Tucked away in the dustiest corner of the gym-class storage room, wedged in between a bundle of hockey sticks and a cart of semi-deflated basketballs, Aaron Gordon shifted uncomfortably and took another bite of his ham sandwich. As he chewed, he remembered that his water reserves had been depleted some time ago, and he had…
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Aaron Gordon 28 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2019)
When I saw that Aaron Gordon scored 28 points in the Magic’s improbable win over the Celtics, I immediately thought one thing: SLAG has returned. (SLAG is my nickname for Gordon – it stands for Summer League Aaron Gordon, but the nickname is not always applicable.) Then, my eye slid across his statline, only to…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 31 Points Full Highlights (11/18/2018)
In the first quarter of the first quarter of tonight’s game against the Knicks, we were treated to the SLAGgiest SLAG that ever SLAGged. In case you’re not familiar with my acronyms, I’m talking about Summer League Aaron Gordon, the phenomenon of Aaron Gordon performing like he did in all those Summer Leagues that he…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 26 Points Full Highlights (11/4/2018)
Your buddy DTB really messed this one up bad. I already told you all about my ambitious Halloween NBA trivia contest candy giveaway scheme. Basically, the more NBA-related questions the kiddos got right, the more candy they got. The amount doubled with every question, so like 4 pieces for the third question, 8 for the…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 26 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
“Summer League Aaron Gordon” is a figure which has attained legendary, almost mythical status in my mind. Summer League Aaron Gordon (or SLAG, since I’m too lazy to type out all those words) was a player who could hit jumpshots from anywhere on the floor with smoothness and poise that “Regular Season Aaron Gordon” (RSAG)…
Read MoreAaron Gordon All 92 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
Aaron Gordon was taking part in a summer practice with his teammates, and, on the surface, everything appeared to be fine. However, Aaron’s mind was in another place entirely, and it was not a good place. He ran, dunked, and looked engaged, but only did these things because he knew there were members of the…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 29 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/24/2018)
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…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 28 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2018)
Spoiler alert: the potential game-winning shot that Aaron Gordon hit with 5 seconds left did not end up being a game-winner. Also some really weird (in my professional opinion) stuff happened after that which has to be seen to be believed. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well at 30 frames per…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 27 Points Full Highlights (3/2/2018)
Aaron Gordon is slumping mega-hard from three. Everyone knew his hot start shooting the deep ball wasn’t going to last, but his percentage is overcorrecting itself in a bad way. He’s shooting tons of them, but since the new year started, they’re simply not going in. For a while there he was shooting better from…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 22 Points Full Highlights (1/27/2018)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player of Aaron Gordon’s size and build do those stepback jumpers that he does. He’s so SPRINGY on those, and he jumps WAY back. It’s starting to seem like that’s his go to move; he even does it from behind the arc. Stepback threes are an iffy proposition…
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