Hugo Gonzalez Finally has Special Summer League Performance for Celtics
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Hugo Gonzalez was supposed to be a dominant force for the Boston Celtics at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
Instead, the 2025 first-round pick had been inefficient and had some struggles through three games.
If a player doesn't control proceedings in their second year of Summer League, it's often a bad sign, and it was looking like Gonzalez may simply be a player with less upside than Boston would've hoped.
Then on Wednesday night, he showed up in full force.
Gonzalez finished an 82-76 win over the Kings with these stats:
- 24 points
- 10 rebounds
- 5 assists
- 1 steal
- 3 turnovers
- 8-18 FG
- 3-9 3FG
- 3-3 FT
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Still not a perfect night, but it's markedly better than the way he had played before this.
Gonzalez managed to lead the Celtics in points, rebounds and assists to display his well-rounded game.
When players are too good for Summer League, they start making shots like this one:
Hugo González gets the fadeaway jumper to fall 🔥
— NBA (@NBA) July 16, 2026
He has a game-high 12 PTS in the 1H as the Celtics have the lead on ESPN2. pic.twitter.com/22rc5xcoim
This doesn't guarantee anything for Gonzalez in the season ahead with Boston.
But this is the kind of outing he needed for his own confidence. Gonzalez belongs with a role in the NBA. He's still trying to grow into the best player he can be along the way.