Well this was unexpected.
You might have noticed that you haven’t been hearing as much about Aaron Gordon as you ought to have given his status as one of the premiere young talents in the league. Where are the fawning articles? Where are the NBA-produced dunk reels? Where are the fan-made mixes with crappy hip-hop ruining the whole thing?
You haven’t been hearing much because Gordon has been sucking lately. He had a 20 point game two weeks ago, but other than that, he’s been sucking for the better part of a month. Scoring under 10 is a regular occurence for him, and he’s shooting a lot of shots to get to even that paltry amount. Anyone else goes 0-12 in a game and they get eviscerated, but I think only Magic fans noticed when he did that against the Bucks. The perks of being one of the NBA’s favored players.
Now the offseason hype is justified. 33 points coming in equal parts smooth three-point bombs and rim-crushing dunks, easily eclipsing his prior career high of 22. I haven’t checked yet, but I bet the official NBA YouTube channel has like 5 different videos for his highlights in this game. And don’t you check either. Remember? DTB for life?