“He crashed the glass early, he got us some extra shots,” Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said at the time. In his 2015-16 season playing in the ACB (Spain’s professional basketball league), Hernangómez won the ACB Best Young Player Award.Īlthough the 6’9″ center/power forward was described as a “throw-in player” for the Jazz deadline trade, the Salt Lake Tribune’s Eric Walden described his play as a “ silver lining” after tough losses in March. Juancho did begin his professional basketball career in Spain: from 2014 to 2016, he played for CB Estudiantes. 15 overall in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, and he is currently on the fifth NBA team of his career. Juancho’s younger sister Andrea currently plays college basketball for Fairfield University. In real life, the 26-year-old hooper is descended from Spanish royalty: his mother and father played professional basketball in Spain, and his brother, Willy Hernangómez, currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. The multitalented Hernangómez has been around the NBA for several years, and in some ways, his own path to stardom reflects some of the adversity seen in Hustle. Juan “Juancho” Hernangómez, a real-life NBA star who originally hails from Spain, was perfect for the part - even though he initially didn’t even want it. In a similar vein, Sandler and Hustle director Jeremiah Zagar wanted to give the actor that plays Cruz a chance in the first acting role of his career. In Spain, he stumbles across Bo Cruz, a towering Spanish talent who belongs in the NBA - if only someone would give Cruz a chance. Hustle, which debuted on Netflix on June 8, stars Adam Sandler as Stanley Sugarman, a Philadelphia 76ers scout who remains on the road in search of the team’s next great star. But the movies that center basketball and heart - whether it’s Space Jam or Hustle - tend to bring out the best in NBA players. NBA players have tried, and often failed, to transition to prominent acting roles. Utah Jazz big man Juan Hernangómez makes his acting debut in Adam Sandler’s “Hustle”, a Netflix film about an NBA scout who finds a gem in Spain’s Bo Cruz. By Aryanna Prasad 3 months ago Follow Tweet
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