Locking up a frontcourt starter for the long run, the Denver Nuggets agreed to a four-year, $133 million extension with Aaron Gordon on Monday, the ahead’s brokers informed ESPN.
Per the report, Gordon, 29, accepted his $23 million choice for the 2025-26 season, with the brand new pact linking him to the Nuggets by means of 2028-29. A commerce kicker (a bonus paid to the participant within the occasion he’s traded) reportedly is included within the extension.
Final season, Gordon averaged 13.9 factors, 6.5 rebounds and three.5 assists in 73 video games, all begins. The Nuggets misplaced within the Western Convention semifinals to the Minnesota Timberwolves after Gordon put up 14.3 factors, 7.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 12 postseason begins.
The prior marketing campaign, he helped the Nuggets seize their first NBA championship by contributing 16.3 factors, 6.6 rebounds and three.0 assists in 68 regular-season begins, then 13.3 factors, 6.0 boards and a pair of.6 assists in 20 postseason begins.
The Magic chosen Gordon fourth total within the 2014 draft out of Arizona, and he spent 6 1/2 seasons in Orlando. The Nuggets acquired him in a March 2021 commerce.
His finest statistical season was 2017-18, when he averaged 17.6 factors and seven.9 rebounds, each profession highs.
The Nuggets open the season on Thursday towards the visiting Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in a matchup of two of the Western Convention favorites.
–Discipline Degree Media
