Gonzalez is a very good defender who has a high basketball IQ. He can score well at the rim. His jumper, if it can improve, will make him a for sure top 10 pick.

NBA Comp: RJ Barrett but better defensively.

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Dream Fit: Nuggets

Strengths:

• Feels comfortable rotating to the low man spot

• Athletic shot blocker in the paint recovering or contesting versus guards & wings

• Utilizes eurostep well

• Good switch decisions on screens

• Good instincts in zone defense

• Moves well on defense laterally vs slower players, not fouling and contesting shot

• Good hands stripping ball without fouling

• Recognizes when he is doubled well & passes out

• Plays with a lot of defensive energy

• Good timing on rebounds

• Soft touch

• Rotates well helping defensivly when teammate losses man on drive

• Crashes the boards

• Quick first step

• Solid back to basket game which shows promise if he can develop a better arsenal of moves

• Hustles for loose balls

• Physical on perimeter d

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• Lacks hip fluidity making it hard to move laterally vs quicker players

• Overplays one side defensivly allowing players to blow by him

• Repetively overcommited in help defense or tried to swat ball on driving player leaving his man open

• Often picks up dribble at 3pt line while driving without intent

• Low passes

• Doesn't utlize any dribble moves in transition and dribbles high, often into traffic

• Misses a lot of open 3's, often by a wide margin

• Weak base on rebounds

• Bad transition pursuit angles

• Can overreact to jabs & fakes

• Forces shots into traffic on layups

• Exposes ball too much on drives

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Hugo struggled to get minutes on a really good Real Madrid team, which had made a lot of people forget about him.

In the 2023 FIBA U18 EuroBasket he averaged 14/7/2 as Spain finished second.

His strength is his basketball IQ.

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STOCK: Draft stock is slipping due to low minutes on a stacked Real Madrid team (Campazzo, Hezonja, Musa, Garuba, Ibaka). Played with Egor Demin and had higher stock before Demin rose his stick by going the college route. Do not UNDERRATE based on situatuon.

Hugo Gonzalez has played fewer than nine minutes in nine consecutive games. Things can and will likely change during Real Madrid's long season, but at this stage, scouts will only get to see him play an off-ball line-driver and finisher role.

Over the years, he's built a strong reputation over his athletic scoring plays and defensive competitiveness. Last season and summer, he started to deliver more flashes of self-creation and shotmaking.

His stock will likely be all over the place, depending on teams' willingness to put more stock into the FIBA, junior-level and ANGT tape.