{"id":5064,"date":"2026-07-16T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:34:14","slug":"hugo-gonzalez-shows-he-can-handle-bigger-role-in-celtics-summer-league-win-over-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5064","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez shows he can handle bigger role in Celtics\u2019 summer league win over Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>LAS VEGAS \u2014 After a pair of uneven games and then a day off, Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez delivered the type of performance expected from a second-year summer league player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5062\">Trump is expected to make election conspiracies a focus of his national address. Follow live updates.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Gonz\u00e1lez led Boston with 24 points, plus 10 rebounds and five assists, in its 82-76 win over the Kings at Thomas &amp; Mack Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The swingman was 8-for-18 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and he made all three of his free throw attempts. It had been a rough beginning for Gonz\u00e1lez, expected to make a major step forward in his second season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m trying to see what everybody else does, the people around me that make them great,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to take that example and pattern myself, when I need to apply it, summer league or whatever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>The NBA is satisfied with salary cap system that led to the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown<\/div>\n<p><span>Summer league coach Amile Jefferson said he is pleased with the way Gonz\u00e1lez is managing the added responsibility. He\u2019s the most experienced NBA player on the team despite being just 20 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cObviously we\u2019re asking him to be himself in a bigger role, but we\u2019re not asking him to do anything that I don\u2019t think he can do every time he steps on the floor,\u201d Jefferson said. \u201cThat\u2019s pressure the ball, be a playmaker. That\u2019s crash [the boards] every time. When he\u2019s open, shoot it. Move the ball and screen. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to ask him to do with the Celtics, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Undrafted guard Milos Uzan, on a training camp contract, is trying to soak up the experience and show he is capable of playing point guard at the next level. Uzan started all 77 games in his final two seasons at the University of Houston and is competing for one of the final two two-way contract spots.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Former teammates still wrapping brains around the Jaylen Brown trade, and other Celtics observations<\/div>\n<p><span>Center Amari Williams signed a two-way this month, while second-round pick Dillon Mitchell could be a favorite for one as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5061\">Maybe we\u2019re seeing that Red Sox boss Craig Breslow does know what he\u2019s doing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m a pretty good point guard and that\u2019s what they needed, on the summer league team as well, and I feel like I\u2019ve got a good shot and a good opportunity here and I\u2019m just trying to make the most of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>The game<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Celtics jumped out to a 13-2 lead and improved to 3-1 with a coast-to-coast win. The game became intriguing late when former UConn standout Alex Karaban hit a pair of 3-pointers to help Sacramento cut a 14-point deficit to 6. He added a third to cut the Celtics\u2019 lead to 77-75 with 54 seconds left before Uzan countered with a layup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>John Tonje continued his strong summer league with 18 points, while Uzan added 13 and seven rebounds. Rookie Chris Cenac Jr. scored 10 points to go with 12 rebounds. Karaban led the Kings with 21 points, while Emanuel Sharp, a college teammate of Uzan and Cenac, added 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa Gonz\u00e1lez and Williams returned to the lineup after not playing in Monday\u2019s loss to the Hawks. Jefferson said he had hoped they would return, and the front office decided both could use extensive action in one more game. Mitchell got Wednesday off after three solid games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa Jefferson acknowledged the club was trying to score until the final buzzer to increase point differential, hence a Tonje halfcourt heave in the final seconds. Boston had a chance to reach the summer finals if it won by approximately 20 points. Only two undefeated teams remain \u2014 the Hawks and Lakers \u2014 and the Celtics finished with the fourth-best record after Wednesday. They are expected to play their final game Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u25aa Williams did not have a standout statistical game, but Jefferson allowed him to run the offense in stretches, using his passing ability to create scoring opportunities. Passing is the 7-footer\u2019s best skill and one of the reasons the Celtics are intrigued by his potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5060\">Maximum terror, zero accountability: Welcome to ICE\u2019s America<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second-year guard had 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez shows he can handle bigger role in Celtics\u2019 summer league win over Kings - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5064\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez shows he can handle bigger role in Celtics\u2019 summer league win over Kings - 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