Hugo González wins the Barça – Real Madrid youth duel
Hugo Gonzalez He once again gave one of lime and another of sand with the Boston Celtics in what is being a kind of bittersweet situation for the Spanish international, which did not prevent him from winning what was a duel of the quarries of Barça and Real Madrid.
The former Madrid player, starting for the third game in a row but with only 14 minutes on the court, won with his Celtics against the Milwaukee Bucks (109-102) of the former Barcelona player Kasparas Jakucionis. Hugo had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block with 1/3 in field goals and 0/2 in triples, while the 20-year-old Lithuanian guard left 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in 11 minutes from the bench.
On a day without Jayson Tatumit seemed that Hugo had a good opportunity to have more minutes but that was not the case, with the ‘aggravating circumstance’ that the sophomore did not take the court in the entire second half. It’s something that’s also not surprising given the Celtics coach’s strange rotation pattern, Joe Mazzulla.
In his 14 minutes on the hardwood, the 20-year-old forward did a good job defending Tyler Herro including a steal and a block, surely the star he has best defended so far this season. The former Real Madrid player also left an important spark as a basket he scored after a penetration between a congestion of players, something not so common for Hugo, more of a point player in scenarios with space and three-pointers from standing feet.
However, the ’28’ has placed a lot of emphasis this summer on ball handling and it is not surprising that he scores more and more in situations like the one mentioned. Herro was the best of these Bucks post Giannis Antetokounmpo with 25 points and Paul George and Derrick White were Boston’s top scorers with 25 and 24.
Hugo González faced what could be his team today, the Milwaukee Bucks who asked the Celtics to include the Spanish international as part of the price to pay for the transfer of Antetokounmpo. However, Boston declined the request and the Bucks ended up doing the deal with the Heat that included Herro and also the former Barça player Jakucionis in the operation.
The 1.96m Lithuanian point guard arrived at La Masia in 2021 and made his debut with the first team under the guidance of Saras Jasikevicius in 2023. ‘Kas’ – as he is known in the NBA – went to the NCAA in 2024 and, after his great year at Illinois, was drafted 20th by the Heat in 2025.
In Miami they were impressed with the work ethic and talent of the former Barça player, but, in the case of Anteto, they used him as a bargaining chip. The former Real Madrid player Hugo González was not transferred so that he would end up being a former Real Madrid player. Barça.
