Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon drew praise for battling through a Grade 2 hamstring sprain to play in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Gordon was clearly laboring through his injury during Game 7, but still provided a boost to the Nuggets.

Given how well the Denver Nuggets played since David Adelman took over the head-coaching position on an interim basis, it would pretty surprising if he doesn't get the full-time gig. Denver fired coach Michael Malone with just three games left in the regular season,

Despite a Grade 2 hamstring strain, Aaron Gordon played in Game 7 against the Thunder, contributing 8 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes. Nikola Jokic expressed concerns about Gordon worsening the injury,

In the wake of the Denver Nuggets' Game 5 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder that brought them to the brink of elimination, Aaron Gordon wanted to start his postgame comments by addressing an article published earlier on Tuesday by ESPN's Ramona Shelbourne.

Aaron Gordon might be the gold standard of the "struggling leading man to role player" transformation right now. After never finding his place in Orlando, he has become Mr. Nugget in Denver by giving up the on-ball portion of his offensive game,