On October 20th, Celtics rookie Hugo Gonzalez spoke with the media about his draft night. "I'm glad I had the choice," Gonzalez said in the interview. "Two teams with higher picks than the Celtics wanted to draft me, but their plan was for me to spend a year in Europe first, which I declined." "I wasn't interested in staying in Europe after being drafted." "Then a team I thought would draft me didn't, and two minutes later my picture was on TV." Hugo Gonzalez was the 28th pick in this year's draft. The Celtics will open their season against the 76ers on October 23rd, Beijing time.
October 20th: Celtics rookie Hugo Gonzalez spoke with the media about his draft night.
"I'm glad I had the choice," Gonzalez said in the interview.
"Two teams with higher picks than the Celtics wanted to draft me, but their plan was for me to spend a year in Europe first, which I declined."
"I wasn't interested in staying in Europe after being drafted."
"Then a team I thought would draft me didn't, and two minutes later my picture was on TV."
Hugo Gonzalez was the 28th pick in this year's draft.
The Celtics will open their season against the 76ers on October 23rd, Beijing time.
