OFFICIAL DAYS UNTIL NO MORE AARON GORDON ON DTB COUNTDOWN: 19 DAYS
It might be even lower than that, if he doesn’t play in the last few Magic games (he almost certainly won’t play in the final one) because that’s just how tanking teams do things.
Gordon is one of the first players I’ve really seen make the full transition from scrubby barely-playable rookie to legit star. His rookie year was the first year I really started going hard on this highlight thing, and I saw all there was to see of him as he struggled, developed, and really struggled a lot. He’s gotten better and better over the years, overcoming such obstacles as rotating mascots on hoverboards and Serge Ibaka, and now he’s on the cusp of being too good for this channel. Probably already there, actually. Is there an NBA fan out there who doesn’t know the name Aaron Gordon?
I think this is what it feels like when you watch one of your kids graduate Karate school.