After buying and selling Jrue Vacation and Kristaps Porzingis, coping with rumors flying round Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, in addition to being rumored to try to bounce into the lottery, the Celtics determined to stick with the twenty eighth total decide and choose ahead Hugo Gonzalez from Actual Madrid.
Gonzalez performed for Actual Madrid for the final three seasons and averaged 5.2 PPG and a pair of.5 REB in 14.2 Minutes. His participant comparisons from J. Kyle Mann on The Ringer’s 2025 NBA Draft Information say his recreation is just like Nikola Djurisic, Ignas Brazdeikis, and Vasilije Micic. Mann wrote, “Gonzalez has a terrific motor, and his effort on protection not often wanes. His dwell dribble is easy, as if the ball and his hand are one. However whereas his gait and motion are additionally fluid, there are some issues about his tempo.”
The Boston Celtics have chosen Hugo Gonzalez with the No. 28 decide within the 2025 NBA Draft.
Celtics are preserving this decide, and bringing Gonzalez over this season, a supply informed ESPN. pic.twitter.com/0NfuC53eS4
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) June 26, 2025
There’s a likelihood Gonzalez doesn’t get a number of taking part in time within the Celtics rotation however with Jayson Tatum being out for many of if not the entire season, there’s a small likelihood he might get some run early on or late within the season if he impresses within the Summer season League, Preseason, or within the G League.
A superb instance of this was final 12 months’s first-round decide, Baylor Scheierman. Scheierman spent a number of time early on with the Maine Celtics earlier than discovering extra taking part in time in Boston in direction of the latter half of the common season.
Brad Stevens was raving concerning the 19 12 months outdated Gonzalez saying, ““He’s a younger man, however slightly little bit of an outdated soul. He’s performed on a group with adults for a very long time.” Stevens and the Celtics workers have been following Hugo’s journey in Spain for a very long time stating that he’s a “large fan of how he performs. He’s robust, he’s hard-playing, he cuts, he goes after the ball, he competes. He’s acquired all of the intangibles of a successful basketball participant.”
Brad Stevens on why the Celtics chosen Hugo Gonzalez:
“We have been watching Enormous for a very long time… large fan of how he performs. He is robust, he is hard-playing, he cuts, he goes after the ball, he competes. He is acquired all of the intangibles of a successful basketball participant.”
— Noa Dalzell (@NoaDalzell) June 26, 2025
Brad Stevens additionally talked slightly bit concerning the Celtics offseason method, saying “There’s clearly a have to prioritize regaining our flexibility, maximizing from an asset standpoint what we are able to…We knew this was coming. This isn’t an enormous shock. We’ve to ensure we prioritize that flexibility.”
Brad Stevens on Celtics early offseason method:
“There’s clearly a have to prioritize regaining our flexibility, maximizing from an asset standpoint what we are able to.”
“We knew this was coming. This is not an enormous shock. We’ve to ensure we prioritize that flexibility.”
— Noa Dalzell (@NoaDalzell) June 26, 2025
No. 28 picks over the previous decade have turn out to be influence gamers.
2024: Ryan Dunn (Phoenix Suns)2023: Brice Sensabaugh (Utah Jazz)2022: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (Golden State Warriors)2021: Jaden Springer (Philadelphia 76ers)2020: Jaden McDaniels (Los Angeles Lakers)2019: Jordan Poole (Golden State Warriors)2018: Jacob Evans (Golden State Warriors)2017: Tony Bradley (Los Angeles Lakers)2016: Skal Labissière (Sacramento Kings)2015: R. J. Hunter (Boston Celtics)
On Thursday, the Celtics will make their second draft choice, at present slated to be #32 total. Boston acquired the decide due to a commerce they made in 2023 that despatched the twenty fifth total decide (Marcus Sasser) to the Pistons in change for the thirty first decide, essentially the most favorable of the Pistons, Warriors, and Wizards 2025 second spherical picks and essentially the most favorable of the Timberwolves, Pelicans, Knicks, and Path Blazers 2026 second spherical picks. The second spherical of the draft can be held on Thursday, June twenty sixth at 8pm on ESPN.
