It has been easy to write him off due to the performances of the three rookies. However, after his practice performances last week, he moved ahead of the others in Whitt's complex evaluation scheme. Now, he is injured again.

"It's a bad thing because the day before he gets hurt, I had moved him ahead of the other three guys that everybody talks about," said Whitt, referencing Gunter and fellow rookies Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins. "...Now he's hurt again, so I don't know."