NBA Insider Dishes Heavy Praise For Celtics Rookie Hugo Gonzalez

NBA Insider Dishes Heavy Praise For Celtics Rookie Hugo Gonzalez

Following an up-and-down summer, Boston Celtics first-round pick Hugo Gonzalez has been mostly solid during his rookie season. The 19-year-old Spaniard recorded the first double-double of his career on Dec. 20 and had one of the best games of his young career during Sunday’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, finishing with 13 points, six rebounds and three assists. Gonzalez has played in 26 of the Celtics’ first 31 games and on Tuesday, NBA Dr…

A bit more on why I am high on Hugo Gonzalez

Granted, the Celtics Hugo Gonzalez is not positioned high in the Rookie of the Year rankings, but he is looking like a steal as the 28th-overall pick in this year's draft. And he is only logging 14.8 minuted per game thus far.The kid has shown that he is savvy, skilled, patient and fiery - on both offense and defense. Great job by Bras Stevens grabbing "The Spaniard" towards the end of the first round. Here is another qualified opinion of Hugo G…