2025-26 Season

HUGO GONZÁLEZ

Boston Celtics | Guard | 6-6

2025-26 Season

HUGO GONZÁLEZ

Boston Celtics | Guard | 6-6 | Yr 0

3.9 PPG

3.3 RPG

0.5 APG

14.6 MPG

-5.7 Impact

González produces at an poor rate for a 15-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-5.7

Scoring +3.5

Points 3.9 PPG = +2.6

Shot Making above expected FG% = +0.9

Creation +0.1

Creation 0.5 AST/g = +0.1

Turnovers -1.2

Turnovers 0.5/g = -1.2

Defense +0.1

Defense 0.6 STL, 0.3 BLK = +0.1

Hustle & Effort +2.8

Rebounds 3.3 RPG = +2.8

Raw Impact +5.3

Baseline (game-average expected) −11.0

Net Impact

-5.7

17th pctl vs Guards

PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology

TEAM COMPARISON

#14

Impact

#13

Creation

Hustle

Defense

of 14 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Jaylen Brown +15.4 Jayson Tatum +12.2 Derrick White +8.3 Payton Pritchard +8.1 Neemias Queta +6.9 Nikola Vučević +4.3 Anfernee Simons +2.2 Ron Harper Jr. +1.5 Josh Minott +0.6 Luka Garza +0.5 Sam Hauser +0.5 Baylor Scheierman -1.3 Jordan Walsh -1.9 Hugo González -3.6

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SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 6th

4.1 PPG

Efficiency 52th

55.2% TS

Playmaking 1th

0.6 APG

Rebounding 66th

3.6 RPG

Defense 52th

+7.5/g

Hustle 99th

+20.3/g

Creation 5th

+1.12/g

Shot Making 12th

+3.97/g

TO Discipline 81th

0.04/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Hugo González spent his first twenty games locked in a chaotic struggle to find a stable rotational foothold, swinging wildly between spark-plug energy and complete invisibility. When he tried to force his offensive rhythm, the results were disastrous. During his 11/01 vs HOU appearance, he aggressively hunted his own shot to tally 7 points, but his disjointed floor game and poor shot selection dragged his impact score down to a brutal -11.3. He flipped the script during a sudden offensive explosion on 12/04 vs WAS. By replacing hesitant jumpers with decisive, high-percentage attacks on the basket, he poured in a season-high 14 points and generated a stellar +8.1 impact score. Yet his most sustainable value often arrived when he simply played within the flow of the offense rather than hunting buckets. During the 10/31 vs PHI contest, he scored just 5 points but posted a +4.1 impact by making quick decisions, attacking closeouts with purpose, and providing highly efficient two-way energy. To survive in this league, he must realize that frantic shot-hunting will only staple him to the bench.

Hugo González spent the middle of his season battling wild fluctuations in reliability, operating as a high-energy sparkplug one night and an outright liability the next. When fully engaged, his sheer hustle easily masked his offensive limitations. On 01/05 vs CHI, he managed a +2.8 impact score despite shooting a miserable 1-for-5 from the floor simply because he crashed the glass with reckless abandon to secure 7 rebounds. Conversely, his defensive lapses frequently destroyed the value of his most productive scoring nights. During a heavy 30-minute shift on 01/17 vs ATL, he scored 7 points and grabbed 8 boards but suffered a brutal -12.8 impact mark by constantly bleeding points on the defensive end. A similar disaster unfolded on 01/28 vs ATL, where a highly efficient 10-point outburst was entirely erased by a -3.7 impact rating because he gave up easy baskets during his shifts. To stick in this rotation, González must realize that hitting a few outside shots means absolutely nothing if he hands it all right back on defense.

A brutal offensive slump defined the early portion of this stretch, leaving Hugo González looking completely lost before he finally figured out how to impact winning. His struggles bottomed out vs SAC on 01/30, where an utter inability to connect on open looks paralyzed the offense and resulted in a catastrophic -12.8 impact score. He eventually found ways to generate positive value without dominating the ball, a shift perfectly captured vs GSW on 02/19. Despite scoring a modest 7 points, he posted a +3.1 impact score by utilizing excellent spatial awareness to consistently fill the correct transition lanes. Everything truly clicked when he was thrust into the starting lineup vs MIL on 03/02. He erupted for 18 points and 16 rebounds in that contest, generating a massive +13.3 impact score by delivering an absolute defensive masterclass that completely shut down his assignments.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Best Game

18 PTS vs MIL

Mar 02 | +32.3 impact

Worst Game

0 PTS vs CHI

Feb 11 | -15.7 impact

PATTERNS

Struggling. González has posted negative impact in 82% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 57% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games González locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 16 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 73 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.