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The strategy has changed significantly! The Celtics have selected a Spanish wing star with great potential?

3:22pm, 29 June 2025Basketball

In this year's NBA draft, the Boston Celtics, who held the 28th pick in the first round, used this first round pick to select Spanish wing player Hugo Gonzalez, who had previously played for the Spanish League giant Real Madrid.

Gonzalez was born in February 2006 and is a 19-year-old wing player with a very comprehensive ability. According to data from the previous NBA joint trial training session, Gonzalez's bare foot height is 198.8cm, his wingspan is 210.2cm, his standing height is 257.8cm, and his weight is 101kg. In the European arena this season, Gonzalez played 64 times for Real Madrid in all competitions, averaging 11.2 minutes per game, averaging 3.6 points, 1.8 rebounds (0.5 frontcourt rebounds), 0.6 assists, 0.3 steals and 0.3 blocks, 0.6 turnovers and 1.9 fouls, shooting percentage of 41.3% (1.2/3.0), three-point shooting percentage of 29.4% (0.4/1.3), and free throw shooting percentage of 76.9% (0.8/1).

From the perspective of characteristics, Gonzalez has excellent off-ball movement and frame-rushing skills on the offensive end. He also has certain ball-holding offensive ability. His dribbling ability is also at a good level among players in the same position. He also has certain passing ability and support ability. Gonzalez's personal defense ability is also quite good. He can play a good role in the defensive end and he has the opportunity to grow into an excellent wing defender. However, Gonzalez's outside shooting stability is also slightly worse, and he lacks sufficient ability in independent offense on the offensive end. Gonzalez has very high potential and can become a wing player with both offense and defense and outstanding comprehensive abilities. However, judging from the current situation, due to his serious lack of three-point stability, he cannot even meet the standards of a qualified 3D type wing player, which is also an important factor in his very limited playing time this season, and his maturity is indeed relatively limited.

From the perspective of the Celtics, their choice of Gonzalez can also reflect to a certain extent their changes in their strategy next season. Gonzalez is obviously not a player who can provide support to the team immediately or enter the team's rotation lineup immediately. He needs more time to grow and improve himself. The Celtics had sent away Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis, and Jayson Tatum was likely to be reimbursed for the full season next season. In this case, maybe Gonzalez really has a chance to get enough trust and get more playing time next season?

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