With selection 28 in the NBA Draft of 2025, the Boston Celtics selected Hugo González, a 19 -year -old wing in Spain.
The 6 -inch González was considered a first round that played for the Spanish power of Real Madrid last season, but only saw a sporadic game time as a teenage bank player, with an average of 3.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and approximately 10 minutes per game.
He thought he lacks experience, Scouting informs González for his size, aggressiveness, high motor and defensive capacity. They were fought as a perimeter shooter for Real Madrid, Howver, making only 29.3% or their triples.
Before taking Gonazález on Wednesday night, the Celtics had not used a first round selection for a player who did not play university basketball from Guerschon Yabusele in 2016.
The González National Team occurred after two transforming days for the Celtics, who reached agreements to exchange Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis on Mondays and Tuesdays, respectively.
The Celtics also received Draft Day offers for Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, according to multiple reports, with Brian Windhorsst of ESPN informing that some of them came from teams that collected in the top 10. Boston finally chose the Basketball Operations of Corei Playersers Brad Stevens restructure his list.
The Dallas Mavericks opened the draft taking Duke Sensation and Newport, Maine, Native of Cooper Flagg with the first selection. Flagg-Long considered the main prospect of doubt in this kind of Draft, the first player raised in New England in number 1 in general from Patrick Ewing (Cambridge) in 1985.
Dylan Harper De Rutgers was number 2 to San Antonio, followed by VJ Edgebe de Baylor (No. 3, Philadelphia) and Kon Knueppel de Duke (No. 4, Charlotte). The jazz, now led by former Boston Executive Austin Ainge, caught Rutgers’ As Bailey to complete the first five. Ainge as the general manager of UTAH earlier this month after 17 seasons with the organization of Celtics, including the last six as GM Assistant of C.
Jonathan Givony of ESPN called the Bailey team “a little stunned” in the transmission of the Draft, informing that Utah was not among the “favorite destinations” of the 18 -year -old. Bailey, a talented but polaring prospect, refused to exercise for any NBA team duration of the process prior to the draft.
The Celtics will be on the clock much earlier when the draft resume Thorsday at 8 pm currently has the second selection in Round 2 (No. 32 in general), which originally belonged to Washington. Boston acquired it from Detroit in a draft nights trade in 2023. The Celtics exchanged their own second round this year (No. 57) to Orlando in Agreement 2021 for Evan Fournier.
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