Aaron Gordon is everything the NBA is not.
He plays hurt. He plays out of position. He plays his role. He does it for his teammates.
But for the last eight months, he has needed them as much as they need him. Gordon’s 33-year-old brother Drew, also a professional basketball player, died in a car crash in May. Aaron has leaned on his brothers in the locker room.
“They are there for me every day. Every single day,” Gordon told The Denver Post. “And you know the only way I can repay them is just by going out and doing the best I can, trying to help them get more rings.