third all-time in scoring with 1,789 points and played more games and more minutes than anyone else in program history — the definition of an iron man.
Now he gets his shot in the California Classic with the country watching. The goal is simple: turn a Summer League invite into a real NBA job. Plenty of folks back in the Upstate will be pulling for him to do exactly that.
