The Denver Nuggets made a splash move ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline acquiring Aaron Gordon from the Orlando Magic. In order to make a deal of that magnitude happen you have to give something up and for the Nuggets that was Gary Harris, R.J. Hampton, and a 2023 first round pick.
It’s a bittersweet deal because on one hand you are acquiring Gordon, who immediately elevates the Nuggets championship odds, but on the other you end up losing your longest tenured player. Harris entered the league back in 2014 when the Nuggets selected him in the first round at 19 overall and has been with the team each of the last seven years.