ORLANDO – Even though Aaron Gordon’s preseason has been filled with more nagging stops and starts, Orlando Magic head coach Scott Skiles feels he’s seen enough of the versatile forward to know how he can be a difference-maker this season in a variety of ways.
The Magic have big plans for Gordon, the No. 4 pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, but those have had to be put on hold a bit this preseason because of a couple of injury issues. Gordon, who had a fractured bone in his left foot last season and a fractured jaw in July, was on a minutes restriction on Wednesday night when Orlando hosted the New Orleans Pelicans.