Hunter played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the American Basketball Association (ABA). Hunter was a two-time ABA All-Star. He played for the Baltimore Bullets from 1964 to 1965, Minnesota Muskies/Miami Floridians from 1967 to 1969, New York Yankees from 1969 to 1970, Kentucky Colonels from 1970 to 1972, and for Memphis Sounds from 1972 to 1973.