ORLANDO – When Orlando Magic players Aaron Gordon, D.J. Augustin and Markelle Fultz reflect on their basketball journeys and think about the people who helped turn their dreams of making it to the NBA a reality, their closest family members are the first who pop into their minds.
Gordon, now in his sixth season with the Magic, vividly remembers the advice his parents and siblings relayed to him while he rapidly developed into one of the top young basketball stars during his teenage years in Northern California. Augustin, eight years older than Gordon, doesn’t forget how his family inspired him while he was growing up in New Orleans, and then Houston when he was forced to relocate following Hurricane Katrina.