Hugo González has ceased to be a Real Madrid player, according to a statement issued Monday by the club. The canterano He leaves the Celticsthat last week they selected him In the 28th of the draft. That will be precisely the dorsal that carries in the most laureate franchise in the history of the NBA.
The 19 -year -old and 1.98 meters He arrived at the white club in the 2017-18 season and has passed through all the teams of the quarry, of which he was emblem and greater promise becoming Adidas Next Generation Tournament champion of the Euroleague in 2023 and 2024 and winning the MVP in the second of those editions.
Photomontage of Hugo González with the Celtics shirt.
His conditions and his physique took him to the first team, with which he debuted in 2022 And with which He won the last two Endesa leagues, a Copa del Rey and an Endesa Super Cup. This campaign, already as a member of the first template for all purposes, averaged 1.9 points (33.3% in triples), 1.3 rebounds and 1.2 valuation in the Euroleague and 4.5 points (25.0% in triples), 2.2 rebounds and 4.2 of valuation in the Endesa Leaguein which he was part of the best quintet of young people.
Our paths will cross again, I am sure that
Through their social networks, The young player wanted to say goodbye to Madrid, “the best club in the world”and assured that their paths “will cross again, I am sure of that. Meanwhile, from a distance, I will support the team equal to or more than a player. I love Real Madrid and I can't be more grateful for everything he has given me. Who knows me, knows that I have delivered all my life to Real Madrid “
The intangibles of a winner
The Celtics want Hugo for now and they see chances. Brad Stevens, general manager of the franchisehe acknowledged after the Draft that he had already talked to him and was shown as another follower of the Spanish eaves: “He has been on everyone's radar for a long time, and we have analyzed him more closely these last seasons with Real Madrid. I am a big fan of how he plays: he is fierce, he plays hard, he makes cuts, pursues the ball, competes and has all the intangibles of a winner “.
Hugo González, chosen in the 28th position of the NBA Draft by Boston Celtics
González has demonstrated in his minutes in Madrid that You can make differences in defense thanks to your instinct, your intensity and a powerful physique. Instead, You will have to polish aspects in attack, the one that most, the outer shot. Especially since it will arrive in the team that launches the most triple throughout the NBA. “Like any player of his age, he will continue to improve in several aspects, but in the competitive he is already at a very high level. He is a young man with a veteran soul. He has been playing surrounded by adults for a while, and he is doing it in a team full of experience, with players with NBA past and others of the highest level, “Stevens valued.
In the competitive it is already at a very high level. He is a young man with a veteran soul
The Spanish eaves crosses the Atlantic this summer but could already do it in the past. It is one of the few young players that the NCAA put on the table a seven -digit contract and preferred to stay in Europe. Hugo decided to continue growing in Madrid this season, but the time has come to leave. The NBA, specifically the Celtics, are something else. You can try the best in the world and pocket more than 14 million dollars for four years according to the draft salary scale. The last great prodigy of the Madrid quarry will wear green.
