He wasn’t listed on the injury report and only checked in for a total of 2 minutes.

I feel like we could’ve used his physicality and defensive versatility to support Hauser, Garza, and Queta down low and on the perimeter. We also had some guys in foul trouble early in the second half so I was expecting more of Hugo than Baylor if im being quite honest. Not that I didn’t like Baylors minutes as he was doing much of what he does for us defensively.

I’m not sure if Joe has him sidelined due to offensive limitations, but he’s seemed to gain more and more confidence driving strong to the basket and finding his sweet spots behind the arch as of late. I’m sure Joe has his gameplan in terms of what five guys he wants out there and im not complaining as this season has been everything I could’ve asked for. But exposure in a gritty game like this would’ve been a joy to watch and critical for Hugo’s development, especially come playoff time where hopefully we see this Pistons team again.

I’m personally not a fan of Hugo getting Tillman minutes in any capacity. His impact on a game where he gets 20+ minutes is invaluable and most certainly would’ve made a winning difference.

Let me know what you guys think!

TreyAdell

44 | a day ago

Celtics needed shooting on the court. Hugo not much of a shooter. Our defense was great, offense needed more spacing. Hugo, right now, is a guy teams can leave.

Professional-Two794 | Hugo González

2 | a day ago

Very true. I guess what held us back was turnovers and some rebounding, which Hugo wouldn’t have made much of a dent on

TreyAdell

6 | a day ago

JB taking on the Cade assignment kinda nixed the one role Hugo would have played. Not that I dont love seeing him play but yea just wasn’t needed. We got 12 guys Joe trusts so it’ll be games where it isn’t somebodys night who is a good player.

Total-Ad8117

-8 | a day ago

I kind of think that’s why he was needed. Hugo is a better defender than JB and would allow JB to rest his legs.

TreyAdell

9 | a day ago

JB was fine. They needed to play Hauser to space the floor vs the #2 defense in basketball. JB’s absurdly well conditioned he had plenty in the tank, they just needed to hit more shots. Well really just 1 more shot, thats it. It’s fine.

Total-Ad8117

-6 | a day ago

He took Hauser out because of foul trouble. And it’s about more than 1 shot. It’s about his sub 40 fg% that’s starting to become a problem. And plus JBs having his worst defensive season anyway so we might as well let our defensive wings play defense.

King_Of_Pants | Sam Howitzer!

8 | a day ago

It’s about his sub 40 fg% that’s starting to become a problem.

Not at all a problem if you understand the math.

He’s sub 40% because 90% of his shots are 3PA (and not that’s not an exaggeration).

CreatiScope

1 | a day ago

He played Walsh who played well too

archerarcher0

12 | a day ago

I’m pretty sure i know exactly what happened and it’s been happening all year with Jordan and Hugo, you’ll probably notice next time we play after i mention it

Joe seems to almost always give each of those two a chance, but if they underwhelm or make a mistake or fail to impact the game in the small amount of initial time they receive to start the game, he tends to bench the lesser performing one for the rest of the game

I feel like it’s happened a lot; there have been times where they both play well and both play big minutes too, but he has a crazy short leash with both of them

I’ll be honest i used to hate it, but i remember a time when Brad Steven’s used to have a super short leash with a similarly mistake prone and raw player by the name of Jaylen brown and i think he turned out better because of it, so I’ll shut up

itormentbunnies | "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Evan Turner

8 | a day ago

I’ve grown to appreciate the short leash approach, too, at least it seems it’s been working for our player development.

At this point Walsh is a bit more reliable, his BBIQ feels night and day from last year, not to mention Walsh and his go-go gadget arms/ 7’3 wingspan matchup well with the Pistons. I’m fine when Walsh has to sometimes switch onto bigs. Pretty much all of the Piston players are big and/or physical - they barely played anyone under 6’6 yesterday, outside of bench minutes for 6’3 Ivey and 6’5 Javonte.

I love Hugo but he’ll make defensive errors/unnecessary gambles or silly fouls - not to be unexpected in a 19 y.o. Hugo really reminds me a lot of Nesmith’s rookie year.

Jegagne88 | King Al Horford

3 | a day ago

Joe is looking at the playoffs though and trying certain things. He knows what he’s going to get with Hugo at this point, and we are looking destined to meet this big, physical teams in the conf finals. These matchups are important to figure the other team out and try certain things when it’s not playoff time

Soft-Dot-2155

2 | a day ago

he always has a great +-, that’s not for nothing. He needs to develop, this year is the year to develop players. I want Hugo 40 minutes per game!

Turbulent-Let-1180

3 | a day ago

Completely agree. I don’t get the logic of giving baylor minutes when he’s gonna be 26 before next season, when we have 3 young wings who have significantly higher ceilings in minott/hugo/walsh.

Joe is fantastic, i’ve literally never said a bad word about him until now, but the shit he’s doing with the rotational wings doesn’t make any sense to me. I’m sure he has a reason, but idk what it is so i’m just left totally confused as to what he’s doing.

Obscure_Nonsense_202

1 | a day ago

Fuck that, this year is the year to get banner 19

According_Change_269

2 | a day ago

Walsh was playing solid defense and crashing the boards and Baylor gives them another guy that can spread the floor snd handle the ball. Only so many wing minutes available. He might play 30 minutes in the next game. Let’s go Celtics ❤️🍀🏀

SultanofSwish | The Gravedigger 🪦

1 | 18 hours ago

I think they are trying to showcase potential trade bait but could be just me overanalyzing.

AcrobaticFeedback

1 | 13 hours ago

I saw cade get an offensive rebound off Hugo not boxing out and got fouled. Joe immediately swapped him out for Walsh.

Different-Mall-1701

1 | 11 hours ago

All I know for whatever reason we tend to go ahead or win games the more we play Hugo.

Where was Hugo Gonzalez this evening?