Hugo Gonzalez didn’t take the conventional route that many Celtics rookies have followed over the last few seasons. He didn’t spend any time refining his game in the G League before slowly working his way into NBA action.

Instead, this season presented an opportunity for Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics to through Gonzalez right in the deep end and see if he swam. The results have been somewhat of a mixed bag.

Gonzalez is certainly having the growing pains offensively that would be expected when making the jump from European basketball to the NBA. He’s averaging three points , two rebounds, and 0.6 assists in 12.4 minutes per game. He has a 50 percent three-point percentage, but is averaging less than one attempt per game from that territory.

However, Gonzalez’s defense has been relativel

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